The exponential rise in microplastic pollution over the past 50 years may be reflected in increasing contamination in human brains, according to a new study. The Guardian reports that the study found a rising trend in micro- and nano-plastics in brain tissue found from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024. The researchers…
Faithful Christians are observing the Ash Wednesday today. It marks the beginning of the Lenten Season. After forty days of fasting, it will be Easter! However, in the Nigerian situation, are people not already fasting? Indeed, they’ve been fasting materially and spiritually. For the Christians, it hasn’t been funny. It could be said of them…
I’m made to understand there’s a joke amongst the Northerners in Nigeria. Wealthy people would usually build mosques on their premises. In most cases, most of the wealth comes from the commonwealth. They tend to see their riches as their own share of the national cake. The joke comes from the erection of the mosques….
Photo credit: CBC Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is betting big and he doubled down on his “Canada First” message in a fiery speech at a rally in Ottawa on Saturday afternoon where he promised, if elected prime minister, to deliver a forceful response to Donald Trump’s tariffs and to build a self-sufficient Canada. The Hill Times…
Photo credit: BBC With US officials reported plan to meet with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators for a possible peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of a European military force to ensure the rest of the world does not treat it like a “pushover”. UPI reports that US Secretary of State…
I still see the Buhari of 1984/85. However, there’s no doubting the fact that he is the Hercules that has tried to clean the Augean stable of our national mess. In fact, it is an understatement to say that the mess stinks to the heavens with a very unpleasant odour However, one thing keeps troubling…
I was a great fan of the round leather game, soccer, in my youth. I actually loved those guys who could dribble their ways into goal. Some of them were Haruna Ilerika, Adokie Amiesimaka, Siji Lagunju, Scoro as Murtala Onigbanjo was known, Segun Odegbami, Rasidi Yekini and so on. Since I was used to the…
