Why have Southwesterners in Nigeria done this to themselves? Before I proceed, the few who have been reading my scribblings will bear testimony to the fact that I don’t believe Nigeria should split into various nations. I earnestly believe if we could work for a true federation, there’s a silver lining for us. By the…
I must confess that I was gleeful when I heard that northern traders had decided not to transport their foodstuff to southern Nigeria. I was even happy for them when I saw evidence that they had found alternative in neighboring counties. It was therefore,tp my consternation when I read that their dogs had gone back…
You see this talk by sons of men in Nigeria could favor us who they call animals. I mean the talks about the ownership, non-ownersip and disownership of Lagos. If the chauvinistic elements could have their way, it could pave some liberty for not only the fauna, but the flora as well. I mean those…
Photo credit: CBC A philanthropic organization says it’s donating $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Toronto that will use an evidence-based approach to move people off the streets and into supportive housing. Toronto Today reports that the Slaight Family Foundation says the money will go to a St Michael’s Hospital research centre,…
Photo credit: VICE It was in the summer of 2021 that people from Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and other countries with ongoing conflicts began showing up in the Polish woods. Many had children with them. They entered at the Belarusian border, through perhaps the world’s most politically engineered migration trade route. Months earlier, Aleksandr Lukashenko, the…
Photo credit: Daily Sabah Emergency teams recovered victims after a migrant boat capsized off the coast near Derma, in Libya. Africa News reports that the incident once again underscores the dangers of the Central Mediterranean migration route. Saleh Jumaa Al-Mahjoub, a member of the Libyan Red Crescent, said 12 bodies have been recovered so far in the Qasr Al-Akhyar and Ghanima…
The Egbas are celebrating the Lisabi festival today. Actually, it has been a week long affair culminating in today’s grand finale. I gather a visit will be made to the Lisabi forest, the men’s cult, oro will come out and when it comes out, women must be indoors. T’obinrin ba foju k’oroOro a gbe. A…
