Book Cover of the Week: Africa where art thou?
Author: Abigail GeorgeGenre: PoetryThe book is available on Amazon
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Myanmar offers to accept 5,000 refugees from Malaysia
Photo credit: DVB English Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Mohamad Hasan confirmed Monday that Myanmar’s military regime has expressed willingness to repatriate 5,000 refugees currently in Malaysia by ship. DVB reports that the minister emphasized that while Malaysia has identified the initial group, any transfer remains strictly contingent on comprehensive safety and security guarantees. The proposal was raised during…
Nigeria to miss Olympic qualifying world championships
Nigeria’s men’s and women’s flag football teams will miss the world championships that start this week in Germany, the International Federation of American Football said on Monday, after the delegation was unable to secure the necessary visas. Reuters reports that the tournament, the first Olympic qualifying event for the sport ahead of its Games debut at…
How many hours of minimum wage work does it take to afford Toronto rent?
The answer is essentially the entire month! Toronto Today reports that the finding comes from a new report by real estate technology firm Zoocasa, which analyzed Canada-wide data from Rentals.ca, a popular house hunting platform. A full-time employee earning Ontario’s $17.60 minimum wage would need to work 145 hours a month to pay the average…
Rules! – Adewale Sobowale
I was taught a lesson recently. A damn good lesson! I would not normally go out of my way to buy aso ebi, party uniform. I made that rule for myself ages ago. I love good clothes. However, I don’t believe it’s anybody’s business to dictate anything I’ll be wearing to wherever at any point…
Constitution! – Adewale Sobowale
We should greet the presidency for taking care of the opposing groups on Buhari. A group is insistent that the president, Mr Buhari should either come back home and resume duties or he should stay in the UK or wherever. But he must resign. The other group is saying that since he has satisfied the…
Succotash! – Adewale Sobowale
The Western world has a lot of packagings. With the right packaging and a good marketing strategy one can sell ice to a man in Iceland. He would have forgotten that he doesn’t need it. Did you know that succotash is our own adalu. Adalu is a meal of corn (maize) and beans. Of course,…