An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for the rainy day….
I just thought I should tender a public apology for my hoping for what I believe is a good government in Nigeria. I really wouldn’t know what came over me to have forgotten a golden maxim. ”A people deserves its leadership”. When a dancer meets a drummer even death may find it difficult to separate…
I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried in the full glare…
Photo credit: CTV News In a historic address to the European Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he welcomes European Council President Ursula von Leyen’s ambition to see Canada become the first associate member of the EU. The Canadian Press reports that he said while the name and nature of the new arrangement have yet…
Labur has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of Australia’s migration system that will restrict international students from bringing family members, slash access to extended working holiday visas and make it harder for temporary migrants to remain in the country by repeatedly switching visas. The Daily Mail reports that the changes will also target students who switch courses…
At least 48 people have died, and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol, officials said on Thursday. The Associated Press reports that Ondo State’s Commissioner for Health, Banji Ajaka, said the cases had been reported in the Odigbo and Irele local…
With the way the ruling class is spending and using Nigeria’s resources, there is no doubt the fact that this country can not be in recession. Only the common man’s pocket is! Check out how much is being expended on the legislature. Check out how much is being expended on the executive arm of the…
