Oba f’okun weri o! Many who come to pastor.Should have been betterIn igbo EledumareWhere they’ll makeGood babalawos! Ko tun f’osa w’ese. But self survivalSelfish interestBrought themInto Christ’s vineyardThey came into theTabernacle! Eni Jesu we lo mo! A pig will always be oneIf you give it a bathIt will go back and take a swimIn the…
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to look at Nigeria from afar, I bet you wouldn’t need to invest in the Tom and Jerry series of cartoons. Why? Must you waste your money on Tom and Jerry when we have a ready-made one in Nigeria and Nigerians? Are Nigerians not busy debating on Prof. Soyinka’s…
Oh yes, the Yoruba say if we could gather as we gather for the dead for the ailing, nobody will die. I agree that’s an exaggeration, but if we could just take care about each other much more, I would think more lives could be saved. I posted an item about social media ranting sometime…
There was a famous politician in pre-independent Nigeria whom the people trusted so much that even if he had committed the most grievous crimes, they were satisfied with his actions. The Ibadan-based politician once bought a limo; there were grumblings by the opposition. What did our politician do? He allowed the people to have their…
Belarus is increasingly terrorizing its citizens abroad, including by forcing people with expired passports to renew their documents in their home country where they may face arrest, according to a group of independent UN experts. DPA reports that the three-person expert panel appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2024 presented its report on…
Photo credit: Yahoo health Many a pop song has nudged us to turn the lights down low, but for cardiovascular health, the better choice seems to be keeping them off entirely, with new research suggesting that pitch-black is best for sleep. DPA reports that, according to researchers at Tulane University in New Orleans, who looked at health data spanning three…
Protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have spurned violent clashes as police cracked down. Al Jazeera reports that police fired tear gas as hundreds of people protested in the capital Kinshasa on Tuesday against proposed constitutional changes that critics worry could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in power. The…
