I love the Yoruba language. Of course, the Yoruba are mostly found in the Southwest of Nigeria. One of their songs is,‘Yokolu yokolu,Ko ha tan bi,Iyawo gbo’ko sanle,Oko yo’ke’. The song is normally sung to mock people who could have done better and prevented impending doom. One saying of the Yoruba I can’t forget is,…
Photo credit: The Punch I hear Nigeria is about to (if it hasn’t) borrow a humongous amount of between $23b and $30b US dollars! Yeepa!! Doesn’t it amount to selling our very future? Unfortunately, most, if not all, of the present political leaders and even those of us who are nobody will not be on…
Photo credit: PM News I guess it was Naeto that sang a song that became the poem of the time, titled ‘kini big deal?’, (what’s the result of all the hassles?) Is it not a song that suits these times? These are times when it has been vividly proved that the average Nigerian will do…
Photo credit: the Guardian The Australian government has restricted the number of domestic workers diplomats can bring into the country, a UN anti-slavery expert has reported, after two recent federal court cases exposed systemic exploitation, a judge described as “slave-like working conditions”. The Guardian reports that the United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery concluded a…
Photo credit: CTV News An immigrant rights organization held a demonstration in Montreal early Saturday afternoon in front of the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration in response to the government’s announced freeze on immigration programs. The Gazette reports that to limit the number of permanent immigrants to Quebec, the CAQ government announced in October…
Photo credit: LinkedIn FIFA has ignored its report on compensation for the Qatar World Cup compensations. Keir Radnedge.com reports that a FIFA subcommittee report on Qatar’s 2022 World Cup legacy said soccer’s world governing body is responsible for compensating migrant workers. However, the body has not acted on a recommendation to do that using its legacy…
