Someone posted an indictment on the begging culture, which has now enveloped us. When I say us, I do mean it! In the past, the standard way of writing a letter for employment was to begin with, ‘I beg to apply…’ These days, we’re not begging for employment but for favours when we shouldn’t if…
Photo credit: iStock Yes! If we had known Aisha was like this, we would have made her the police inspector general. A lazy youth commented about her new look even while the average Nigerian man looks and eats less that–average. So, she got the boy arrested and with others, she was giving the boy summary…
Photo credit: Reuters Britain’s parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about dignity in death and end-of-life. Reuters reports that in an initial approval of the bill, 330 lawmakers voted in favour with 275 against…
Photo credit: ReNew Canada The federal government of Canada has announced plans to assist Toronto with hundreds of millions of dollars to buy new subway trains for its aging fleet. BurlintonToday reports that Ontario and the City of Toronto each committed $758 million a year ago so the Toronto Transit Corporation could buy 55 new trains…
Photo credit: VOA Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of several neighbourhoods of the country’s largest city, Aleppo. BBC reports that as of Friday morning, rebels controlled more than half of the city. The move is the biggest offensive against the Syrian government in years and the first time rebels fighting the forces of…
Photo credit: Premium Times It’s getting apparent more and more, everyday, that Nigeria doesn’t have a head. It’s not clear if it does even have a tail. The reason is not far fetched. The goings on in that country could be termed to be the Hobbesian state of nature. How can there be a head…
