Photo credit: United Nations The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was marked a couple of days ago. For most Africans, disability is real, not because the resources are not there, but because the systems constrain them. The continent is often described as struggling, weak, or dependent. For instance, Nigeria suffers from insecurity, hunger, unemployment, and a…
The video of a so-called pastor in Eastern Nigeria who committed incest with his three daughters has gone viral. Incidentally, his wife supported him because of ‘love’. While I support his being punished by a competent court, I really detest his being stripped naked. Ok! Does his being stripped naked atone for his sins or…
Spain received over 2.3 million applications for citizenship from descendants of people who fled the country during the rule of dictator Francisco Franco. Euro News reports that it has overwhelmed the country’s consular services. Over 1 million people formally applied for Spanish nationality under the Law of Democratic Memory since the program launched in October…
Photo credit: Addis standard Ethiopia delivered a scathing diplomatic rebuke to Egypt on Wednesday, accusing it of destabilizing the Horn of Africa to maintain a “colonial” monopoly over the Nile River. AA reports that the statement marked the latest escalation in a bitter war of words that has intensified since Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand…
Photo credit: PRNigeria News The Nigerian authorities seem to be getting it right by nominating General Christopher Gwabin Musa for the post of Defence Minister. He retired as the Chief of Defence Staff in October this year. He appeared before the Nigertan Senate on December 3, and every senator who contributed spoke well of him. While answering…
That a popular church now has a dating site is the latest news in Nigeria. I wouldn’t know if the act has contravened any part of the Nigerian constitution. If it hasn’t, people should ‘free’ the church. Why do you think the population of women seems to be much more than that of men in…
When I look at life, I just can’t help laughing and giving praises to the Most High! All our thanks should go to Him!! I can’t but remember a Yoruba story, possibly from the Odu Ifa Corpus. It says so many people prepare evil machinations against the mountain. The mountain doesn’t eat neither does it…
