There’s this fable about an elephant who had been terrorizing a community. The people then decided to make him the King so that he might probably stop giving the community hassles. But then, the community was wise enough to have sunken a ditch below the enthronement platform. The people were singing, Ao m’erin j’obaEweku eweleAo…
I just thought we should compare the military government of Mr Buhari to his executive presidency. It’s true the Shagari administration which Buhari toppled really made a mess of the economy. But was the Buhari administration well positioned to bail out the Nigerian people? Well, the military used its usual force of repression to cow…
A certain Nigerian ‘big boy’ was recently arrested for kidnapping. In the first instance, although he allegedly confessed, that can only be used as evidence in a properly constituted court of law. It is for the courts to determine whether he is guilty or not. Second, people have been fast to link him to a…
Photo credit: Al Jazeera Japan’s foreign aid program has scrapped a cultural exchange initiative with African countries after an online misinformation campaign led to a torrent of complaints and fear of increased immigration. AlJazeera reports that the country’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced on Thursday that it will cancel the Africa Hometown scheme, after an episode that…
Photo credit: BBC The French navy has seized almost 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $610m off the coast of West Africa, according to French authorities. Two French naval vessels operating as part of Operation Corymbe intercepted the cocaine haul from an unflagged fishing vessel on Monday, acting on a tip-off from maritime intelligence, anti-drug authorities…
Photo credit: Telegraph India A migrant from Malda a district in West Bengal was allegedly beaten to death in Mysore City in India on Wednesday. The Telegraph Online reports that the murder of Khairul Jamal prompted the Malda district Trinamool Congress leadership to allege that the attack was a result of ongoing anti-Bengali propaganda by BJP leaders across…
I hardly have any good thing to say to those who, because of whatever problems, chicken out and withdraw to their pitiable hovels! In the first instance, I am a person who’ll rather take a bullet with the chest while facing the battle rather than at the back while running away. Those who know will…
