Rebels take control of parts of Aleppo!

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…

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Inside Nigeria! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Post Nigeria claims to be a democratic country. Note my word, ‘claims’. Isn’t it in Nigeria that we have prisoners, even despite court orders setting them free? We have people like Sambo Dasuki, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Omoyele Sowore, and others currently languishing in various detention rooms across the nation. The silly department in…

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The Tethered Hen! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Tatler I belong to a Facebook group that had a party last year. The party was successful in various ways, so the group decided to hold another one in December. Well, people should celebrate! But one thing that makes me silly is that some of their acquaintances were talking of gatecrashing. I used…

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Circles! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: iStock One thing that keeps astounding me is the regularity at which seasons move in circles. In spite of the so called global warming, the seasons do not fail us. In the tropics, we have the harmattan, dry and rainy seasons. In the western world there are the winter, summer, spring and autumn…

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Bridge to Employment launched in Bristol!

Photo credit: Bristol live The first refugees to be hired as binmen in Bristol have started their jobs as part of a new initiative to train recent arrivals in the city for jobs that will improve their lives.  BristolLive reports that Mazin and Khalid Ali have successfully completed a program called Bridge to Employment. This program, run…

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