I was at a party sometime ago. The celebrators then asked me to be the emergency MC because the person they had asked to be master of ceremonies, for one reason or the other, couldn’t make it. Mmm.. If I had been told before hand, of course. I would have dotted my ‘i’s and crossed…
That Russia has attacked Ukraine is no longer news. Most leaders of true democratic governments all over the world have been busy condemning the unprovoked and needless attack on another democratic nation. Please note the word, ‘most’. Most, except African countries. According to a report, only 3 African countries have deemed it fit to condemn…
Photo credit: BBC Mohammed Derwish, head of the leadership council of the Palestinian resistance movement (HAMAS) has sent a letter to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, providing a detailed report on the latest status of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Iran News reports that in the letter, Darwish congratulated Araghchi on the advent of the holy month of…
Photo credit: Jamaica gleaner Former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson has ex[ressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba. He says the crisis was made worse by the absence of the bold political courage once shown in the era of Michael Manley. The Gleaner reports that Patterson was among 10…
I hear the Nigerian government has enacted a law banning film producers from exhibiting money making rituals in their productions. I would think that’s an act of treating common ring worm at the expense of leprosy. In the first instance, do such films generally promote money making rituals? Or do they promote the futility of…
Compass April 1, 2010 The head has always held a prominent and spectacularly unique position in human evaluation and in most cultures it has been accorded spiritual significance. The head is regarded in biblical terms as both the symbol of authority and source of authority in human relationships. The biblical Jesus is regarded as the…
Photo credit: Arab News At least five bodies of migrants, including two women, have been washed ashore in Qasar al-Akyyar, a coastal town in the east of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, a police officer told Reuters on Saturday. Hassan Al-Ghawil, head of investigations at the Qasr Al-Akhyar police station, said that according to people in the area,…
