Photo credit: the Guardian A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newly independent Congolese state, a Brussels court has ruled. The Guardian reports that Etienne Davignon, the only person still alive among 10 Belgians the…
Photo credit: Reuters Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast has launched the border control works he had promised during the campaign. MercoPress reports that the “border shield” starts in Chacalluta in the Arica and Parinacota region. This is an early sign that migration and security will be among the defining priorities of his administration. According to Chile’s presidency,…
I understand Sunday Igboho has announced a ban on Obi and Atiku from campaigning in the southwest. Great idea! However, I also understand he made the announcement on behalf of all the Yoruba. Who gave him the authority? I don’t have any qualms about his joining the Akanbi’s Party for Chopping (APC), but he must…
I hail una o! You know say I no kuku go sukuru but I sabi some sense. De tin wey dey worry us, I mean we Naija people, na wetin people wey go sukuru dey call White Knight Syndrome or Saviour Complex. Sa, di tin be say we go dey wait for person make dem…
There’s been so much noise about the take home pay of members of the National Assembly. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have expected people to be bothering their heads about whatever we do once they have already voted for us. In the first instance, didn’t we give them egunje before they grudgingly voted us in? The gratifications…
There’s a saying among the Yoruba that it’s a person that’s behind the Oro… I’ve been seeing some of the gods of the Yoruba being worshipped/appeased in the open. I praise the ingenuity of the political actors in encouraging the otherwise secretive traditional worshippers to bring their acts into the open instead of staying in…
I’ve always said that I don’t write for people’s applause. I’ve reached a stage where if nobody likes what I’ve written, I care less. That’s how when I was one of the few who saw through the Buharidemic that’s currently plaguing Nigeria, some were calling us wailers.It will take a new government at least 5…
