Photo credit: Punch The move by the Lagos State Government to ban okada and tricycles from fifteen local governments in the state could have been better if government had really put the interests of the various stakeholders in mind. In the first instance, the government, through its commissioner for information and strategy allegedly insisted that…
All these bloody unbelievers should just go sit down. Yeah! Anyone who doesn’t believe in northern Nigeria’s version of Islam is just an unbeliever. A bloody one at that. So what’s all this noise about herders and cattle rearing? Just tell me what the noise is about. Cattle rearing is historical. But then, we’ve made…
Mr Raji Fashola recently said the Buhari administration has done more than the United States in the provision of infrastructure. As the ill performing minister of works and housing, he should know. All the roads in Nigeria have been tarred. Even the roads to farms and village roads. All houses have electric power supply. Those…
You’ve taken the cane from the blind;You’re now mocking him;Maybe your parentsNever told youAboutIroko and the child who abused it! The grand old tree might not do anything,at least, for now;You would have forgotten your offencebefore it reacts! Rich and influential;You make away with our commonwealth;To cater for your wards;You must have forgotten;Children untrained or…
Photo credit: BBC How many Nigerians have noticed that the further we are from October 1, 1960, the more poverty-stricken our society is? And, I’m talking of poverty in all ramifications! Let’s look at Indonesia and Japan, for instance. In what stage of development were they at Nigeria’s independence? Where are they now? I remember…
Photo credit: NBC News Israel has recovered the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. The final condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump has thus been fulfilled. The remains of police officer Ran Gvill have been identified and will be returned for burial, the military said in a statement. The…
Photo credit: VOA The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it was “deeply concerned” by the reports that hundreds of migrants may be missing or dead following reports of deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean in recent days. France 24 reports that in a statement, the organization said, “Several boats are believed to have been…
