Middle East Tensions Rising!
Photo credit: Times of Israel The Middle East conflict is escalating, with Iran launching a barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday. NBC reports that the missiles lit up the skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as Iron Dome defences intercepted some of the projectiles and warning sirens blared. Irdepartmentan fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles against…
Trudeau survives another confidence vote!
Photo credit: Daily Guardian Canadian Prime Minister has survived another parliamentary confidence vote, the second in less than a week. Reuters reports that the opposition parties have vowed to keep his Liberal government alive. In the House of Commons, Lawmakers voted 207-121 to defeat the official opposition Conservative Party’s bid to topple Trudeau. After almost nine years in…
Haiti’s schools resume to find homeless in schools!
Photo credit: Ocha Schools in Haiti resumed to discover teachers have fled, and the homeless are occupying schools. The Daily Item reports that several classrooms are condemned, while openings in the roofs and walls from the 2010 earthquake still need to be repaired in one of the oldest schools, Lycee Pinchinat de Jacmel. Although hundreds…
The Slaughter Slab! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Facebook A bull is never friends with the slaughter slab. He knows the place signifies its end. One other thing a bull is perpetually afraid of is anything red. Red stands for bloodshed. So a bull feels it in the subconscious that nothing red is too good for it However, Lagosians tend to…
Nigeria Is 55 – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Guardian Let’s roll out the drums and celebrate.Oh yes, why shouldn’t we? Our naira is now greater than the dollar.Our oil is now worth two hundred dollars per barrel.We now grow our own food.We export rice to China.Palm produce to Malaysia.Every farm has irrigation.Every able bodied man is employed.The sick and old…
A Celebration Of Humiliation! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: But lama Yeah, Nigeria should have been celebrating her independence today. She got her flag independence on this day in 1960. But apart from government officials and their partners in crime, who in Nigeria can really celebrate with reckless abandon? I know we should thank God for His little mercies over us. But…