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Val Sacilik is fighting against anti-migrant rhetoric in Bolu, northwestern Turkey. Bolu, who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger strike in 2000, has turned three decades of social activism into a fight against anti-migrant sentiment. He stands for the pro-Kurdish Dem (People’s Equality and Democratic Party). He wants to…
De people of Haiti wey don japa dey talk say de gang violence for dem kontiri dey shook dem for bodi. Situation for de country don wowo so stay over 1 million people don leave. As den dey call den family wey still dey, den no happy for de information wey den dey get. Den…
Should we blame our destiny?Should we blame our laziness?Should we blame our never say die attitude?Should we blame our sticking to tribalism? Why is it that out of all our people,we’ve not been able to findgood people to rule us? Is there no good personin our country?Are the politiciansbewitching us? Before we blame others,could we…
This will make it the third time that I will be writing on what has perhaps, and sadly too, become a trending issue in our society. Suicide! I decided to write again because some sections of our society are sadistically finding it funny. They are wondering why other people are now copycatting that unfortunate act….
Many of us have heard the word chutzpah used in terms of a person having positive audacity. But I bet only a few realize it could be used to describe people who display negative audacity. There are some positions which are normally reserved for the elderly. Senior citizens are often expected to have experienced the…
Mmm… So, Mr Kyari, Buhari’s chief of staff, has tested positive to coronavirus. But that’s not as newsworthy as the fact that he’s been taken to Lagos for treatment. The Aso Clinic on which so much has been spent doesn’t have the required materials. I doubt if the clinic even has bandages for first aid….
National Inland Waterways Authority of Nigeria are combining with the Nigerian Immigration Service to curb irregular migration by some Nigerians through the waterways. The Waterways Authority stated that both agencies pulled the stunt when Mr Joseph Dada, the Comptroller of Immigration Service in charge of Lagos Seaports and Marine Command, visited the Eng. Sarat Braimah…
