Many of us are so cowardly that we’re afraid of our own shadows! Nothing makes me remember this more than the banker and philanthropist who was interred with his wife and son yesterday after having a fatal accident in the US, After his death, even within a short period, a lot of negative water has…
Photo credit: Times of Isreal The King of Bahrain strongly condemned recent Iranian attacks targeting his country and allied states. He described them as unjustified and unprecedented. Kurdistan24 reports that Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on Sunday, expressed deep concern over the wide-ranging attacks carried out by Iran against Bahrain and several friendly nations. In a message addressing the regional security…
Photo credit: the Canadian Press Jewish community leaders in Toronto have called for more support after two Toronto-area synagogues were struck with gunfire this weekend. Toronto Today reports that Sara Lefton of the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto said the shootings represent “a threat to all,” not just Jewish Canadians. Lefton called on all…
A long time ago, when the eyes were still on the knees. There was a woman who was then barren. The woman’s name was Olurombi. Meanwhile, childless women had been going to the Iroko tree to plead for children. When they went, they would pledge that if the Iroko gave them children they would offer…
I had known Ebute Meta since I started having a sense of my existence. In fact, I believe my mom had been taking me there since infancy. When I came into an awareness of my being, I was carried away by the well laid out streets, the street lamps, the clean gutters, the waste disposal…
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when for one reason or the other, I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter any word. She would go have her own meal and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would…
Our people in Nigeria seem to have resigned to fate. I say this with a lot of distaste. Distaste because I just feel that under no circumstances, must a dislike for evil deeds be stopped. But our people seem to have lost their voices. I’m referring specifically to the recent kidnap of over 200 pupils…
