Israeli airstrike kills 29 in Gaza!
Photo credit: Daily Post Not less than 29 people were killed in Gaza and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school in southern Gaza. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday’s strike it next to the gate of al-Awda school in the town of Abasan…
Member-states backing out of ECOWAS!
Photo credit: Channels TV Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have broken away from the 15-member regional bloc, ECOWAS. The New York Times reports that the bloc has long ensured the free movement of people and goods among its tightly knit economies. By their actions, the three countries have further destabilized an area home to four…
40 held in Italy over migrant visa fraud!
Photo credit: BOL News At least 40 people have been held in Italy over migrant visa fraud. Reuters reports that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had complained weeks ago that mafia groups were exploiting the system for profit. The 44 people apprehended included 13 in jail, 24 under house arrest and seven in custody. They were…
Muslims And Children! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Punch There’s a Yoruba saying that goes with these times. ‘Kekere n’imale ti nko omo e l’aso’. I’m sure those who have been reading me will long have realised that I don’t have any religious bias. I’m saying that just in case some are feeling threatened. The meaning of the saying is…
Alo N T’ahun! – Adewale Sobowale
Cartoon of a man urinating on the Bible. Photo credit: @tylyorbo There’s a story in Yoruba land and it goes thus: The ubiquitous tortoise once had a wife. Unfortunately, tortoise, being the lazy type, it gets rewarded, for everyone of its actions rather handsomely. It so happens that the tortoise’s father in law is a…
Jailed Jailer! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Premium Times People who are familiar with our world definitely know that no condition is permanent. This is more so in the so called developing world. By the way, the term ‘developing’ is a polite way of calling countries underdeveloped. Nigeria happens to be one of such. The table has turned for the…