There’s no doubt that Nollywood – Nigeria’s version of Hollywood – is going places. With the number of Nigerians progressively committing the offence of japaing, the sky is actually the beginning for our thespians. The movies are actually doing a lot in reminding one of home. But, there is quite a few things to be…
photo credit: The Canadian Press A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission – and potentially cured, according to his doctors – after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. The patient was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia in 2021 and needed a…
Photo credit: News.com.au Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume has clashed with Today host Sarah Abo in a tense interview over the Coalition’s new migration policy. The policy suggests Australia should discriminate against migrants fleeing autocracies because they are less likely to share “Australian values”. It was announced earlier this month by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, who…
Photo credit: South China Post Malaysian immigration authorities say they have uncovered an Indonesian migrant-smuggling syndicate that moved people from sea crossings to a more elaborate route through Singapore and southern Thailand. The raid, carried out before dawn on Saturday at two major transport terminals in Kuala Lumpur, led to the arrest of 11 indonesians, including a suspected…
I had decided not to post anything about COVID 19 again. Especially, given Nigeria’s untidy management of the scourge. However, when a handshake moves to the elbow, it becomes a wrestle. The death of an old school buddy has made me shatter my shell. He attended the reputable Baptist Academy, Obanikoro in Lagos, where he…
A number of sites exist in Cambodia where more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge during its rule of the country between 1975 and 1979. They are appropriately named the Cambodian Killing Fields. An estimated figure of between 500, 000 thousand and one million Rwandans were eliminated within 100…
With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…
