Photo credit: Washington Post West African laboratory scientists called on governments Friday to strengthen capacity to detect disease outbreaks to avoid another major outbreak, saying health systems across the region are becoming weaker. The Associated Press reports that the scientists issued their warning in Togo’s capital, Lome, where they have gathered this week to discuss the region’s…
Photo credit: Brexit for Barnham? A tiny village on the Norfolk border is considering an independence referendum in protest at government plans to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a military base on its doorstep. Eastern Daily Press reports that villagers in Barnham are weighing up whether to follow in the footsteps of Piddington, the Oxfordshire…
An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for the rainy day….
I just thought I should tender a public apology for my hoping for what I believe is a good government in Nigeria. I really wouldn’t know what came over me to have forgotten a golden maxim. ”A people deserves its leadership”. When a dancer meets a drummer even death may find it difficult to separate…
I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried in the full glare…
Photo credit: CTV News In a historic address to the European Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he welcomes European Council President Ursula von Leyen’s ambition to see Canada become the first associate member of the EU. The Canadian Press reports that he said while the name and nature of the new arrangement have yet…
Labur has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of Australia’s migration system that will restrict international students from bringing family members, slash access to extended working holiday visas and make it harder for temporary migrants to remain in the country by repeatedly switching visas. The Daily Mail reports that the changes will also target students who switch courses…
