Photo credit: BSS Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam today reaffirmed the government’s priority to transform her country’s migration sector into a skills-based, rights-based and well-governed system, while seeking enhanced cooperation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). BSS News reports that she made the remarks when the newly-appointed Chief of Mission of…
Photo credit: Halbeeg News The International Organization for Migration warned on Sunday that Sudan’s El Obeid risks becoming “another El Fasher” as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensify attacks on the North Kordofan capital, threatening hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the crossfire. Mohamed Refaat, the UN agency’s chief of mission in Sudan, said the city…
I’m not ashamed to declare the fact that I’m not much impressed by the present activities of the Ogun State government. I love good roads, but where roads are being built at the expense of every other thing, I detest it. In fact, roads are being constructed everywhere and nowhere. We are seeing a lot…
My job today is an unenviable one. Yes, it is! I will be a self appointed commentator for the ongoing process of exiDino. If you don’t know what that means, I.mean exiDino, then you.must be a new man to Nigerian politics. If you are new, you may not have heard that the good people of…
Nigeria’s politics is always interesting! Oh yes, I’m using the word, ‘interesting’ as an understatement. Some other commentators would have said, ridiculous! What could have informed a supposedly educated person to say that party discipline was superior to a nation’s interest. In more serious climes, once the winners of the general elections are known, the…
A thought came to me and I believe it’s worth sharing. The thought is simple, ‘If I was God’. I will pamper the ‘pamperable’ and condemn the condemnable. Of course, this will not be limited to nations but also individuals. Since I realize it’s individuals that form nations. Individuals also become leaders of nations. If…
When I consider the effects of COVID on man, I can’t but thank God that the braggadocios nature of humanity has been nipped in the bud. At least for now! Man has been effectively demystified. Indeed, it’s apparent that a third force, which I identify as God, is moving through the entire globe. As scientific…
