At least 48 people have died, and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol, officials said on Thursday. The Associated Press reports that Ondo State’s Commissioner for Health, Banji Ajaka, said the cases had been reported in the Odigbo and Irele local…
With the way the ruling class is spending and using Nigeria’s resources, there is no doubt the fact that this country can not be in recession. Only the common man’s pocket is! Check out how much is being expended on the legislature. Check out how much is being expended on the executive arm of the…
I won’t ever forget a lesson I learnt in my adult years. There is this man, who, whenever any of his wards flunked a promotion examination, he wouldn’t be annoyed with them. Instead, he would take them to a classy eatery and have them order whatever they wanted. He himself would order what he wanted…
In Exodus: 1vs 8, we read about a new king coming to power in Egypt to whom Joseph meant nothing. For those who didn’t know, I would say, Joseph was a Jew who saved Egypt from famine. Now, in what ways have the governments in Nigeria, since independence, recognized the common man? The fact that…
I’m aware that dependence is the opposite of independence. But Nigeria is also a country full of contradictions. How can a country be so rich in natural and even man-made resources and still remain a beggarly nation? It’s unnecessary to mention Nigeria’s resources since even non-Nigerians agree the nation is naturally blessed. Anyway, that’s not…
Residents of an English village have voted to leave the UK in a symbolic referendum against plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby. The Guardian reports that the result of the poll in Piddington, Oxfordshire, was announced on Wednesday morning after 312 people voted on Tuesday. A total of 285 people were in favour…
Photo credit: the independent Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior have found themselves in the middle of a supercharged political and social debate in Spain about migration and the country’s relations with Morocco. The Associated Press reports that the reason is their decision to cover up part of the message on a T-shirt in…
