If he had served in Buhari’s first term, I would have believed he had been misled by the thinking that only the military could save Nigeria. But I would still have had my reservations. That is because I doubt if Gani, in whose chambers, he cut his teeth as a lawyer, would have served under…
Jokers as Presidents! I was going to write about the distasteful attitude of some alleged APC members or Ministry workers who appropriately sent Wale Edun off. The erstwhile Minister of Finance was given a befitting send-off by signing a condolence register, and a mock coffin was strategically placed. Whoever mulled the idea should remember a…
Photo credit: Toronto Star The gloves are coming all off as Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow attempts to rally Torontonians to combat the Doug Ford government’s plans to take over and expand Billy Bishop Airport. City News reports that on Thursday, the Province introduced the Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026, which looks to further develop the airport…
Photo credit: Yahoo News The number of people facing a “food crisis” around the globe has doubled over the past decade, a new report finds, with the new data coming in the wake of figures that show that foreign aid has also fallen to a 10-year low. The annual report, co-published by aid partners including the…
Photo credit: Greek reporter Greece has dispatched senior coast guard officials to Libya in a bid to strengthen cooperation and curb the rising flow of irregular migrants heading toward the island of Crete. Libya Review reports that the move highlights the growing European concern over migration routes from North Africa. Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs, Vasilis Kikilias,…
The Ogun State government in Nigeria has declared that anyone not wearing a facemask will be arrested and quarantined for two weeks. According to Dr. Ben Cowling, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, ‘In general, there’s not a large benefit of wearing surgical face masks either for people who…
Could it be true that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan is a possible candidate for the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria? Could he be true that he might become the consensus choice of APC? I can’t just help asking if we, Nigerians, do think at all. So, Jonathan’s sins have been forgotten or is it forgiven? I…
