Photo credit: Premium Times Catch-22 is the title of a satirical novel published on the tenth of November, 1961. It was written by Joseph Heller. The novel is frequently cited as one of the most notable books of the twentieth century. The term ‘catch-22’ has since been used in English language in reference to a…
Photo credit: NBS News According to numbers compiled by a Cuban economist and demographer, Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos, the island’s population fell by 18% between 2022 and 2023. El Pais reports that dozens of people are fleeing Cuba. People fly from Havana airport to Nicaragua daily, trying to escape the country’s collapse. Three years ago, there…
Photo credit: concerned worldwide Africa may overtake Asia as the continent with the hungriest people in the world by 2030. Five UN agencies stated that there was a “clear trend” of rising undernourishment in Africa. Africa already has the highest proportion of people lacking nutritious food (20.4%). However, over half of the world’s hungry people…
Photo credit: Ambience sticker The Yoruba believe people shorn in borrowed clothes, more often than not, suffer some consequences. Apart from the health implications, the clothes will either be slightly bigger or smaller. But many of us are suffering from identity crisis. That could be an effect of being colonized. However, I really don’t buy…
Photo credit: Vanguard Nigeria I may not really like him. By the way I’ve never met him. However, I don’t find his being in detention funny. Not at all! I understand he’s even there with his wife.Some of his sons were even killed. One of the reasons he’s being detained, I understand, is his willingness…
Photo credit: Premium Times I really don’t believe Nigeria has a president. Should I have said I don’t believe Nigeria has a powerful president? Maybe I should have said I don’t believe Nigeria has a good president! Mr Muhammad Buhari can’t be said to be a patriot. I’m saying this with every sense of respect….
Photo credit: Shutterstock I’ve been going to some coffee bars just to feel the pulse of the city and to ease myself of loneliness. Of course, other benefits are added like using the Wi-Fi while doing my writing that has become habitual. I could spend two hours on two extra large cups of coffee, or…
