Photo credit: Vanguard There must definitely be two Obasekis in the APC gubernatorial race of Edo State in Nigeria. If not, I don’t see why the governor of the state could be disqualified due to educational qualifications. I say this with every sense of responsibility. Was it not with the same qualifications he rode into…
Photo credit: the Cable So Buhari could go and commission a railway service in Lagos? He’s probably too old to remember he cancelled the metro-line project embarked upon by Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he toppled the Shagari government in 1984.The project handlers were said to have gone to court and it was alleged that the…
Photo credit: Reuters “All is fair in war,” according to John Lily in the “Anatomy of Wit” published in 1578. It is not, therefore, surprising that to renew their visas, Russia is allegedly sending thousands of migrants to the battle fronts against Ukraine. According to officials familiar with the situation, Russia has said it wouldn’t…
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune At least 39 people are reported to have died when a migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen, the UN immigration agency has reported. The International Agency reports that 150 others were missing, but 71 people survived. The nationalities of the migrants were not clear. Many migrants from the Horn of…
Photo credit: Premium Times I hear come next session, a government in the South West might stop paying the WAEC fees of public school pupils. I believe that will be a good development. In the first instance, it is a sign of stopping the farce called free education in those states. Even though, I personally…
Photo credit: Vanguard I hope the news I’m hearing of the Yoruba response to the herder menace is false! It’s no news that herders are already a menace in southern Nigeria. They commit trespasses, kill, rape, murder, kidnap and generally do not obey any law of decency. And, they are indirectly enjoying the support of…
