‘The Second Coming’! – Adewale Sobowale
I love great writers! Although they generally prefer not to wear the tag, ‘prophet’, they generally see the end right from the beginning. If Nigeria had listened to some of her writers, I believe our lot as a nation might have been better. I could still remember that Ray Ekpu predicted the burning of the…
Ford and Trump exchange insults amid renewed trade war
Photo credit: Global News Ontario Premier Doug Ford and US President Donald Trump criticized each other on Monday, with Ford throwing the first jab during an interview with a local radio station. Speaking to The Associated Press Monday, Ford said, “He underestimates Canada. We’re all in. Up here, we’re at a fever pitch; everyone’s in…
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history, officials say
Photo credit: LA Times The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the US. Asia One reports that if it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history and would…
Myanmar civil society demands accountability
Photo credit: DVB English On the ninth anniversary of the 2017 military-led genocide against the Rohingya on August 25, a coalition of civil society organizations – including the Blood Money Campaign, Defend Myanmar Democracy, and Progressive Voice – issued a joint declaration calling for immediate international legal intervention, emergency humanitarian funding, and full citizenship rights…
A Draw! – Adewale Sobowale
With the announcement of those on the death row in Saudi Arabia, I’m sure it would be apparent to even kindergarteners the problem is not a tribal one. Initially, some folks were saying it was an Igbo problem. But by now, we should have started being sorry for ourselves as a nation. Something must be…
Cookie Crumbles! – Adewale Sobowale
It is no news that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has disinvited Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai from being a speaker at its national conference. The reason is that el-Rufai as governor of Kaduna has turned a blind eye to the killings in Southern Kaduna. The NBA is right in doing so for allowing el-Rufai to speak…