I had decided not to post anything about COVID-19 again, especially given Nigeria’s untidy management of the scourge. However, when a handshake moves to the elbow, it becomes a wrestle. The death of an old-school buddy has made me shatter my shell. He attended the reputable Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, in Lagos, where he was a…
A top Hamas political official, Khalil al-Hayya, has given a condition on which the body will lay down its arms. In an interview with The Associated Press, the official said the militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its arms and convert…
Emmanuel Macron, the French President, has strongly criticized migration policies that involve sending migrants to African countries. He says such policies ” betray our standard (European) values. These are just days after the UK government passed its Rwanda deportation bill. Macron made the remarks in a speech on Thursday that warned Europe against overdependence on…
Some African refugees whose bodies were found aboard a drifting boat have been buried in Brazil. TRT WORLD reports that the nine migrants whose bodies were already decomposing were found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region on April 13. Officials said documents found in the vessel showed the victims…
There are KINGS, and there are kings. The Oba of Benin is probably the most respected king in the Southwest. And why is this so? I believe it’s because he doesn’t make himself available for any event. He is not meddlesome. He minds his own business. That is not to say he doesn’t care about…
It’s recorded that Christ Jesus rode on a donkey to Jerusalem. The donkey was not even Christ’s. He liberated it! It’s also reported that Christ lived a life of simplicity. He particularly loved the poor and children. But what do we have these days? Many people might not know, either deliberately or ignorantly, that our…
I just thought I should remind some of us that everyone should be in the business of asking questions of our government representatives. When we ask the questions, we are not necessarily bound to offer alternatives if we are unsatisfied with our employees’ (the government) performance. That’s simply because they offered to serve us, and…
