Yinyin nda! Were I prophet;Lotteries and bets;Will specialize on;They’re novel turns on! Sere ninu Ile! Rites of passage;Didn’t I presage?Sent me from city;Was I liver- lillied! Ma wo nu re! A whole six feet;Doesn’t matter to it;No respect for length;And, down I went! Ki aso re! Protecting my cell;From getting wet;And, down I went;Spite of…
Photo credit: ICIR Nigeria There are people who understand the idiosyncrasies of Nigerians, and, of course, such people understand Nigeria in toto. When they pretend not to know, it’s probably because what they want is yet to get into their hands. Once they get it, their true colors will definitely become apparent. That’s why the…
Photo credit: BAP Production Wheneve I ponder over the Yoruba concept of omoluabi, I think it’s one of the few Yoruba terms that the English language could be said to have a meaningful response to. It’s beautifully captured in the meaning of humaneness. Humaneness is compassion for others and others could be either people or…
Photo credit: Leadership When we talk, they can’t but call us wailers. But I think being called a wailer as far as Mr Buhari’s despotic government is concerned could be regarded as a compliment. The news in Nigeria now is about onion. Onion is now so scarce that it could be regarded much more than…
Photo credit: insauga Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for several communities, with up to 20 cm. Nsuaga reports that the forecast predicts that some areas of Ontario could see snowfall rates reaching 2 to 4 cm per hour, causing rapidly changing and potentially dangerous driving conditions. The snowfall warning impacts the following areas in…
Photo credit: FMT The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Monday that over 543,000 travellers crossed the Singapore-Malaysian land border on September 6. CNA reports that the single-day record was logged during the September school holidays from August 30 to September 8. During the period, over five million travelers crossed the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints,…
