Photo credit: Daily Mail Up to 30,000 Muslims were at a park in Birmingham to mark the end of Ramadan. The Daily Mail reports that huge crowds descended on Small Heath Park in the city centre early on Friday morning to participate in a prayer to mark the end of the holy month, during which Muslims…
Photo credit: Citynews Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will ask city council next week to oppose any involvement of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city when it hosts FIFA World Cup games. CBC News reports Chow as saying in the motion that, “US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has demonstrated through their actions in Minnesota and across…
According to reports, some of the Dapchi girls have been released. While giving kudos to those responsible for their release, I just thought we should state some obvious facts. Is it not embarrassing that we don’t know how many girls have been released so far? What we first heard was 105 girls released while five…
Their poemsOur poetsLooking at NigeriaAny other poem?Naija is a poemWe are the poets. By every action of oursWe DO the poemsNot write them Lift the world upLift Nigeria upBy lifting humanityYes, our humanity. @as 032118
I do some scribblings. If you’re in that realm, you might just have come across an idea you want to put down and be wondering whether it hasn’t been done by someone, somewhere before you. Well, if one’s not careful, they may end up in the courts answering to charges of piracy. But then, I…
‘God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.’ – John 4: 24 I was, in the not too distant past, a housemaster in a school. Normally, around December so many Pentecostal Churches would have programs. Parents would generally want to pick their wards for the programs, especially…
With US-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to expand his military gains via new offensive against Ukraine that could put even more pressure on Kyiv. The Canadian Press reports that windfall revenues from surging global oil prices are hilling Moscow war coffers…
