A Powerful Tale of Love, Identity, and the Enduring Spirit of a NationAdewale Sobowale’s Greater Reunion is a masterfully crafted novel that boldly confronts the cultural complexities and emotional realities of inter-ethnic relationships in Nigeria—while celebrating the enduring power of love and personal destiny. It is precisely the kind of work that belongs on the…
Photo credit: Cable News Canada held a total of 13 World Cup matches. The parliamentary budget officer estimated each match to cost $82 million. The Runner reports that co-hosting the World Cup was estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $1.1 billion. Of the total funding, $473 million would come from the federal government, and the remaining…
Photo credit: Reuters Scattered protests broke out across Havana on Tuesday evening, with residents banging pots, honking horns and shouting “turn on the lights” as millions of Cubans remained without power amid a sex-month-long US fuel blockade. The Korea Times reports that Cuba experienced a nationwide outage on Monday – its third this year – but…
Photo credit: ABC News A government-appointed county commissioner in an opposition stronghold in South Sudan’s oil-rich Jonglei State was “assassinated” by opposition forces in renewed violence, the government confirmed late Monday. The Associated Press reports that fighting in Jonglei has intensified in recent days, with an unknown number of casualties. The strategic county of Akobo has seen…
Some people are saying Nigeria is overpopulated. In fact, some are even saying the current population of Nigeria might double itself in a few years time. The proponents of this view are saying Nigeria is overpopulated. They say if Nigerians fail to embrace family planning soonest, the facilities in the country will hardly go round….
There used to be a High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom. He was Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe. Before he became the High Commissioner, he was the de facto vice president of Nigeria between January 16, 1966 and July 29, 1966. On January 15, 1966, there had been a coup d’etat which was led by…
When one looks at Nigeria, they may fail to realize that all of us are automatically citizens of heaven. You ask why? It’s so apparent that we are. Is our own fight for god not a passport to heaven? In fact, we don’t even need the passport for god himself knows we are his children….
