In my innocence, I used to think grey hair and baldness went with riches and wisdom. Not until I started having both did I realise my belief was nothing but a ruse. The grey hair started with an obscure strand. But it is all over me now, even in the unlikeliest of places. What’s more,…
Photo credit: Indian Express The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border. Asia One reports that the justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who…
Photo credit: Toronto Today The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Thursday said officials have opened nearly 200 immigration investigations in the Greater Toronto Area that may have potential ties to extortion. Toronto Today reports that the investigation began in August 2025 and was focused on the Pacific and Prairie regions. The effort expanded to the GTA…
Photo credit: Legit News Another batch of 66 stranded Nigerians has been evacuated from South Africa bringing the total number of citizens repatriated under the federal government’s emergency evacuation program to 324. Business Day reports that the latest group arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night, after President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the immediate evacuation…
When a child seems to be selfishly savouring a particular item, the Yoruba are quick to remind him that, ‘On ton tan lodun eegun, omo alagbaa nbo wa fekuru jeko’. The simple meaning of that is that everyday is not Christmas. You know there was once a goggled Abacha in Nigeria. During his reign, Nigerians…
So, the southern governors in Nigeria have decided, in their benevolence, to go into agriculture. At least, that’s what the newly elected chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Mr. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, said. I hope it wasn’t said out of a bit of satiety from the dinner which would have accompanied their meeting….
Sango can be heard thundering in the skies; Oya, winding and storming here on earth! Ogun, powering furnace in forge! Yet, we turn deaf ear! What’s more, we turn blind eye, pretending not to see! If we did see or never lost our auditory system, did we also lose our sense of speech? We continue…
