Photo credit: Channels TV I hear Mr Buhari has presented the 2017 budget before the national assembly. By the way, I believe the only thing that is national in the latter is their jibiti. But then, I would have expected Mr president to ask for the inputs of some patriotic Nigerians like me. We want…
He’s as simple as they come. To a person knowing him for the first time, he could be just any Tom and Jerry. His respect could be so disarming that one would be forced to reveal even his innermost secrets to him. He’s so interested in people that even folks from his village come to…
Homelss Nigerians living under Lagos bridge. Photo credit: BBC The late Kola Olawuyi had a bitter quarrel with a pastor who was based in Ejigbo in Lagos State. The pastor is also deceased. However, while both of them were still alive, Kola Oluwuyi would always refer to the pastor as “ajofeyinbo.” That means a person…
Photo credit: ABC News In the past year, tens of thousands of people hostile to immigrants marched through London, chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV. And senior politicians advocated the deportation of longtime UK residents born abroad. The AP reports that the overt demonization of…
Photo credit: the Globe and Mail A drone strike hit a UN facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced. The Koren Herald reports that the strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, according to Guterres. Eight other peacekeepers were…
By Adewale Sobowale, There’s something obscene about celebrating a Man of the Year in a country where survival itself has become a full-time occupation. Awards presume achievement. Achievement presumes improvement. But what exactly is being improved when a nation grows richer in statistics and poorer in lived reality? When inflation eats wages faster than time…
Photo credit: Premium Times Certain things have been happening in Nigeria’s Aviation Ministry which makes one think all hopes are not lost. At least, not yet! The United Kingdom was persuaded into lifting the travel red list it issued against several nations. Majority of these nations are African. The United Arab Emirates has also seen…
