About one of the first things I grew up to know in the Yoruba culture is the egungun cult. Near our home at Itire, there used to live a family – an extended family – if you like, who lived a true Yoruba lifestyle though tinted with some Islamic practices. Islamic practices because they normally…
Photo credit: commonwealth A nation is concluding its national elections today. The activities in the country can’t but remind me of Nigerian elections. Even before a particular election ends, career politicians are already planning for the next elections. In the elections that are being concluded in Nigeria, meanwhile, a lot of resources would have been…
by Abiodun Onabanjo-Onatola I.Let me take you through into meand now, I want to make you a diver without ocean and if your heart still beats; humane, it’s through your sojourn in me that I will have my mind made. The Flag, green-white-green;lush savanna of abundance and citizens toiled for numberless hours; on farmlands without…
Photo credit: Council on foreign relations Saudi Arabia has abolished the controversial “kafala’ system. The Times of India reports that the move ends over 50 years of a framework that tied foreign workers’ residency and rights to employers. A part of the Saudi authorities’ Vision 2030, it grants millions of migrant workers the freedom to change…
Photo credit: Firstpost Twenty-three Indian crew members were rescued after a fire broke out aboard the Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker MV Falcon following an explosion off the coast of Aden, Yemen. India Today reports that authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. They dismissed speculations that the blast was caused by a Houthi attack. The vessel was heading…
It is not until you loose them that you appreciate them. I am already feeling the pain of your needless loss. But all is well, even in the well! I wanted to selfishly believe that, after a long battle with infirmity, you’d gone home to rest. Selfish, because I wouldn’t have to be bothered again….
I wonder what civil servants in my state want the government to do for them again. I really do wonder! When the government came on board, it promised so many goodies and it has delivered them. It went out of its way to even do much more! Let me start from the education sector, both…
