Not yet Uhiru! – Adewale Sobowale
NIGERIA : Not Yet Uhuru It is another may 29. Nigerians are expected to be celebrating another so-called democracy day! However, my belief is that one can measure a state by the quality of life of the poorest citizen in that state. In other words, does the poor have the ability to live in dignity? […]
SECULAR? – Adewale Sobowale
Nigeria is said to be a secular state. That’s theoretical! However, in practice, the Nigerian state is religious. Or how do we explain the fact that apart from having churches and mosques, government involves itself with the staffing of these bastions of religiousity. In the past, government was sponsoring religious pilgrimages. I’m told that even […]
GBAGBE E! – Adewale Sobowale
Oh, how I wish I could tell whoever offends me to forget it. You see, when a person is brooding over a certain person’s misdeed to them, they end up suffering much more than the offender. In any case, the latter might not even know! How long do we have to spend on earth? The […]
IT’S A LIE! – Adewale Sobowale
Come off it! That’s my response to a friend who told me it’s pay day for some of our excretable excellencies. They really don’t belong to us again. It’s not as if we are doing yanga. But considering how they’ve been behaving since they went into the prison called state house, I wouldn’t think they’ll […]
IPANU! INCENTIVES!!
I really couldn’t believe it when I heard the news of people being offered incentives to encourage them to help themselves and the community. Some people are sceptical in taking the covid vaccines. Meanwhile.the vaccines – apparently – do have a shelf life after which they might be less potent. It’s now a case of […]
Kyiv under attacks for second night running!
For war-beleaguered Ukraine, it has been two nights of drone and missile strikes by rampaging Russian forces. Metro reports that Ukrainian forces claim they were able to shoot down more than 40 missiles and drones over Kyiv last night. Although no casualties were reported near the capital, falling drone debris damaged buildings and caused fires. […]
British police to stop 400,000 migrants!
Officers from Britain’s National Crime Agency are planning to join North African countries to stop people traffickers. LBC New reports that the police officers have been tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs with security forces in the region. According to The Times, the Italian Government has predicted that not less than 400,000 migrants will seek […]
16 migrants arrested in Hungary!
Hungarian border guards have stopped up to 16 migrants. Stiripesurse. ro reports that the migrants who were travelling to the border in four taxis were arrested because they were not able to justify their presence in the area. They will be sent back to the asylum centres which they had left. The migrants are reported […]
Commercial aircraft made in China!
China is going into the elite field of commercial aircraft producers as it launches its maiden commercial flight on Sunday. Gulf News reports that the made-in-China aircraft will rival Boeing Co. and Airbus SE. Flight MU9191 took off from Shanghai and landed safely in Beijing. The plane carried 128 passengers. The distance of 1771 kilometers […]
“I won’t call Tinubu president.” -Bakare
As preparations are ongoing for the swearing-in of Mr Bola Tinubu as the president of Nigeria, a cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare has said he will never refer to the president-elect as his president. Bakare, who is the overseer of Citadel Global Community Church said a series of malpractice took place in the 2023 elections. He […]