There is a stink rising over the United Kingdom’s second-largest city. Garbage has piled up for a month in Birmingham during a dispute between the city and its trash collectors. It is a sore sight for eyes and offensive to the nose. Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have…
I have said it repeatedly, and I will say it again for the umpteenth time that Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is contemptuous of people whether they be friends or foes. He cares about nobody except himself. That explains why he’s who he is. If assuming a name and an identity that’s not his,…
Abuja-based lawyer, Stan Alieke, has taken to social media to educate Nigerians about non-consensual s#x. In his post, Stan stated that under the Nigerian criminal code, ejaculating with a partner without her permission has been held to be r@pe. He also pointed out that under the law, a man cannot claim to have been…
Pascal Dozie, a Nigerian entrepreneur who played a defining role in the development of Nigeria’s modern banking and telecommunications industries, has died. He was 85. Mr Dozie passed away on 8 April, according to a family statement issued by his son, Uzoma Dozie, who described him as a “devoted husband, father, grandfather, and a man…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that countries sanctioning Kigali could “go to hell”, weeks after some nations imposed the measures over Rwanda’s involvement in the eastern DR Congo conflict. The Rwandan-backed M23 group has taken swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing and holding the eastern regional capitals Goma and Bukavu, to international…
