Residents of Ikot Mfon in Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have called on the state government to reconstruct the collapsed Ikot Mfon/Ndiya bridge, which has claimed at least three lives, including schoolchildren. The bridge, built by the military in 1970, serves as a link for traders transporting agricultural produce. It collapsed in…
Photograph Source: Christophe Licoppe / European Union – CC BY 4.0 There is something deeply moving about the ignorance and scatty nature of politicians. At points, it can even be endearing. In the apparently wide wake left by the mauling of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the press at the Oval Office on February 28, backers of…
Bucharest, March 5, 2025 Photo: basilica.ro His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania celebrated 35 years of episcopal service on Tuesday, March 4. The future Patriarch was consecrated as Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Timișoara at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara on March 4, 1990, shortly after the fall of communism, reports the Basilica…
Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, isn’t one to shy away from bold claims — and his latest one is no exception. Reflecting on the 2023 Lagos governorship election, Jandor believes that if not for what he calls the “Peter Obi effect,” the story of who governs Lagos today might have been very different. Speaking…
The Chinese Embassy in the US has responded to the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration over the fentanyl issue. The embassy took to X, to post a statement emphasizing that the US should engage in equal consultation with China to address the matter. “If the US truly wants to solve the fentanyl issue, then…
Image by Yunus Tuğ. As the Trump administration engages in a frontal assault on the teaching of race and ethnicity at the K-12 level, a quieter but no less important battle is shaping up in deep blue California. Communities of color are mobilizing statewide to defeat AB 1468, the latest bill to emerge from the…
