happenings in our world
I decided to call and congratulate my eighty four year old senior colleague, a man we all call Alhaji, a gentleman if ever there was one, during the last sallah celebrations. I expressed regret that I was unable to be at the tennis club where we all play to eat …
The question is worth repeating. Is anybody looking for a cure for covid-19? At the moment there is a rush to discover a vaccine or vaccines. Several countries, including Nigeria, are said to be cooperating with the World Heath Organisation to find a vaccine. Russia claims to already have a …
It is true. The only corona I ever heard of and saw was a Japanese car about two or three decades ago. It was quite popular in Nigeria but seems not to be in the market any longer. It was at the beginning of this pandemic that I began hearing …
‘Stop racism’, ‘say no to racism’, ‘end racism’. These are some of the slogans seen on television, stadiums and prominent locations all over the world. This is because of the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white, racist, USA police man, Chauvin. The event was recorded by …
When Christopher Columbus in 1492 and after him Amerigo Vespucci seven years later, both Italians, sailed westwards sponsored by Spanish/Portuguese monarchs in search for spices and wealth thinking they were heading for the far east, Asia, during the Voyages of Discovery, they accidentally landed in the West Indies and what …
Some days ago, our youthful Governor, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, decreed that churches and mosques can reopen on the 21st and 19th June respectively. He also decreed that those of us over sixty-five years of age should not attend church services or mosques! What he failed to explain was that if we …
The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, has announced to the world that Saudi Arabia will return to `moderate Islam’. He says Saudi Arabia will then be open to all religions. When? What does he mean by moderate Islam? And what does he mean by `all religions’? Saudi Arabia is …
The Social Media is awash with all sorts of news, the true, the speculative and outright falsehood. It is up to the reader to decide what to believe, what to laugh at and what to cry about. But that is where science is taking us. You can sit in your …
In my blog, Africa, My Africa, I wrote generally about the mess Black Africa is making of itself. You can hardly single out any black African country that is well ruled, well run and making reasonable progress. It is chaos, corruption, vested interest, impunity, greed, murder and mayhem everywhere. It …
The television advert says, `there is a new place they are all talking about, Africa.’ A new place? Africa, THE DARK CONTINENT is certainly not new. It is as old as the other continents. An African National Congress song was titled, `Nkosi Sikelele Africa’ – God bless Africa! But black …
