By Morakinyo Babajide-Alabi The events of yesterday in Berlin, Germany and Ankara in Turkey has once again brought to our consciousness the reality of terror all over the world. The world was woken up to the dastardly acts of two seemingly demented individuals. In Ankara, a 22-year old off duty riot policeman, Mevlut Mert Altıntas…
By Morakinyo Babajide-Alabi I need to apologise to the readers of this blog for my unannounced and long break from my usually twice a week updates and reviews. While this unplanned break went on for what seemed forever, I hasten to add that my mind was always with my readers. This is to show how…
Different strokes for different folks. While the Nigeria Police is notable for its high level of corruption, in demanding and accepting bribes, stolen goods etc, their British counterparts have been accussed of excessive sexual exploitation, according to a report just released. It might be safe to conclude that officers of these two forces (Nigeria and…
At the end of trading, everybody goes home. Whether in Mushin Market, Idumota, New York, Johannesburg, Dublin, London, Paris etc. No sane man or woman is expected to sleep in the market. Trading starts another day.
Culled from BBC NEWS Theresa May will formally begin the Brexit process by the end of March 2017, she has told the BBC. The prime minister confirmed the deadline for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets in place a two-year process of withdrawal. She has also promised a “Great Repeal Bill” in…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi Published in the Sunday Vanguard of July 3, 2016. It is over a week now that the majority of British voters decided via a referendum that it was time to exit the European Union (EU). The ripples from the outcome of the poll had not settled and there are signs they are…
Culled from The Guardian Online In the speech announcing his resignation, David Cameron included a list of the things he was proud to have done as prime minister. I suspect you glazed over at that point. So will future biographers of his premiership. He has just become one of those leaders who will be remembered for…
By Mo Babajide-Alabi In 2009 when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) secured a deal with the Federal Government granting autonomy to universities in Nigeria, there were celebrations in the academia and the general public. Prior to this, there had been incessant strikes and shut downs of universities, arising among others, from the dependence…
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