By Babajide Alabi It all started as a joke, when in mid 2000s Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister brought up again the idea of a Scottish Independence. Although this has always been Salmond’s desire, it was around this time that it really gained momentum. All over Scotland, it was a common knowledge that independence was the…
by Babajide Alabi Uncle G is a very popular and well loved man, especially among Nigerians in the city of Dundee, United Kingdom. Charming, well spoken and well dressed, Uncle G is a man with sweet stories of his social days back in Nigeria. A detribalised Nigerian, with fairly good knowledge of the major languages…
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke,” – Will Rogers CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK Buoyed by the acceptance of his new found friends, Reckless said: “We all know the problem of British politics. People feel disconnected from Westminster. But disconnected is too mild a word. People feel…
By Morak Babajide Alabi “Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke,” – Will Rogers It has been said times uncountable that politicians all over the world are the same. Not because most of them now dress in impressive designer clothes or shoes and try to act as…
By Babajide Alabi Some years ago, I ran into a “big” Nigerian on the streets of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. To be honest, it wasnt a “running into”, it was a case of a conscious encounter. This big guy, at a point in time, was a power broker in the political and military set up of…
By Babajide Alabi At the just concluded National Conference on Committee for Foreign Policy disclosed that there are over 16,300 Nigerians in foreign jailhouses for drug related offences. This figure, as announced by a delegate, the former Minister of Education, Prof. Ihechukwu Madubuike, quoting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), was not such a…
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