The reported bomb blast at the Kano central mosque today in Kano appearing to target the Emir of Kano who traditionally leads Jumah prayers seems to be a coordinated attack. Reports says five different mosques were the target including one in Maiduguri. Four of these bombs were successfully defused but we were not so lucky with the one […]
Unconfirmed reports says there has been a bomb blast at Kano Central Mosque. Today being a Friday means throngs of worshipers would be at the mosque, many are feared dead. Casualty figures could be high. The Emir of Kano usually leads prayers on Fridays at this mosque. Check back for more details as we get […]
MUSLIM AND ANGRY….AT MUSLIMS – Opeyemi Oduwole As a British-African Muslim that has worshiped at Friday Jumah services in a number of mosques in almost 2 dozens countries, I have encountered several appeal for donations for many charitable courses. Since 9/11, there had been upsurge in the number of appeal funds to help Muslims that are victims of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and […]
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Now i know we have a useless old generation bent on destroying younger generations with their actions. How else do you explain the use of 9.2bn naira to purchase stoves, supposed wonder stoves from a foreigner? Why cant we buy just one sample and produce our own here if its that dire? In these days […]
2015 election myth or reality? GEJ the last Nigerian president? I have always been watching the Nigerian political scene but rarely commenting partly because I see a sea of selfish ambitions in garbs of service to the nation but focused on looting. Even at that, I still believed there was going to be an election […]
President Jonathan some few minutes ago flagged off the great green wall project for the north in Kebbi state. The Great Green Wall initiative is a pan-African proposal to “green” the continent from west to east in order to battle desertification. Its an audacious project which aims at tackling poverty and the degradation of soils […]
Road to hell Paved with love and guided with history, Advertized as pleasure and shown a necessity, Such is the road to hell, beautiful in presentation A terrible bumpy ride that has zero survival rate. A wicked creation with the first ending in disaster, To satisfy urges the lie was born to keep order, This […]
Freedom In the absence of shackles and presence of food, In the comfort of same skin and a common language, The illusion of freedom is sold to the modern slaves. Hidden in the paycheck and written laws, The charade with generations continue. Autocracy and democracy they call it, Communism and theocracy they name it, Padded […]
UPDATE on The Ferguson grand jury verdict, peace or violence? And the verdict gave rise to violence. Officer Darren who fatally shot an unarmed teenager was not indicted by the grand jury. What is a grand jury in the American legal system. photo culled from udayton.edu A grand jury is a group of people, everyday people , […]
The Ferguson shooting. Michael brown and Darren Wilson The dawn of a new era? The United States is viewed as the land of opportunities where dreams are achieved irrespective of who you are. This is in contrast to the centuries of slavery of the Blackman and continued racism both subtle and flagrant on non Caucasians. […]
