The internet is abuzz with a Reuters video of a tiny kitten feeding on milk from lactating dog in a remote Nigerian town The name of the town is not given. Traditionally, dogs do not get on well with cats. So, it is indeed a phenomenon that a cat actually suckles a dog. Below is Read More…
Day: 24 January 2021
Hope for the Nations
Text: Luke 1:5-38 A few months ago, we marked Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. Many celebrated. Many did not. For various reasons. What relevance does this have for us as we re-learn Jesus? Last week, we looked at how some of the prophecies dating back from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and Read More…
Democratisation of insecurity
Democracy is good. Insecurity is bad. Democratisation of insecurity is totally undesirable. Those are the truths on which I stand today as I ruminate over the gradual transmogrification of the southwestern part of Nigeria from a peaceful centre of commerce and culture to a killing field where untold savagery has become a handmaiden of daily Read More…
Lagos records 1300 new COVID-19 new infections in two days, 14 die in one week
Larry King, famous talk show host loses battle of COVID-19 Saturday, 23rd January 2020, was a day Lagos recorded 14 new deaths in the past one week while the world reeled from the loss of Larry King, the phenomenal radio and television talk show host to the ravages of the COVD-19 coronavirus disease. In its Read More…
Sanwo-Olu commissions 110-bed maternity home, housing scheme in Badagry
Governor Inaugurates Rehabilitated Medical Institute, Flags Off 5.5km Road Project Badagry – one of the five traditional divisions of Lagos State – reaped bountiful dividends of the development programmes of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. A 110-bed Maternal and Childcare Centre (MCC), School of Anaesthesiology in Badagry General Hospital and 252 units of two bedroom housing Read More…
Oladapo Afolayan: West Ham debut ‘a dream come true’ as academy graduate scores in FA Cup win vs Doncaster
Oladapo Afolayan hailed his West Ham debut as a “dream come true” as the academy graduate marked the occasion with a goal as the Hammers beat Doncaster 4-0 in the FA Cup. The 23-year-old striker, who joined the academy ranks in east London from Solihull Moors in 2018, was introduced in a deeper role than Read More…
Late goals spare Man City blushes at Cheltenham as Cup holders, Arsenal, crash out with own goal
Late goals by Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres spared Manchester City a shock FA Cup defeat away to fourth-tier Cheltenham as the Premier League giants scraped into round five on Saturday. Alfie May’s 59th-minute goal put Cheltenham agonisingly close to the biggest win in their history on a night of drama at a Read More…