By: PATRICIA SCOTLAND, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today there is an eerie silence across the globe. Bustling cities have gone quiet and highways that were once jammed with bumper to bumper traffic, are empty. In homes, thousands of families are anxiously awaiting a phone call from a hospital about their loved ones. Many have already received the…
By PATRICIA SCOTLAND, Commonwealth Secretary-General Public parks have been gated shut, beaches emptied and stadia deserted, as an unprecedented 2.5 billion people across the world are told to sit at home. Times are tough. The Coronavirus is real and as it spreads its tentacles across the globe it is taking its toll on the lives…
Recently, Global NCAP, programme of a UK-based charity organisation, conducted an unusual crash test. It selected a 2015 used vehicle made for Europe, which it crashed against a 2019 model of the same vehicle but made in and for sub-Sahara Africa, including Nigeria. With the test result, Global NCAP arrived at a sneaky submission that…
By:OLUSEGUN FAFORE With the public outrage following the flouting of government’s directives by some religious institutions last weekend over the number of worshippers that could attend mosques and churches for prayers in the face of the deadly pandemic ravaging the world, God may have nullified some supplications for putting His creations in danger. The contribution…
