Edited by Frank Meke
** Chinese cities of Beijing, wuhan, and shanghai broke out in protests over draconian covid 19 restrictions. “Do you hear the people sing”?, an iconic les miserables protests anthem bulls through the streets of China, with people calling for Democrat governance, baying for Chinese President, xi Jinping to resign.
***still on China, football followers and lovers were cut off the world Cup in Qatar by state televisions. Images of soccer fans freely moving around and expressing themselves, is the beginning of wisdom for Chinese authorities which ambushes global TV coverage, including Internet access to Chinese people.
***inflation, now wears a red mask round the world, as commodity and food prices soar beyond the reach of common people. Though the war in Ukraine and covid pandemic lock down in China are abating, oil and gas supplies tilts towards the roof, with our country Nigeria back to the dreadful fuel scarcity, few weeks to the yuletide. A bleak 2023 in the offing?
***The American iconic White House, will in weeks unveil its Christmas holidays decorations.
**Prospects of a universal vaccine discovery is in the works as clinical trials on animals gets green acceptance. The vaccines are to serve as protection from regular flu and potential future pandemic threats. The new vaccines uses MRNA technology like Pfizer and moderna.
** Japanese Amaterusa Railways on the South western island of Kyushu which takes tourists and passengers on a thirty minutes trip through dense foliage, waterfalls and gorge of Takachiho Town, now have passengers and tourists, lusting after fried rice, as the aroma of the delicacy fills the air. Know why? The engine of the diesel powered iconic train engine was replaced with another engine which uses biodiesel made from leftover pork bone soup which produces smells of rice rice as the train trodes around. Talk of science and Culinary leftovers, powering a train! Waoo.
Back home, META networked Nigerian creative community with #flexnaija concert in lagos last week. It was a lifetime opportunity for Creatives to get on board the Metaverse.
***Nigeria immigration authorities says all passport office across the country will be opened on Saturdays to clear backlog of passport applications.
* A Nigerian lady, Tracy Eboigbodin warmed her way into an Italian cooking competition, with her Culinary specials, top of the menu. Tracy, lived in Italy for 17 years, won the international Italian cookery competition in Nigeria replicated all over the world, and thus put lies to stereotyping of Edo indigenes who are seen particularly in Italy as human traffickers and prostitutes. Eboigbodin spent 15 years as a waitress in Italy.
*** Finally, Awori festival comes up December 11. We have Prince Femi Fadina here live at the studio to throw more light on this iconic festival.