Photo credit: NPR US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tension gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the region. The Associated Press reports that Trump commented on social…
Photo credit: Reuters Displacement dynamics in Iraq are undergoing a structural shift, as war-driven migration steadily recedes while environmental stress, especially escalating water scarcity, is becoming a long-term driver of population movement. Despite official claims of declining irregular migration and ongoing returns from displacement camps and abroad, climate pressures and upstream water politics are reshaping internal mobility patterns…
Yesterday was probably one of the increasingly rare days of tremendous happiness for Nigerians as abducted students and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government of Oyo State were rescued. Premium Times reports that Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said on Friday that some of the terrorists who kidnapped the pupils and teachers were killed during the successful…
Nigerians do not recognise talents when they see them. How can they? The hunger that even those that have means of getting their daily bread are facing has made them blind. If those who are working are hungry, what will happen to the many who are jobless? Asko! If gold rusts, what shall iron do?…
The Yoruba have an idiom: If you work at the altar, it’s obvious that you’ll eat from the proceeds. Altars are famous in practically all religions. Of course, the priests and their associates work there. Altars are also rich in materials, cash, produce, products, and so on. God and gods, have no use for all…
Photo credit: Reddit New data out of Toronto Metropolitan University shows that Toronto’s population growth has seen a dramatic swing since 2024, going from the fastest growing area in North America to just 443 last year. Toronto Sun reports that the report from TMU’s Centre for Urban Research and Land Development, says while a drop in international migration…
Photo credit: TRT World Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety after landslides killed at least 13 refugees in the past few days. TRT World reports that at least five children died on Wednesday when a landslide caused by…
