Photo credit: The Times Migrants are trying to cut their prison sentences by claiming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is behind their sexual crimes. The Mail reports that lawyers have won their clients reduced jail terms after emphasizing the trauma experienced in their home countries. A case saw an Egyptian sex offender who raped a woman…
Photo credit: the Guardian This article contains references to domestic violence, abuse and child abuse! Mali moved from Thailand to Australia to live with her partner. To her chagrin, he wasn’t the person she had hoped he would be. Mali told SBS News that, “He tried to control who I talked to. I wasn’t allowed to have…
All roads led to Saint Luke’s United Church, Downtown Toronto, on Sunday when the church held its annual Christmas Party. People did not seem to mind the chilly weather as they arrived in their tens. The church itself was prepared for the guests, as food from various cultures was in abundance. Krisorg supplied music. Dancing Time The…
Photo credit: Channels TV I hear Mr Buhari has presented the 2017 budget before the national assembly. By the way, I believe the only thing that is national in the latter is their jibiti. But then, I would have expected Mr president to ask for the inputs of some patriotic Nigerians like me. We want…
He’s as simple as they come. To a person knowing him for the first time, he could be just any Tom and Jerry. His respect could be so disarming that one would be forced to reveal even his innermost secrets to him. He’s so interested in people that even folks from his village come to…
Homelss Nigerians living under Lagos bridge. Photo credit: BBC The late Kola Olawuyi had a bitter quarrel with a pastor who was based in Ejigbo in Lagos State. The pastor is also deceased. However, while both of them were still alive, Kola Oluwuyi would always refer to the pastor as “ajofeyinbo.” That means a person…
Photo credit: ABC News In the past year, tens of thousands of people hostile to immigrants marched through London, chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV. And senior politicians advocated the deportation of longtime UK residents born abroad. The AP reports that the overt demonization of…
