Photo credit: ny times Afghan migrants have accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations and at least 20 others dead, according to a BBC Afghan Forensiic investigation published by BBC’s Turkish service. Turkish Minute reports that the investigation was based on interviews with 12 Afghan…
If we take donkey’s years to craze, na how long we go take do de craze not to talk of when we go take find person wey go cure our craze? Na dat saying go fit de Nigeria people wey dey South Africa. De illegal group wey call themselves, March and March, don announce say make all…
Despite a bone cancer diagnosis that prevented him from attending school physically and which has already robbed him of one leg, 17-year-old Caribbean Online Academy (OCA) graduate Nathel Taylor is defying the odds by completing his education virtually, while pursuing his dream to become a doctor. The Gleaner that Taylor, who hails from Spanish Town, St…
I tend to wonder what stuff Nigerians are made of. Must we make a mountain out of every molehill? For something as minor as the federal legislators subtracting and adding, we have started shouting again. Must we! Instead of praising those distinguished senators and eminent members of the house for the great job they are…
Photo credit: Firstpost Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a national sprint Friday to redesign and rebuild 24 Sussex Drive, saying that the prime minister’s official residence is a national landmark that is now in critical condition. National Post reports that while speaking during a press conference in Ottawa at the dilapidated stone mansion that has been…
Photo credit: the Guardian Organizations and community groups will be able to sponsor thousands of asylum seekers to Britain under a new scheme unveiled by Shabana Mahmood. Daily Mail reports that the Home Secretary is pressing ahead with plans to create new “safe and legal routes” for refugees. The plan was first floated in December. In…
Photo credit: the Washington post Tanzania’s government Friday banned political rallies ahead of planned protests against last year’s disputed election and the detention of an opposition leader. The Associated Press reports that Internal Affairs Minister Patrobas Katambi directed Police Inspector General Camillus Wambura to officially stop issuing permits for political activities across the country. Tanzania witnessed its first-ever posteelection protests in…
