Canada’s reputation on welcoming refugees at risk says former immigration minister!
Photo credit: Toronto Star A former Canadian immigration minister, Lloyd Axworthy, a prominent champion for refugees, has said he believes the country is putting its reputation as a welcoming place for refugees at risk through recent federal policy shifts. CTV News reports that, according to him, those shifts include the Carney government’s new border security bill,…
South Africa investigates plane carrying 150 Palestinians!
Photo credit: DW South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents and were held onboard on the tarmac for around 12 hours, as a result, the country’s president said on Friday. The plane landed on Thursday morning…
Mentalo! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Premium Times Prof Sagay is a man I respect so much. I mean for a man to be a professor and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is certainly no joke. The man must know his onions. Professor Itse Sagay certainly knows much more than his legal onions! Who are we, ordinary laymen, to…
Windows! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Alamy Nigerians are reputed to be of good behaviour once they leave the shores of the country. Check out the behaviour of our Armed Forces and police personnel when they are invited to go abroad for some duty. They always put up their best in terms of behaviour. Many a time, leadership positions…
Endangered Species! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Guardian It interests me that the dictionaries and even scientists could be so less than being totally correct. Yeah, they are! Listed amongst the endangered species in the world are the giant panda, tiger, whooping crane, blue whale, Asian elephant, sea otter, snow leopard, gorilla and so on! They have left out…