Photo credit: National Post Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his government’s record on immigration on Wednesday, following a report from the auditor general this week that showed the international student program lacked proper controls. The National Post reports Carney as saying, “We’re taking back control on immigration,” as he entered a caucus meeting. “You’ve seen…
Photo credit: CTV News The Swedish government has proposed a bill requiring migrants to adhere to an “honest living” – or face deportation. The Independent reports that the centre-right Moderate Party, backed by the country’s anti-immigration Democrats, came into office in 2022 after vowing to implement strict immigration legislation. Ahead of legislative elections in September, the…
Photo credit: Fox 8 The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs.” The Canadian Press reports that the resolution also urges “the prompt and unhindered restitution” of cultural items – including artworks, monuments,…
I love people who are reflective. People who are reflective don’t act impulsively. Rather, they think of the consequences of their actions before embarking on them! Nigerians have generally voted in Mr Buhari for another four years. Whether or not the election was as a result of deep thought does not matter now. We have…
So you think you can just die like that. Who gave you permission to transform to eternity? The news that Sergei Mavrodi has died will give many people mixed feelings. Mavrodi was the founder of the ponzi scheme called M.M.M. A ponzi scheme is a fraudulent scheme where early investors are paid with the money…
At the rate the Yoruba people are going, the number of bastards will eventually be much more than those born genuinely! Well, should ‘genuinely’ even be the right word? Why? So many proponents of Oduduwa or Odua or Yoruba or, even, Lamurudu Republic are ‘short fused’ (remember that phrase?) when others differ from their opinion….
I gather the petrol distributor has been sentenced to jail. She’s to remain behind bars for twenty seven months. While praising the justice system for doing the needful, I would have thought it better for justice to have some comical effects. For instance, if she couldn’t serve as petroleum minister, why not as a gas…
