Plenty Money!!! – Adewale Sobowale
The two central labour unions in Nigeria are demanding a minimum wage of of fifty six thousand naira. Brilliant, isn’t it? When we look at the profligacy of the ruling class, the working class deserves much more. A faction is even asking for ninety thousand naira. Yes, labour deserves the key to the central bank!…
Ori Yeye N’Mogun! – Adewale Sobowale
The ever philosophical Yoruba have a saying that, ‘Ori yeye ni mogun, taise lo po’. This roughly translates to, ‘so many are punished unjustly’. I congratulate Zainab Aliyu immensely for having an influential father. If her father had not been amongst the formidable wheeler-dealers of society, she would most probably have ended up on the…
Johannesburg demonstrators demand tougher stance on illegal migration
Photo credit: BBC Anti-immigration protests intensified in Johannesburg on Wednesday, as hundreds of South Africans marched against undocumented migrants and called for stricter enforcement of immigration laws. Face2FaceAfrica reports that the rally followed similar demonstrations a day earlier in Pretoria, signalling a growing, coordinated push by anti-immigration groups pressing authorities to tighten enforcement and carry out large-scale…
Amnesty International report warns of deepening Indigenous people”s housing crisis
Photo credit: CBC A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in an Atikamekw community north of Montreal reflects a broader crisis putting Indigenous people’s health, safety and rights at risk across Canada. The Canadian Press reports that in Manawan, about 250 kilometres north of Montreal, community leaders say families are…
17 migrants perish at sea, 9 missing feared dead
Photo credit: DW At least 17 migrants died and nine are missing after their boat broke down and drifted for eight days in the Mediterranean Sea, Libya’s Red Crescent and Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that the Red Crescent said that the volunteers in cooperation with naval forces and coast guards of…
Nothing Is Free! – Adewale Sobowale
Nothing more brings to mind the hard times we are in than the fact that some southwestern states in Nigeria have legislated, in their respective houses of assembly, that people sinking boreholes will henceforth be paying some money. This is to inform citizens that, even in Freetown, nothing goes for free. However, I think the…