Photo credit: Reuters The Canadian dollar has found an unlikely pocket of strength just as the trade relationship with the United States is becoming more confrontational. On September 8, the loonie touched C$1.3790, or 72.52 US cents. The move came as Ottawa’s new counter-tariffs took effect and Washington prepared fresh restrictions on Canadian goods. Investing reports…
Photo credit: BBC Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the deaths of at least 31 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. The Guardian reports that the accused men, alleged to be linked to people-smuggling networks, face charges including manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration…
Photo credit: Arab News An additional three dozen health facilities serving more than 400,000 people in Sudan are closing this year due to global aid cuts, worsening a dire humanitarian situation in a country torn by more than three years of war, aid groups said Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that the cuts come to…
28b, how can I ever forget you? Was it not in you I spent childhood? I can still remember the adults drinking lager when I was a toddler. Mind you, it would be after the day’s work. Olori or Baba or Baba Wa was so generous. He never discriminated. I can remember Luke, the Igbo…
A Nollywood movie titled ‘Asewo to re Mecca’ was acted by Toyin Adegbola, Sola Sobowale and others. The point of discussion is, however, not the movie. It’s the announcement that the Edo State government wants to give computer training to ‘repentant’ yahoo boys. Hmm.. This could be a positive development if handled forthrightly. However, if…
So, Queen Elizabeth passed away yesterday. If the Europeans are doing their alakori akada and inferring they couldn’t lose their Queen and lose their money, what about we Africans that were colonized by the Europeans. Most of us are members of the British Commonwealth. We must show our Africanness! In the first instance, the Windsor…
