Photo credit: New York Times Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as Liberal leader. In Parliamentary or Westminster systems of government, the leader of the governing party becomes the head of government: the Prime Minister. CTV News reports that while Trudeau steps down as Liberal leader he will prorogue Parliament while the Liberal Party…
Photo credit: RNZ A Crimean man who feared being conscripted to fight by Ukraine has been given refugee status in New Zealand. RNZ reports that the man arrived in New Zealand 28 years ago after jumping ship and sailing. His first asylum application was rejected in 2006, but he remained in the country. Aged 50,…
Photo credit: Boston Globe As anti-immigration rages, migrants from Zimbabwe are jumping the border into South Africa with ease. Sky News reports that a knee-height barbed wire fence can easily be hooped over to enter South Africa from Zimbabwe where migrants hope to find a better life but are often forced to live in poverty…
Photo credit: Daily Times Segun Olowookere is a 31-year-old Nigerian who was recently released from Kirikiri Maximum Prison after 10 years of being on death row. He had been in prison since November 2010 when he was arrested for armed robbery, during which they allegedly stole hens and eggs. He and a co-suspect were sentenced…
I had wanted to call for the programme to start on an annual personal ritual. However, for two reasons, I’ve realized that it is best to bring it forward by about 100 hours. First, I’m going through a personal experience which further reinforces my feelings that we’re only living on borrowed time. The Owner of…
It happened at Ile Ife. For those who did not know, either out of ignorance or due to their aloofness, the world started at Ile Ife.. The gods came down from heaven on a rope to Mother Earth. Obatala was then saddled with the work of moulding human beings. Ajala was given the job of…
Photo credit: CBC Support is growing for a former Ontario politician, now homeless, to help him restart his life. National Post reports that Lorenzo Berardinetti, a lawyer by profession and former municipal councillor and four-time Liberal MPP, lost his Scarborough-Southwest seat in the 2018 election. In 2022, his attempted return to municipal politics in Scarborough failed….
