Egyptian authorities swept up the entire editorial team of one of the country’s few independent media, accusing them on Thursday of belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The Associated Press reports that the arrest this week of the six journalists of Matsadaash sparked an outcry from international and regional rights groups who called it an “alarming escalation on…
Photo credit: The Mirro A brave six-year-old girl and her mother played a vital role in thwarting an alleged attempted hijacking on a FlyDubai flight bound for Israel. Mirror reports that Nina Manes was on the plane when chaos erupted, having boarded with her mother, Tali and father, Tzika, on the way to Tel Aviv from Dubai. Nina…
Chapter 1 – The Nigerian Condition Opening Meditation: What Does It Mean to Be Nigerian? To speak of the Nigerian condition is to speak of a paradox – a nation overflowing with talent yet starved of opportunity, rich in resources yet poor in outcomes, loud in hope yet quiet in accountability. It is to describe…
A bull is never friends with the slaughter slab. He knows the place signifies its end. One other thing a bull is perpetually afraid of is anything red. Red stands for bloodshed. So a bull feels it in the subconscious that nothing red is too good for it However, Lagosians tend to believe that the…
Photo credit: The Globe and Mail “The truth has to be shared and told to the Canadian people,” said residential school survivor Michael Cheena at the ninth annual Indigenous Legacy Gathering on Wednesday. Toronto Today reports that several hundred people – many wearing orange shirts – gathered in Nathan Phillips Square to commemorate the National…
Photo credit: BBC Hundreds of people held a demonstration against illegal immigration in the South African city of Durban on Wednesday, vowing to intensify their actions against what they say is the government’s failure to deal with the issue. The Associated Press reports that the crowds, led by March and March group, had set a…
Nigeria is 66 years old today. themigrant.online has decided to do a 12-day series for the country. Opening Frame Nigeria stands today in a long, unbroken season of serial betrayals – betrayals of vision, of trust, of institutions, of citizenship, and of the future itself. As someone who is only about three years younger than Nigeria…
