These are definitely trying times in Nigeria. Almost everything is being politicised. Before the Anambra state elections, there were reports of the army offering medical services to primary school pupils. I don’t want to discuss whether or not the soldiers were supposed to be there at that point. However, the fact is that some parents…
Photo credit: Business Day I understand a biil has been placed before the senate to regulate social media. This is an appropriate development. Isn’t it? Why should anybody have the audacity to be writing rubbish on social media in spite of all the good things this government is doing? In the first instance, petrol (PMS)…
Photo credit: The Globe and Mail The Ontario government is planning to pass new legislation to crack down on homeless encampments, and Premier Doug Ford pledged Thursday to use the notwithstanding clause if necessary. CBC reports that Ford wrote to 12 mayors who asked him for tougher encampment laws. He said the province would provide…
Photo credit: KNEWS The Swedish government has ordered several agencies to monitor refugees’ travel patterns to ensure that asylum protection is not abused by those who may no longer need it. EURACTIV reports that the country’s migrant agency, in collaboration with the police and Swedish embassies, has been tasked with developing new procedures for exchanging information about…
Photo credit: BBC The Home Office has said thirty-five people have been arrested during a crackdown on people smuggling gangs “exploiting the Common Travel Area (CTA)”. The BBC quotes the Home Office as saying seventeen were arrested in Northern Ireland, and the remainder were arrested in Scotland and England. It added that immigration enforcement teams,…
