Photo credit: the Guardian Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal. CTV News reports that the rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United…
Photo credit; UNCHR Over 41,000 refugees have fled the Democratic Republic the Congo (DRC) into Uganda since January. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reports that many of them have witnessed killings, “sexual violence and other traumatic experience during their flight. Since the end of last month, about 600 Congolese have been crossing into Uganda daily. …
Photo credit: Thewill We used to have some games when I was a kid. You see, I grew up in what you could call a semi traditional environment. Semi traditional because even though we were living in the city, we were taught the mores and values of traditional life. Also, our grand parents were living…
I’ve always spoken in favor of a social welfare system for the Nigerian people. However, some people have persisted in countering it for a number of reasons. Some will say Nigeria doesn’t have a good data base That reason has been interesting to me simply because Nigeria does have at least four ways in which…
Photo credit: BBC I was furious that a popular actress held a party, somewhere in Lagos, to celebrate her husband’s birthday while there was a lockdown because of coronavirus19. The government subsequently arrested the couple and they were prosecuted. I have since learnt that some of the other attendees at the party have had charges…
Photo credit: Thisdaylive I don’t think the national assembly members in Nigeria will be able to withstand the consequences of their actions. How dare they ask for accountability of the monies disbursed as palliatives for the poor to cushion the effects of COVID 19. There are talks that up to 5.2 billion Naira was disbursed…
Photo credit: Carbon brief As I posted yesterday, Nigeria is quite an interesting place to be right now. There’s no doubt about the fact that the country is in a season of anomie. There’s a lack of usual social standards, personal unrest, and uncertainty from a lack of purpose or ideals. That’s anomie as defined…
