Photo credit: Sunlive A court in New Zealand has found two people—a man and a woman—guilty of aiding and abetting individuals to breach the conditions of their visas. Scoop Politics reports that the woman, Maristela De Souza, who is a Brazilian, has been sentenced to 10 months of home detention after being charged along with…
Photo credit: VOA Mohammed Mataan fled Somalia. He overcame many challenges growing up in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp. He now teaches young refugees digital skills that could give them a brighter future. Source VOA
Photo credit: New Bloom Magazine A musical band led by an Indonesian national is using music to protest the indignities suffered by migrant workers in Taiwan. AlJazeera reports that Rudi, the band leader, and his members whip the audience into a frenzy of excitement by singing about their woes in Taiwan. “Silenced by threats, here…
This month (June) is celebrated as Pride Month. What is Pride? LGBT pride (also known as gay pride or simply pride) is the promotion of self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that…
Photo credit: Legit ng Last week, the dailies were awash with reports of the authorities of various Universities in Nigeria, allegedly planning to increase the school fees of their respective institutions. However, that same week, some of those universities were refuting the alleged plan. As a kid, kite flying was one of our pastimes. Our…
Photo credit: People Gazette We had a PDP government in Nigeria for sixteen years, there was hardly any improvement in the lives of the masses. We are having an APC government for the third year, the material and mental poverty are not abating. Something is telling me it’s not the political parties or the governments…
Photo credit: Punch Newspaper That the federal government of Nigeria led by Mr Mohammed Buhari is giving away some Abaçha loot is a done deal. The government will be giving away the money to poor households in nineteen states anytime from now. I thought I heard someone reporting that Mr Buhari said that Abacha was…
