We need some Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the pay is mouth-watering. We understand the winsome and yoyoing Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation minister is still under suspension. She has even been interrogated by the EFCC. Why now? Isn’t it the Yoruba who say if a fire threatens to consume a parent and their ward,…
Photo credit: Minnesota Reformer A federal officer has shot one person during a targeted operation in Minnesota, authorities have said. TMZ reports that Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, tells federal law enforcement officers targeted an undocumented migrant from Venezuela, pulling the man over during a Wednesday night traffic stop in Minneapolis. McLaughlin said the…
Photo credit: infomigrants The authorities in Malta breached a teenage asylum-seeker’s fundamental rights, a court has found, awarding 50,000 euros in compensation. The Times Malta reports that the First Hall of the Civil Courts, presided by Mr Justice Giovanni Grixti, ruled on Tuesday that Ayoubah Fona was unlawfully detained as a minor in poor conditions. The case dates back…
I didn’t vote for Mr Muhammad Buhari in 2015.His actions and inactions since he got into Aso Rock as president have proved me right. My reasons for not voting him in 2015 were due to the following. One, he colluded with others to overthrow a ‘democratically’ elected government.Two, He slammed the politicians whom he dethroned…
Photo credit: Vanguard Some Yoruba artiste once sang a song, I don’t remember which artiste and the genre. But the crux of the song is people are saying they don’t want mishaps in the village but the village chief’s wife is seĺling hemp and the son is an addict. What other thing could bring a…
When I heard the South West governors in Nigeria were set to launch their so called Operation Amotekun, a security outfit aimed to protect their region from the insecurity that has pervaded the nation due to systemic failures of the powers that be, especially at the center, I just laughed it off. I laughed not…
President Donald Trump has said the US will take “very strong action” against Iran if it executes protesters, as rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities. The BBC reports that relatives of Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, have told BBC Persia that he…
