Photo credit: L.A Times An attempt to steal oil from a loading vessel in Nigeria’s oil-producing Rivers State left at least 37 people dead, most of them from inhaling toxic fumes, an advocacy group said Friday. The Associated Press reports that the Youth Advocacy Centre said the victims were simultaneously siphoning crude products into their boats from…
“This is to show the beauty of Islam, only one person started this project and completed it without waiting for the government and the community. This is someone that does not even have a car of his own, but he demonstrated a good intention as taught by Islam.” – Imam Ishaq Muhammadu Awwal. The Imam…
Beyond the retaliatory hooliganism and barefaced looting of the scums and debris of Nigerian society, purportedly against the ill treatment of Nigerians in South Africa, those who are imbued with the ability to really think straight would have seen that the Nigerian society is in trouble! Even if for the umpteenth time, I will declare…
Most of Nigeria’s problems will certainly be solved when people start evaluating issues holistically. Now, we’ve been schooled that some of the businesses being destroyed are actually totally owned by South African investors. Let’s even agree! What about most of the workers, especially those at the lowest rung of the ladder? The buildings which some…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada We normally have a coffee hour in church after Sunday service. Last Sunday, about four of us were discussing the Canada-US trade war. One man said Canada didn’t need to do anything as long as the situation didn’t degenerate into “fisticuffs”. I wasn’t surprised, then, when I read that a free-market…
Photo credit; Yahoo News An Immigration New Zealand (INZ) investigation into immigration offending in New Zealand has led to the same individual being arrested in the Philippines on alleged syndicated illegal recruitment offences under Philippine law. Julie Pearl De Los Santos, also known as Julie Pearl Robejes, was convicted in the Manukau District Court in…
