There’s no doubt that a few things happen daily in our world today. One of these is the fact that our lives are transitory. In other words, just as there was a day when we were born, so shall there be a day when we say goodbye to this world. We tend to move from one location…
The ever-philosophical Yoruba have a saying, ‘Ori yeye ni mogun, t’aise lo po’. This roughly translates to, ‘so many are punished unjustly’. I congratulate Zainab Aliyu immensely on having an influential father. If her father had not been among society’s formidable wheeler dealers, she would most probably have ended up on death row in Saudi…
The two central labour unions in Nigeria are demanding a minimum wage of of fifty six thousand naira. Brilliant, isn’t it? When we look at the profligacy of the ruling class, the working class deserves much more. A faction is even asking for ninety thousand naira. Yes, labour deserves the key to the central bank!…
The European Union has restricted its visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals. Reuters reports that the regional body did it because of a lack of cooperation from Ethiopia’s government over repatriating those who stay illegally. European governments are trying to tackle the problem of refugees leaving war-torn countries in Africa and aiming to enter Europe through dangerous crossings over…
Shallie Abbiusi, a human rights activist and journalist, has sued the Ghanaian government at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice. GhanaWeb reports that the lawyer is suing the government for unlawful arrest, detention and deportation by the Ghana Immigration Service. Abbiusi is the former spokesperson for the New Force Movement…
Nurul Noor Azman, an interpreter, has been sentenced to 11 months home detention. RNZ reports that Azman, an interpreter at an Auckland law firm, was found guilty of supplying false information in five cases involving horticultural workers. She charged them about $800 each to create the fake applications. Jason Perry, the immigration investigations national manager,…
