I hear Twitter says it neither knows Buhari nor the country he governs! In the Murtala/Obasanjo days, everybody that mattered knew Nigeria. In fact, if Nigeria coughed, the whole world would shiver. Those were the finest days of Nigeria’s foreign policy. The USA, UK, etc were all ‘begging’ to be in Nigeria’s good books. But…
Photo credit: DW Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta have called for stronger European measures to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis, warning of continued pressure on Mediterranean emigration routes and the growing activity of human trafficking networks. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports that the appeal was made during a summit held in…
Photo credit: the Guardian The north-west Chinese province is the ancestral homeland of the predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uyghur people. SBS News reports that it is also the site of expanding facilities where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and mostly Muslim minorities are believed to be held in detention. “Uyghurs have been subjected to restrictions on religious activities for a long time, but in…
Photo credit: Tennis Canada There is an African saying that good things might come from ugly developments and vice versa. Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi originally lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the late 90s, the country was engulfed in violent political conflict. Godee moved to Montreal in 1999 while pregnant, according to…
Some are of the belief that since African governments generally oppress the average African, we shouldn’t expect Blacks to be better treated the world over. I see that argument as pedestrian. My stand is two wrongs can’t ever make a right. By the way, although Africa remains the root of the Blackman, many of them…
When I was a kid a few years ago, people who performed the pilgrimage to Mecca were the elderly. However, despite the so-called economic problems Nigeria is currently facing, relatively young Nigerians were expected to pay approximately 8.7 million Nigerian naira, as announced by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board on January 21, 2025….
Photo credit: CTV News US Vice President JD Vance has sparked a row with the United Kingdom, linking the murder of an 18-year-old to what he described as the consequences of mass migration, prompting a sharp rebuke from the UK government. The Times of India reports that Vance commented on social media on the killing of…
