At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. The Telegraph online reports that more than 300 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy, located in the densely populated…
Toronto is now under an orange heat warning as Environmental Canada forecasts several days of high-risk weather, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s until at least Friday. Toronto Today reports that the agency said daytime highs between 31 C and 34 C are expected during the prolonged heat event, with some areas potentially reaching…
My contemporaries in school will certainly be familiar with the topic. However, I am not typing about secondary school issues now. Rather, I’m welcoming you to South Africa, where some have decided to be a law unto themselves!I have a few friends in South Africa, and I know most of them would not support what’s…
If there were an English word like “unguest”, I would have described myself as one. I had first travelled to the United States, thinking it was my land of hope. However, Donald Trump was trumpeting MAGA. Fortunately, I heard of Canada through my cousin, and I’ve never regretted my decision to come here. Of course,…
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 not corrupt. Then apparently,…
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 that are faulty. Rather,…
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 parents were not short…
