Photo credit: BBC African migrants in the South African capital, Pretoria, were urged to exercise “heightened vigilance” during an anti-illegal immigration march, amid fears of xenophibic attacks. BBC reports that hundreds of anti-immigrant lobby group March and March movement, plus other civil society organizations,marched through the streets of Pretoria, one of the largest cities and home to many…
Photo credit: Newsroom The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg says two Nigerians identified as Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew, have been killed in South Africa amid rising xenophobic tensions. The Cable reports that Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the consul-general, said in a statement on Monday that Emmanuel died from injuries allegedly sustained after being beaten by personnel of the South African…
Photo credit: Fox News The Trump administration is adding new guidance to its green card application process to deny immigrants seeking permanent US residency status if theyexprdess anti-American, anti-Israeli or pro-Palestinian political views, according to a report by the New York Times. AA reports that the new guidelines state that immigrants can now be denied…
Photo credit: the independent More than 100 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in a single boat have been rescued by the French coastguard after it broke down. Independent reports that the “taxi boat” was spotted travelling east along the coast towards Wimereux to pick up people during the early hours of Sunday morning. The…
Let’s be thanking God for little mercies. Let’s thank Him for all things. I’m rereading Olusegun Adeniyi’s ‘The Last 100 Days of Abacha’. All the killings and attempted killings. The so- called phantom coup. The adoption by all the ‘five fingers of the same hand’, as late Bola Ige described the political parties of that…
If I had the opportunity, I would have asked the Nigerian President what happened during the lockdown to warrant easing it from next Monday. I would have even asked him if he had succeeded in getting an okay from COVID 19 that it must only strike at night. That would have informed his pronouncing a…
There’s no doubt that Nollywood – Nigeria’s version of Hollywood – is going places. With the number of Nigerians progressively committing the offence of japaing, the sky is actually the beginning for our thespians. The movies are actually doing a lot in reminding one of home. But, there is quite a few things to be…
