Photo credit: PBS A US District Judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought by the Trump administration against New York policies that prevent immigration officials from making arrests at courthouses. The Independent reports that Judge Mae D’ZAgostino ruled late on Monday, asserting that the federal government cannot compel states to cooperate with such enforcement efforts. The ruling grants New York’s motion…
Photo credit: Jerusalem Post A network of Hamas terror-affiliated infrastructure across Europe has been exposed by Mossad, the Israeli spy agency said on Wednesday. The Jerusalem Post reports that Mossad revealed the prolonged investigation it had conducted with European intelligence and law enforcement to thwart planned attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets. The organization said that already in September, it…
Photo credit: CBS Chileans might be facing a hard task in the history of their country’s young democracy when they vote on December 12. The Canadian Press reports that the contestants are hard-right Jose Antonio Kast and communist Jeannette Jara. Neither candidate cleared the 50% threshold to win in the first round, However, Kast heads into the…
Having grown up in Nigeria within a loving community, I can’t help but be in great pains at hearing that Nigeria has become infamous for mass killings. As a child, I learnt to wine and dine with Muslims and African Traditional Worshippers, although I’m a Christian. For instance, during the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Adha, we had some neighbours…
In the past, at least in Yorubaland, when a child was born, one of the first things his parents did was to call a babalawo, diviner, to check out what the child’s future would be like. By so doing, the parents would have known what the child was most likely to become, his relevance to…
Photo credit: Mint I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are in…
