Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday. Toronto Today reports that the sum includes money from all levels of government. The federal government’s contribution is expected to be $473 million. The $1.066 billion total averages to $82 million per game for the…
Photo credit: the independent Half of Britons think net migration to the UK is on the rise – despite it plummeting to its lowest level since the Covid pandemic. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that, in the 12 months to June 2025, the number of people entering a country minus the number of…
Data from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. With general elections less than a year away, the crisis has come under increasing scrutiny – both abroad and at home. Europe Says reports that experts say the primary long-term driver of insecurity is…
I read the press conference addressed by the Lagos State commissioner for information and strategy and I began to wonder. Why? The governor, in his earlier address, had put the date for the ban as June 1. The commissioner, in his own statement said, “with immediate effect”. You know, I’ve always tried to say things…
Ajegunle – with unlivable, ramshackle palaces, kids playing in cesspits, since the place lacks, even, simplest of amenities – remains a banter, where our new jungle cities are! Even the dead, dead as dodo, get deprived of eternal rest or unrest, graveyards must be reclaimed, and give way to skyscrapers! Sleeping waters are woken, reclamation…
Photo credit: BBC Ten years after the Brexit vote, British politicians are reviving the question of rejoining the EU. Sweden is keeping its fingers crossed. “We miss the British,” says Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa I(M). The Sweden Herald reports that Britain’s exit from the EU was gruelling and protracted, and ultimately a complete disaster for…
Photo credit: Turkey Today Italy hosted a new round of quadrilateral talks with Libya, Turkey and Qatar on migration and security coordination in the central Mediterranean, underscoring the emergence of a new diplomatic format focused on managing migration flows through Libya. Decode 39 reports that the meeting was held on Tuesday in Rome. It brought together senior security and…
