Photo credit: Yahoo News Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expected to table its long-awaited legislation aimed at online safety this week, including a ban on social media platforms for children under 16 years old. The National Post reports that a government official, speaking on the condiion of background, confirmed plans to present a bill in the…
Photo credit: Times Now Members of Senegal’s national football team appeared to undergo strict security checks after arriving in the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a video circulating on social media. Times Now World reports that the footage was shared on X by African football journalist Micky Jnr. It appeared to show several Senegal players…
Photo credit: Africa.com She lost her father. She faced pressure to marry at 16. She lived in one of Kenya’s most forgotten corners. Then, at 19, Alice from Turkana stood on a stage in London – and everything changed for her. Africa.com reports that there’s a version of Alice Ngitira’s story where nobody ever hears it. In…
With the current syllabus being used in our secondary schools, it is very possible for a pupil to finish in our secondary schools without ever being taught biology or even health science. It is that bad! At least, pupils should have a basic understanding of hygiene. It appears the powers that be think otherwise. I…
Saying Nigeria had been good sometime ago could be a surprise to the youth of these days. Then, the factories at Ikeja, Apapa, Iganmu, Ota, Ikeja, Kano, Kaduna, Aba, to mention a few were in full operation. In agriculture, Nigeria was able to feed herself and even export. Those were the days of the groundnut…
So, we have helped the rich to celebrate their festival. I used the word “helped” advisedly because what benefit is there for a prisoner to be checking what time it is? Now, we all must go back to live our normal lives after the festivities. We have to wake up from fakery and go back…
Photo credit: AP News South Africa’s President promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration after a rise in anti-immigration protests and sentiment in Africa’s most advanced economy, with other nations claiming their citizens have been targeted in xenophobic attacks. The Associated Press reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments in a speech on…
