Pakistan deports over 14,500 migrants!
Photo credit: Foriegn Policy Pakistan deported more than 14,500 migrants to Afghanistan over the past week, according to statements from the Taliban commission for refugees, as the pace of forced returns from neighbouring countries continues to rise. Amu reports that between January 31 and February 6, a total of 14, 576 people were sent back from Pakistan,…
Refugee education and work rights emphasized in Malaysia!
Photo credit: Armani scholars forum A parliamentary symposium has underscored the critical need to address the education and legal work rights of refugees in Malaysia. The Sun reports that Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said the event was a crucial platform to raise awareness among MPs and the public on these urgent issues….
Crazy System! – Adewale Sobowale
A video clip has gone viral on social media about a lady who was alleged to have stolen a phone. Amongst other indignities, the lady was stripped naked and had pepper inserted into her private organs. I couldn’t believe the fact that that’s happening in modern day Nigeria. But then, what’s modern about Nigeria? Is…
Olokada! Motorcyclist!! – Adewale Sobowale
There was a case of two people having a face off. One of them described the other as an okada! Well, I leave the meaning of that to your vivid imagination. Talking on the okada and tricycle ban in some parts of Lagos state and the government saying it never gave anyone a licence to…
‘Each Man To His Obi’ – Adewale Sobowale
I don’t know where the above quote is in Prof Chinua Achebe’s trilogy, ‘Things fall apart’, ‘No longer at ease” and ‘Arrow of God’. However, it tends to speak a lot about my convictions that writers tend to see what others might not see and the present cravings of various groups in Nigeria to go…
Tíṣà jọ̀wọ́!Teacher, please!! – Adewale Sobowale
Just felt I should thank all the teachers who taught me at every level. By the way, I’m still in the process of being taught since I know anyone who has stopped learning is as good as a dodo – dead! I know this is not a Teachers’ Day, but I think everyday should be…