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Canada waives fees on permits for Haitians!
Photo credit: Global News Haitians arriving Canada for studies and work will not have to pay any money. Those already in Canada that need status extension will also be exempted from paying any money. Global News reports that the authorities in Canada are waiving any money to be paid by Haitians amid worsening violence in…
Italian teenager becomes Saint!
Photo credit: The Week Carlo Acutis was an Italian teenager with a difference. CBS News reports that he was unique because he used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith.Carlos who is called “God’s influencer” is about to be knighted as the first saint of the millennial generation. He died of Leukemia in 2006…
University for Obodo don stop Nigerian students!
Photo credit: Pulse Nigeria Teesside University wey dey United Kingdom don send some Nigerian students out as dem say make dem comot for dem country. No be say na theif dem thief but na money mata. De student tok say devaluation of the naira na im cause de palava. Dem tok say de mata wey…
When too much is just what it is! by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Times of Israel I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. At least, not for now! It is no news that he applied for arrest warrants for top leaders of Israel and Hamas for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. It…
Canada to end Closed Work permits!
Photo credit: the Conversation Canadian authorities should phase out work permits that restrict migrant workers to one employer otherwise known as Closed Work permits. The Globe and Mail reports that a committee of senators have concluded a new report sfter an in-depth review of the country’s decades-old Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Titled Act Now, the…
31 Cuban migrants repatriated from US!
Photo credit: WPLG Local 10 The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriated 31 migrants to Cuba on Wednesday. United States Coast Guard news reports that their repatriation followed multiple interdictions in the Florida Straits. The first took place on Friday morning when Sector Key West Watchstanders received a report from the Coast Guard…
UN suspends Rafah aid…
Photo credit: the Guardian Due to lack of supplies and insecurity, the United Nations has suspended food distribution to Rafah. The Guardian reports that it also said that no aid trucks have entered the territory in the past two days through a floating pier set up by the United States for sea deliveries. Thr UN…