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Postcards: A collaboration of Nollywood and Bollywood!
I was sitting alone, and because I’d taken so much coffee, I couldn’t sleep. So, I decided to switch to Netflix instead of the news channels. And wow! I just saw the movie titled POSTCARDS! Since it was new, I clicked on it and was happy I did. I was about to watch the first…
Advantages of Immigration – OECD
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that the high flows of immigration into rich countries are helping to strengthen markets and bolster growth. The News International reports that the Paris-based organization said the high rate of migration inflows into its member countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Spain, and Australia,…
Nigeria’s Labour!
I understand the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are pooh-poohing the Nigerian government’s offer of a minimum wage and insisting on the sacred 615,000 naira. Great, isn’t it? If I were the government, I would borrow to even pay 1 million naira as minimum wage. I wouldn’t think the labour leaders are…
Residents flee as gangs launch new attacks in Haiti!
It is no longer news that four of the seven council members with voting rights have chosen Fritz Belizaire as the country’s Prime Minister. The declaration and unexpected political alliance took many Haitians aback. It appears the selection of the new prime minister is now yielding results. Negative ones at that! This is because gangs have…
Oklahoma bars irregular immigration!
A bill that would make illegal migration a state crime is being viewed with mixed feelings by Oklahoma lawmakers. The news reports that House Bill 4156 is creating the crime of “impermissible occupation.” According to the bill, an impermissible occupation is a person who willfully and without permission enters and remains in Oklahoma without authorisation and…
Nigeria: Government and Labour disagree on minimum wage!
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the organized Labour have yet to come to a new minimum wage. Punch reports that President Bola Tinubu made this known in his speech at the International Workers’ Day celebration in Abuja, the federal capital. When he was interviewed by Punch, Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information…
Brooklyn gets $12.3 million to house migrants!
The not-for-profit St. P.A.U.L.S. Inc. will soon run a shelter in the hotel Le Jolie in Brooklyn. News12 Brooklyn reports that the emergency shelter has been operated by the National Guard and the DHS staff since its opening. The Department of Homeless Services said the hotel became an emergency shelter last year. The district’s council member,…