Photo credit: The Globe and Mail “The truth has to be shared and told to the Canadian people,” said residential school survivor Michael Cheena at the ninth annual Indigenous Legacy Gathering on Wednesday. Toronto Today reports that several hundred people – many wearing orange shirts – gathered in Nathan Phillips Square to commemorate the National…
Photo credit: BBC Hundreds of people held a demonstration against illegal immigration in the South African city of Durban on Wednesday, vowing to intensify their actions against what they say is the government’s failure to deal with the issue. The Associated Press reports that the crowds, led by March and March group, had set a…
Nigeria is 66 years old today. themigrant.online has decided to do a 12-day series for the country. Opening Frame Nigeria stands today in a long, unbroken season of serial betrayals – betrayals of vision, of trust, of institutions, of citizenship, and of the future itself. As someone who is only about three years younger than Nigeria…
How could Nigeria be 60 years old? It’s nothing but a lie! We claim to be giants of Africa. Sure, we should be, but for our being in chains. I should think we have to critically examine ourselves as citizens or followers. That’s because it’s from the citizenry that leaders emerge. I sincerely believe we,…
After so many seasons of being a serial aspirant, Mr Muhammadu Buhari finally got into Aso Rock in 2015. He came with various promises among which were the bringing of the local currency, the naira, equal to the dollar, the liquidation of the dreaded Boko Haram, and a complete change in governance. He was helped…
Photo credit: CBC President Donald Trump’s ban on Canadian booze kicked in on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the breakdown in one of the closest trading relationships in the world. CNN reports that the ban, which impacts $800 million worth of Canadian alcoholic beverages the US imported last year, marks the latest salvo in a tit-for-tat…
Photo credit: Greek Herald Greece is leading a group of five European Union countries seeking to send rejected asylum seekers to nations outside the bloc, including Rwanda, from next year. The Greek Herald reports that Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands aimed to launch a pilot program during…
