Photo credit: CBC Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met virtually with premiers Wednesday to discuss Canada’s response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. Source: CBC
We met in my secondary school days. We were just friendly then. After the certificate examination, each of us attended different higher institutions. Incidentally, we finished schooling the same year. As fate would have it, we were posted to the northern state of Kaduna. We met in camp, and our friendship began at a chummier level. At…
Photo credit: Premium Times Nigerians have various exciting records. I’m surprised that the Guinness Book of Records publishers have yet to award the Nigerian people an award for setting the highest number of records. I hope they aren’t trying to be like the organizers of the whistle-blower policy who insisted that the guy must go…
I’m always pained when I have to write about the governance of my country, Nigeria. The cause of my pain is, to the discerning, so fundamental. But then, if we realise the fact that a degree, on its own, doesn’t emancipate anyone, the cause of my pain should be more manifest. Instead, emancipation comes from…
Photo credit: Victoria News Canada is considering supplying the RCMP and border agency with more resources, including drones, helicopters, and personnel, in case of a “surge” at the border, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday. This is in response to Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on Canadian imports into the US. Burnabynow…
Photo credit: Arise News Pakistani security forces launched an operation Tuesday night aimed at dispersing supporters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, who had gathered in the capital to demand his release. CBC News reports that thousands of supporters, defying government warnings, had broken through a barrier of shipping containers blocking off a high-security…
