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Chioma Okoli, a Nigerian woman who reviewed a can of tomato puree online, is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that ruined its business. She is being prosecuted because she allegedly contravened cybercrime laws. However, the case has sparked protests by locals who believe she is being persecuted for…
An Indian, Harvinder Singh, in his bid to travel abroad, paid an agent Rs 12 lakh to settle him in a western European country. However, to his utter chagrin, Singh was instead put on a “donkey route”, which had him travel through challenging weather conditions in Serbia, walk for miles to evade checkposts and eventually…
I hear the PDP has apologised to Nigerians for misruling the nation for 16 years. If not for the fact that they’ve missed all the goodies of office for three years plus, would they have thought of apologising? In any case, apologising implies wrongdoing. Are they ready to pay reparations? Are they ready to undergo…
I was seated in my usual place looking for network when the owner of the bar slotted Fela’s Original Sufferhead into the music box. For the benefit of those who didn’t know, the album was released in 1981. It is a great disappointment that the record is still relevant today! Isn’t it? I then looked…
A Bahamian has been charged with repeatedly trying to struggle migrants into the US by boat. To make the case worse, one trip resulted in the deaths of three people. UPI reports that Vandrick Nelson Smith was arrested on March 6 in the Bahamas at the request of the United States. The US is currently…
A migrant has been caught on video using bolt cutters to snip razor wire on the US border with Mexico. He was attempting to lead dozens of other migrants to enter the US irregularly. The man, wearing a red shirt, was pulling fencing away and sniping concertina wire, then attempted to lead dozens of others…
More than one-third of migrants die while fleeing conflicts in Africa. A report issued yesterday by the International Organization for Migration shows the dangerous trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade. This was revealed as the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project was marking its ten-year milestone. Many of them were…
