Carney shifts stance on Iran war

Photo credit: The Canadian Press Canada’s initial position supporting Washington’s war on Iran shifted over the subsequent days aqs US President Donald Trump’s objectives became clearer, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. The Canadian Press reports that Carney said in a Friday interview that: “The scale of what the objectives were, or the clarity about…

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Nigerian refugee returnees rise by 1,800

Photo credit: MSF The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home under a tripartite repatriation agreement more than doubled in the first quarter of 2025. The Punch reports that it has risen by 1,805 persons from 1,705 in February to 3,510 by April. However, the number of Internally Displaced Persons has surged by 166,795 in the same period. The data is…

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Ghana rejects US health deal

Photo credit: DW Ghana rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. The Associated Press reports that the country would be the latest African country to reject the deal over a similar concern. The deal included provisions that would have…

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The Morning After! – Adewale Sobowale

The federal government of Nigeria has banned codeine. The move came after a BBC report on drug trafficking cum addiction. Everyone is now drug free. The environment itself is palatable because there’s no more drug trafficking. With the ban on codeine, all the youths are now on a withdrawal process. And, they’ve all become SU…

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Of Dignity! – Adewale Sobowale

COVID 19 is turning out as an exposure of the rooster’s anus. But what I’m particularly concerned about is the dignity of who Americans call Common Joe. I mean who Nigerians call citizen Muda! There’s no doubt about the fact that the ordinary Nigerian is not given the tiniest amount of dignity by our so…

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