Photo credit: Minority rights group A Quebec court on Friday gave the green light to a class-action lawsuit by a Guatemalan worker alleging that the closed work-permit system was rooted in direct discrimination based on race, ethnic origin and colour, violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “The Court finds that at this preliminary stage,…
Photo credit: Femmes Et Villes An outreach organization that supports asylum seekers and immigrants in Alberta, a province in Canada, thinks the systems assisting all newcomers need to be harmonized to better support those coming to Canada. Global News reports that Anita Umar, the CEO and president of the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary, said,…
Photo credit: the National Chad has benefited from the riches of the United Arab Republic. Gulf Today reports that the UAE has announced the launch of new humanitarian projects in Chad. It has also contributed US$10.25 million to the United Nations to support Sudanese refugee women affected by the country’s ongoing crisis. The UAE is…
Photo credit: Challenge graphics Why won’t I like Mr Buhari? His is a government that brushes everything and everyone aside as far as they aren’t disturbing their arrant corruption and nepotism. Have you noticed the criminal silence of government to evils going on in the society? Yes! We voted for them and they’ve decided to…
Photo credit: Premium Times Why are we like this? I can still remember Prof. Wole Soyinka’s words that, ‘A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, he pounces’. That could be used to describe Nigerian politicians, most of whom are non performing. Their lethargy is very apparent in the non provision of basic things for the…
Photo credit: Vanguard Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu (3rd September, 1915 to 25th March, 1958) was a prominent politician in Ibadan city and then the Western region before Nigeria became independent in 1960. On a certain occasion, he described the opposition in the Western Region House of Assembly as ‘peculiar mess’. However, his generally illiterate audience thought…
