Photo credit: DW Britain and France have agreed on a new three-year deal to stop undocumented migrants making the risky journey across the English Channel. Gulf News reports that under the deal, France pledged to increase law enforcement on the coast by more than half to fight irregular migration to Britain. Britain will meanwhile provide up to…
What else can we do except to thank our elected(?) public officers for enabling us to remember the kind of people we are. To a large extent, we are nothing but lightweights. “Lightweighting” us is actually an understatement. We are a people who do not have the ability to stand by our principles. Do we…
These are, certainly, daunting times. These are times when you know the true labor unions. These are also times when you can freely guess who true religious leaders are. I learn that even now, some so called missionary schools are already claiming that due to the situation on ground, their teachers might not get paid….
It’s like the initiators of the so-called Yoruba or Oduduwa nation have withdrawn a bit. Maybe they’ve gone back to the drawing table. Some minutes ago, I went into the archives to read about Onikoyi. It’s said that the Onikoyi do not receive bullets at the back. Rather, they face the onslaught. But, if the…
Photo credit: Euro News Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, with sea routes to Europe the most deadly, according to the United Nations. Al Jazeera reports that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said many of the victims were lost in “invisible shipwrecks,” as it released new figures in a report…
Photo credit: AP News Hundreds of migrants, most of them from Haiti, left the southern Mexico city of Tapachula on foot Tuesday seeking better living conditions elsewhere in Mexico. The Associated Press reports that many of the migrants leaving Tapachula said they had lost hope of making it to the US due to the restrictions that…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada Organizers of Pride festivals are calling on the Ontario government to establish a dedicated fund that would support the events as costs continue to rise. Weeks before Pride events are set to begin, organizers say they would like to see the province supply $1.5 million a year over three years for…
