Pakistan won’t issue passports to its nationals abroad!
Photo credit: Daily Ausaf The government of Pakistan has decided not to issue passports to Pakistanis either living abroad on asylum or seeking refuge in foreign countries. The Nation reports that Pakistan’s minister for the Interior has directed the passport office not to issue passports to individuals who have sought asylum or are already living…
Haiti’s interim PM forms government!
Photo credit: CBC Haiti’s interim Prime Minister, Garry Conile, has formed a new cabinet, replacing all the members of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s cabinet. Meanwhile, the country is making efforts to tackle economic woes and gang violence. The announcement came a fortnight after the council appointed Garry Conille as interim prime minister. Mr Conille was…
June 12! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: PM News Today is another June 12. Out of the June 12s I’ve managed to witness on mother earth, that of 1993 remains the most unique. That was when a great crime was committed in my fatherland. ‘Before our very eyes’, – borrowing the title of a book- the presidential election which Chief…
On Apologies! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Daily Trust It’s no longer a secret that the president of Nigeria, Mr Muhammad Buhari apologised to Nigerians and particularly the family of late Chief MKO Abiola for stealing the presidency, for detaining people unjustly and for murdering people. When I heard the news, my mind flashed back to over forty years ago….
Not Yet Uhuru! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Punch Nigerians love holidays. If there’s something, at least out of nothing the Nigerian government succeeds in, it’s massaging the bruised ego of Nigerians by supplying them with enough holidays to last till eternity. Or how else can we describe having June 12 as a democracy day in a country(?) with so…