Photo credit: EIR News The United Nations General Assembly has clearly supported the granting of new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and has called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The body approved the resolution by a vote of 143-9 with 25 abstentions.Those who voted against…
Photo credit: Africa News In Tunisia, the Assembly of Representatives of the People has submitted a proposal to the General Legislation Commission to amend Law 68-7, 1968, relating to foreigners’ status. Jurist News reports that the proposal was motivated by the unprecedented number of undocumented migrants entering Tunisia, protection of national security and combating human trafficking….
Photo credit: Onenews The Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines has decided to tighten visa rules for Chinese tourists. GMA News Online reports that the bureau said it would do this to help the country protect national security, considering the “illegal” activities involving Chinese nationals. BI spokesperson Dana Sandeoval said that while tourism is very important to…
Photo credit: Premium Times The people governing us are great. In fact, their greatness is fantastic. However, Nigerians are a hard nut to crack. Whatever their rulers do to mitigate some suffering, it is viewed with suspicion. In fact, rulership is a thankless job. The removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS) is a…
Ah!Obinrin bi okunrin! I grew up to know her as a woman with lots of milk of human kindness. She’s kind to a fault! Kind but firm!! When I was in elementary school, I used to go and spend all vacations with my grandparents in Ebute Meta. There, I was always met with joy. I…
Photo credit: Channels TV I read it somewhere yesterday morning that the ruling general in Nigeria would be addressing the nation yesterday. In my nationalistic enthusiasm, I didn’t bother to cross check from other sources. Some may question my claims to being nationalistic. I don’t have any excuse for being a patriot. Indeed, it’s those…
