Help Needed! – Adewale Sobowale

It won’t be wrong if at the extent our youths are bent on self destruction, we should call for urgent help. Many of our youths are now under the influence. They indulge in the expensive habit of drug taking. When people have been converted into drug users, they are likely to forsake everything just to…

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The West Surprises Me! – Adewale Sobowale

Yes! So, Canada held its Federal Election recently and the result was announced almost immediately. Ah… No election delays, no fake result, no touts, no rigging, no election observers and so on. What’s more…the political parties that did not win are taking it like gentlemen and women. They aren’t going to the tribunal. Even before…

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Canada annnounces $6B skilled trades program

Photo credit: the Globe and Mail As the federal government looks to make “generational investments in structure,” it also wants to ensure Canada has enough workers to build it. Toronto Today reports that in its spring economic update tabled Tuesday, Mark Carney’s Liberal government acknowledged that the country is expected to “face a persistent gap of…

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African migrants warned to close shops as xenophobic protests continue in S Africa

Photo credit: BBC African migrants in the South African capital, Pretoria, were urged to exercise “heightened vigilance” during an anti-illegal immigration march, amid fears of xenophibic attacks. BBC reports that hundreds of anti-immigrant lobby group March and March movement, plus other civil society organizations,marched through the streets of Pretoria, one of the largest cities and home to many…

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Two Nigerians killed in S. Africa as xenophobic tensions rise

Photo credit: Newsroom The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg says two Nigerians identified as Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew, have been killed in South Africa amid rising xenophobic tensions. The Cable reports that Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the consul-general, said in a statement on Monday that Emmanuel died from injuries allegedly sustained after being beaten by personnel of the South African…

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