I really love the news I’m hearing about the Nigerian currency – the Naira! I even heard it has started reflecting in the markets. Let me make a very obvious confession.And that is, I’m not an economist. However, I’m not so dumb as not to understand the basic intricacies of the international market. That market,…
Photo credit: Toronto Today A group of environmentalists, artists, musicians and elders will be carrying a giant globe as they walk 25 kilometres across the city – from Scarborough to Etobicoke – in honour of Earth Day this weekend. Toronto Today reports that Toronto’s Earth Day Walk will take place on Saturday, and organizers are calling…
Photo credit: Japan Times Last year was the deadliest ever for Rohingya refugees fleeing by boat from Bangladesh or Myanmar across the Indian Ocean towards Indonesia and Malaysia, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday. Bernama reports that approximately 900 people from the ethnic group died or are listed as missing in…
Photo credit: OECD Leveraging the power of migration and the more than 280 million migrants worldwide is an urgent imperative which can benefit all – countries of origin, transit and destination – while also creating opportunities for migrants themselves. The United Nations Development Program says that concrete, coordinated action on migration is essential to reduce risks…
The journalist who asked Mr Buhari what Nigerians should be expecting from his administration is definitely a spoilsport! Haba!! If you look at his antecedent, he’s most likely to be from the opposition. How can anyone ask such a sickening question from a man who’s just recuperating from an undisclosed illness? Is he not a…
Oh yes! Police go arrest taya! I noticed a popularly controversial singer, or is it a controversially famous singer(?) has been running from pillar to post pleading with the EFCC and people who know some people who know those in power that he shouldn’t be arrested because the money he’d been spraying is for the…
Photo credit: CNA Two migrant worker recreation centres will be redeveloped with larger capacities and upgraded amenities, with one to be transformed into Singapore’s first recreation hub for migrant workers, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Friday. CNA reports that the projects at Soon Lee Recreation Centre (RC) and Kaki Bukit Recreation Centre are expected to…
