National Inland Waterways Authority of Nigeria are combining with the Nigerian Immigration Service to curb irregular migration by some Nigerians through the waterways. The Waterways Authority stated that both agencies pulled the stunt when Mr Joseph Dada, the Comptroller of Immigration Service in charge of Lagos Seaports and Marine Command, visited the Eng. Sarat Braimah…
Two men have been indicted in the United States in connection with the death of an Indian migrant family over two years ago along the US-Canada border in Manitoba. The CBC reports that the men were indicated by federal prosecutors in the US. According to court documents, the two men are Steve Shand and Harshkumar…
Segun Olatunji, who is a Nigerian citizen and editor of First News, has reportedly been taken from his Lagos home by armed men who identified themselves as army officers. He was taken away on March 15 by about 15 armed men. According to the management of his media outlet, his arrest is linked to a…
I guess it was Naeto that sang a song that became the poem of the time, titled ‘kini big deal?’, (what’s the result of all the hassles?) Is it not a song that suits these times? These are times when it has been vividly proved that the average Nigerian will do anything to get money….
When we invited Bill Gates to the Special Expanded Economic Council Meeting, we didn’t know he was going to be saying all those things that are not in the least palatable to us. We thought he would, at least, give us some modicum of respect. Does he attend economic council meetings in the White House?…
Mr Buhari’s so-called address on COVID 19 is a very interesting one. In the first instance, if according to sources, the address is twenty-three seconds long, that would be almost equal to the number of COVID 19 cases reported in Nigeria as at Sunday morning which is thirty. In the address, the president actually highlights…
Amy Pope, the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, has warned that with 2024 set to see more elections, politicians are using anti-migrant rhetoric to score points while harming societies. Apart from the US incumbent President Joe Biden gearing up for an electoral tussle with former President Donald Trump, numerous other elections are also…
