Photo credit: the Guardian Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays on Thursday. The Canadian Press reports that there was also a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986. Some polling stations remained closed for up to four hours…
Photo credit; Global News As a major snowstorm caused travel chaos, serious weather alerts, highway closures and school cancellations, some working for Ontario’s Ministry of YTransportation were told to head into the office. Global News reports that around 9.30 am on Thursday with more than tens of centimetres already on the ground, a manager withbin the civil service emailed their employees…
Photo credit: Euro News Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said he presented her Nobel Peace Prize to S President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the US ousted President Nicolas Maduro. CBC reports that the Nobel Institute has said Machado…
In a statement by the presidency, the Buhari government claims it has done better for Nigeria than he met it. Oh well, the announcement makes me remember an African proverb about the lizard which falls from a wall. Since nobody has congratulated it, Mr Lizard goes on to congratulate itself. Now, Mr Buhari should congratulate…
We need some Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the pay is mouth-watering. We understand the winsome and yoyoing Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation minister is still under suspension. She has even been interrogated by the EFCC. Why now? Isn’t it the Yoruba who say if a fire threatens to consume a parent and their ward,…
Photo credit: Minnesota Reformer A federal officer has shot one person during a targeted operation in Minnesota, authorities have said. TMZ reports that Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, tells federal law enforcement officers targeted an undocumented migrant from Venezuela, pulling the man over during a Wednesday night traffic stop in Minneapolis. McLaughlin said the…
Photo credit: infomigrants The authorities in Malta breached a teenage asylum-seeker’s fundamental rights, a court has found, awarding 50,000 euros in compensation. The Times Malta reports that the First Hall of the Civil Courts, presided by Mr Justice Giovanni Grixti, ruled on Tuesday that Ayoubah Fona was unlawfully detained as a minor in poor conditions. The case dates back…
