Canada will soon cut temporary work permits. The Indian Express reports that while addressing a press conference on Thursday, Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said the government would reduce the percentage of temporary foreign workers businesses can hire from 30% to 20%, except in specific sectors of the economy like agriculture. The Immigration Minister, Marc Miller,…
One of the media aides of the Nigerian President was asked on Channels tv why Mr Buhari has not deemed it fit to address the nation on COVID 19. He promptly answered that his principal will definitely address the people, ‘If the situation arises.’ He went on to lambast those calling on the president to…
I hear the coveted post of vice chancellor in our University of the Source is now being ethnically politicized. Or should one say aborelized? I wouldn’t be surprised given the rot going on in society. Academic environments are supposed to operate inspite of the society. But this is often not the case. They should be…
A chat with Tamara Magwashu, a multidimensional woman, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and the CEO of Azosule Feminine Hygenic Products
The authorities in the United States have to provide over $47 million in humanitarian assistance for the emergency response in Sudan and neighbouring countries, including Chad and South Sudan. The Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, revealed this at a meeting with Chadian President Succes Masra. The largest humanitarian crisis in…
Dozens of Rohingya refugees have been found by an Indonesian search and rescue ship. The ship began pulling survivors standing on the capsized wooden boat’s hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said ten people had been taken aboard local fishing boats, and another 59 were being saved by the Indonesian ship….
By the end of February, Austria had returned 76 migrants to Bulgaria. This is in adherence to the Dublin Agreement. The migrants include Syrians and Afghans. Austria is experiencing a decline in asylum applications. The number is steadily declining. In February, Austria received 2,183 asylum applications, a decrease of 204 compared with January and a…
