Photo credit: Premium Times Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of the teaching of Indigenous languages, otherwise known as mother tongue languages, as the medium of instruction in Nigerian primary schools. The minister, a medical doctor, announced the unprogressive move at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference organized by the…
That the Ogun State government has deemed it fit to officially recognize ADIRE, a traditional batik that has been made popular by the Egbas is great. However, I don’t see anything new in that. When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he hardly wore anything apart from ADIRE. Osoba and Amosun too tried to project the…
Photo credit:Thisnis Beirut Israel’s police and military said that security forces arrested several Israeli settlers after violent clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, during which Palestinians were injured and property was destroyed. The Japan Times reports the military as saying it dispatched troops after “masked Israeli civilians attacked Palestinians and set fire to property…
Photo credit: Reuters Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. The Telegraph Online reports that the protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world…
Photo credit: Bloomberg Following the deadly election protests that followed the disputed presidential elections, the police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders who were detained, according to the main opposition party, Chadema. Al Jazeera reports that four senior Chadema officials arrested last week for their alleged role in the protests were released on bail on Monday, according to the party.. The unrest came when…
Photo credit: UNHCR Millions of refugees and displaced persons worldwide are risking cold weather with far less assistance than in previous years, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The organization’s Dominique Hyde said, “Humanitarian budgets are stretched to breaking point, and the winter support that we offer will be much less this year. Families will have…
