News

Read by: Joel Balsam

Stories by: Michael Lemieux, Alexa Faye and Joel Balsam  

According to Al-Jazeera, eight people are dead in Nigeria. Also, an Islamic school was torched to the ground.

The attackers sprayed a pub with bullets before escaping on a motorcycle.

While the attackers have not yet been determined they are believed to be a result of a recent fuel strike. 

A doctor said the victims included five policemen and a 10 year-old girl.

On Monday Nigerians took to the streets to protest the recent removal of fuel subsidies. On January first the cost of fuel nearly doubled after President Goodluck Jonathan removed fuel subsidies.

Nigeria is plagued with protests after a government decision to end fuel subsidies.

According to Al Jazeera  protesters set the secretary of state’s office ablaze.  Tear gas and ammunition were deployed by state officials to clear the streets.  Two deaths and twenty eight injuries were reported by the Red Cross so far.

The lawyer for a Rwandan man facing deportation has made a final legal plea to keep him in Canada. According to CBC, Léon Mugesera is facing deportation to Rwanda to face charges of inciting genocide.

His sixteen-year legal battle was brought all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2005. The Court upheld the decision to deport him.

Mugesera’s lawyer claims that his client’s life would be in danger if sent back to his native country.

According to CBC, the federal government is cutting back their spending by 10 percent in order to eliminate the deficit problem. Currently, there are slow growth projections and a weak job market.

Despite this, many major government companies are being asked to create a plan to cut spending. These cuts are to be made over the next two fiscal years. 

A leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday that Iran had opened a new site for uranium enrichment.

According to The Associated Press, this new underground site would be well protected from possible airstrikes.

Uranium can serve for the production of fossil fuels and fissile warhead material, which scares the international community. Iran is currently under United Nations sanctions because they refuse to stop uranium enrichment. 

The Conservative minister for Latin America says Cuba has improved in some ways. 

According to the Canadian Press, Diane Ablonczy approved Cuba’s recent economic changes. These include allowing ownership of private property, job opportunities in private sectors, and the right to sell a used car. The changes were made by Raul Castro after taking Cuba from his brother Fidel four years ago.