Italy ships migrants to Albania!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Italy has set a record by being the first EU state to…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Italy ships migrants to Albania!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Italy has set a record by being the first EU state to divert migrants to a non-EU country. The first sixteen migrants rescued at sea while trying to reach Europe through Italy arrived at the Albanian port of Shengjin on Wednesday aboard an Italian navy vessel. According to Italy’s Coast Guard, the…
Canadian dairy industry dumping billions of litres of milk!
Photo credit: Vancouver is awesome A new study found that Canada’s dairy industry discarded enough milk to feed 11 per cent of the country’s population every year for over a decade. Vancouver is Awesome reports that research published in Ecological Economics found that between 6.8 billion and 10 billion litres of milk have vanished from…
Cambridge man penalised for threatening asylum seekers!
Photo credit: Cambridge News A man who phoned a Cambridge hotel to threaten asylum seekers has been handed a five-year criminal behaviour order. CambridgeshireLive reports that Robert Shortman phoned the hotel on a withheld number at about 5 p.m. on August 4 and asked if it was housing asylum seekers. The call lasted about 36…
Rotten Generation! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Kano Times I read the report of an investigation to some crimes being perpetrated by parents with the collusion of teachers in some primary schools in Lagos. The report was posted by the erudite Adebola Esuruoso Fashanu. I mentioned her name so that people who care could go and read the report. I…
Lazy Youth! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: LinkedIn Our youth are very lazy. If they aren’t why would they be protesting against SARS. By the way, it seems they are yet to be aware of the fact that SARS is meant for their insecurity. Wetin you chop remain?Oga, do us well!We are loyal!Do us well! And our shindren want all…
Who Ideology Help? – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Businessday I used to believe the children we’re bringing up would turn out even worse than we are, just like we’ve turned out much worse than our parents. In most cases, we grew up with ideologies that are supposed to shapen our lives. However, once we get into positions of authority, we jettison…
Of Course… – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: People’s Gazette The latest news is that the Nigerian government plans introducing the Nigerian Army to stop the protesters. Of course, that’s what’s done in (un)civilized countries. Force will meet with force. Mebi, awon soldiers have succeeded in conquering the dreaded boko haram. I foresee so many people being killed by an army…
