Trump, trade and tariffs define Canada’s election!
Photo credit: Politico All Canadians want to know right now is who has the best shot…
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…
Lyrics On The Lips Of Death by Tola Adeniyi
Nature could not have created you allFor nurture and vulturePerhaps so, perhaps notPuzzles of age long past Solomon there wasPossessor of all possessions possessable:Gold, silver, copper and copious concubinesMarbled Mansions of monumental measures Soon,Solomon got served to maggotsSame celebrated Solomon skewed in earth sewersSilky Solomon worshipped by the then world’sMost feared warlordsBecame just an item…
TIME
In the number equation,iT is more variable than the fabledSeven stages of a man’s life. iT is Fortune’s best friend,An eternal curse, to a SorrowProlonged iT is Joy’s soul mate,An anathema to Pain,And poison to Anxiety Relish iT when you have iTFor iT yields to no mortal’s control Time belongs to EternityEternity alone owns Time…
‘Nigeria has the best economy in Africa.’ – Okonjo-Iweala
Photo credit: Wikipedia Hmmm! I have been wondering why nothing seems to work in this country. Now, we all know why everything is at a standstill. No, things are getting worse. Nigerians are not inventive. If not, they would have realised that in this jet age, every home should supply its own electricity. In addition,…
Kabiyesi, Your Have Spoken! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: PM News It is no longer news the fact that some Igbo leaders went on a visit to the Oba of Lagos, the Olowo Eko, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Akiolu. Kabiyesi o! In the course of the visit, the Oba entertained them wonderfully. They broke the traditional kola and I can imagine…
Eureka! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: PM News I have found it!Yes! Crude oil has decided not to be selling much again. Nigerians and the economy of Nigeria are the worse for it. However, Nigerians have been looking for non oil products that will replace oil.And, I’ve found just one product which could replace the black gold. Corruption!!! The…
General Sanwo! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Facebook I learn the governor of the Nigerian state of aquatic splendor, Mr Sanwoolu, recently caused to be announced that, to be admitted into secondary schools in his state, pupils must be at least twelve years of age. Well, I really understand the concerns of the state government. Yeah, I do because I…
Much Ado About Nothing! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Grammy I’m often amused when artistes in ‘third’ world countries get annoyed when they are not given elite awards by ‘first’ world institutions. A lot of dust was raised by some Nigerians who felt Angelina Kodjo didn’t deserve the Grammy. They would have preferred some Nigerian singer to clinch the award. Quite another…
