Toronto School Food Program expands to all public schools
Photo credit: The Conversation The Toronto School Food Program is expanding to all public schools…
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…
Toronto School Food Program expands to all public schools
Photo credit: The Conversation The Toronto School Food Program is expanding to all public schools in the city this fall, reaching 30,000 additional students Toronto Today reports that Mayor Olivia Chow announced Wednesday that 78 new schools have been added to the program, bringing it to about 325,000 public school students. The program sources food…
123 immigrant workers, six Malaysians arrested in Johor
Photo credit: The Star A total of 123 undocumented immigrant workers were detained in several operations on two consecutive days near Johor Baru, Malaysia. The Star reports that Johor Immigration Department director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the operations were conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday. “Some 21 premises were inspected during the raids which started…
Sudan’s war caught in the Ethiopia-Eritrea crossfire
Photo credit: Geeska Sudan’s war is increasingly intertwined with the longstanding rivalry between Ethiopia and Eritrea, diplomatic sources told Ayin, raising fears that renewed tensions between Addis Ababa and Asmara could further regionalize the conflict. AllAfrica.com reports that three sources familiar with the region’s diplomacy told Ayin that Ethiopian officials have expressed growing concern over Lt–Gen…
South Africa, Daa Pada! – Adewale Sobowale
I’m just learning it wasn’t the Murtala/Obasanjo regime that began the spending spree on South African freedom. I’ve learnt it all started from the very first Republic when Mallam Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s prime minister. But when it got to the Murtala/Obasanjo regime, Nigeria was so much involved that it was named amongst the front…
Lower Than Lowest! – Adewale Sobowale
I learn Edo politics is now so low that one Kabaka was saying on the campaign ground that people shouldn’t vote for Obaseki because he’s childless. Haba! I believe Kabaka must have been tombo drunk before he could utter such a petty statement. But then, I wouldn’t blame him. I would rather blame the people…
How dare you? – Adewale Sobowale
I understand some #EndBadGovernance protesters have been charged to an Abuja court. Of course! It serves them well. Who do they think they are? If they had read their history well—very well—they would have known that the bulk of people whose right it is to protest are already in the Emilokan government. It’s now their…
The Black Womban is God
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