US airstrikes hit northern Iran
The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces…
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…
US airstrikes hit northern Iran
The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn. AP reports that days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and…
Toronto tenants demand help with extreme heat …
Photo credit: Toronto Today Members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN gathered downtown on Wednesday to demand action against extreme heat from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) – an Ontario crown corporation in charge of the province’s power grid. Toronto Today reports that twelve members of ACORN’s chapter met at noon on the northeast corner of University…
How much money will the World Cup winners take home?
The team that lifts the World Cup trophy next week won’t just have their name etched into football history – they’ll be flush with cash. SBS News reports that FIFA increased the financial distributions at this year’s World Cup to a record $1.25 billion, making it the largest prize pool in the competition’s history. About $938 million…
Kai! – Adewale Sobowale
Unless it does a rethink, the federal government is likely to stop the production of Nigerian films and music videos outside our shores. That is a very good development. Whatever scenes artistes may want to use abroad could always be simulated here. If you want a scene of the American red light districts you could…
Job Scouting! – Adewale Sobowale
When scouting for a job in a foreign land, so many things come into play. The first one is that even if you have a triple doctorate, they would always want you to have their own countries’ certification. In any case, most western countries hold whatever certifications are issued by third world countries with a…
Honor Among Thieves? – Adewale Sobowale
It was widely reported that a couple of representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter, went to show solidarity for the controversial founder of COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Hmm… I just thought I should ask those at the control of Abuja CAN whether they had bothered to make even an iota of enquiries into…
Aroso! – Adewale Sobowale
I have this habit of celebrating those I’ve come by during my sojourn in this treacherous life. The reason is that I believe it’s better to celebrate those who are close to me during their lifetime rather than singing their eulogies after death. I remember a guy who has corrupted me so much that he…
