Iran fires on 3 ships while US maintains blockade – diplomacy stalls
Photo credit: WION Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized…
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…
Iran fires on 3 ships while US maintains blockade – diplomacy stalls
Photo credit: WION Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying assault on shipping in the key waterway. The Associated Press reports that the assault came a day after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports. The…
Most tickets to FIFA World Cup fan fest will now be free
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada Facing blacklist over plans to charge a fee for the FIFA World Cup fan festival, 6the City of Toronto will no0w offer free tickets to most who want to attend. Toronto Sun reports that at Wednesday’s council meeting, a report was submitted by the executive director of the FIFA World Cup 2026…
UK, France agree 3-year deal to stop migrant crossings
Photo credit: DW Britain and France have agreed on a new three-year deal to stop undocumented migrants making the risky journey across the English Channel. Gulf News reports that under the deal, France pledged to increase law enforcement on the coast by more than half to fight irregular migration to Britain. Britain will meanwhile provide up to…
Thanks! – Adewale Sobowale
What else can we do except to thank our elected(?) public officers for enabling us to remember the kind of people we are. To a large extent, we are nothing but lightweights. “Lightweighting” us is actually an understatement. We are a people who do not have the ability to stand by our principles. Do we…
Shylocks! – Adewale Sobowale
These are, certainly, daunting times. These are times when you know the true labor unions. These are also times when you can freely guess who true religious leaders are. I learn that even now, some so called missionary schools are already claiming that due to the situation on ground, their teachers might not get paid….
Onikoyi! – Adewale Sobowale
It’s like the initiators of the so-called Yoruba or Oduduwa nation have withdrawn a bit. Maybe they’ve gone back to the drawing table. Some minutes ago, I went into the archives to read about Onikoyi. It’s said that the Onikoyi do not receive bullets at the back. Rather, they face the onslaught. But, if the…
Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025: IOM
Photo credit: Euro News Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, with sea routes to Europe the most deadly, according to the United Nations. Al Jazeera reports that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said many of the victims were lost in “invisible shipwrecks,” as it released new figures in a report…
