Majority of Canadians now see US as an enemy,…: poll
Photo credit: CTV News For as long as anyone can remember, Canada and the US have…
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…
Majority of Canadians now see US as an enemy,…: poll
Photo credit: CTV News For as long as anyone can remember, Canada and the US have arguably been the world’s closest allies and friends. The sibling settler-colonial nations sharing the world’s longest undefended border are deeply linked, culturally and economically, with any differences historically resolved respectfully. National Post reports that as the trade war initiated by US President Donald Trump drags…
UK gov’t condemns masked anti-immigrant protesters blocking Dover port
Photo credit: The Telegraph On Saturday, dozens of masked people protesting Channel migrant crossings blocked access to the port of Dover, briefly halting ferry traffic between England and France. Al Jazeera reports that images shared online showed dozens of demonstrators dressed in black and wearing balaclavas streaming onto roads surrounding the port in the United Kingdom. In…
IDF begins strikes in Lebanon after drone attack by Hezbollah
Photo credit: Jerusalem Post The IDF began a wave of strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning following the launch of two drones by Hezbollah terrorists towards troops within the security zone, the military announced. The Jerusalem Post reports that during the Hezbollah attack, IDF soldiers opened fire on the drones and downed one of…
We are all Guilty – Adewale Sobowale
It is no news that Nigeria’s economy is now ‘depressed’. Although I don’t believe we deserve this, the chickens have come home to roost. We, through our acts of omission,collusion and complacency are all guilty. Have we forgotten the earlier governments, prodded by us, were raising our salaries? OK, Udoji, Williams, Ani,etc. The Udoji awards…
Hey Honey, What’s for Dinner? – Adewale Sobowale
Yeah, not too long ago, when a man got home from the office, his children would meet him at the gate to welcome him. The wife would be busy in the kitchen concocting a seven course meal or something close to it. Those were the days! But these days, the situation has changed. Families are…
Within Man! – Adewale Sobowale
Ese b’aja mole,Awo felefele bonu,Ko je a r’ikun,Aseni. Ceiling coversThe spaceFilmsy skinCovers attitudeOf the deceitful. You know I don’t have any apologies for delving into the archives to bring out some sayings in Yoruba. That is essentially because I have never pretended that I am no other than a Yoruba writing in the borrowed robe…
