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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…
The Downtowner!
Coming soon: The Downtowner Downtown Toronto’s Weekend Community Newspaper To be published by Oasis Communications
Nigeria hires American firm for $9m ONLY!
I hear Nigeria is hiring an American lobbying firm for $750,000 per month over six months to defend its international reputation in the US. In total. The total is $4.5m. The contract doesn’t stop there; it continues for another six months, bringing the total to a whopping sum of $9 million. The government is spending more money than the Bafran separatists,…
Committee approves 48-storey development!
A Toronto city council committee has approved a plan to transform a heritage church into a 48-storey development -a proposal that one supporter says sets a new standard for how faith institutions redevelop underused land amid the housing crisis. Toronto Today reports that several years ago, developer Kindred Works proposed a 12-storey building for the site…
Old Boys – Adewale Sobowale
Where’s he going?Should’ve beenBut hasn’tYet to arrive. We grew togetherBut missed he the wayAnd totally missedIf there’s eternity. Papa told his storyOne starry nightYou lived togetherLong while ago. Things have changedI’m made, men!He an old pauperLock the door. @as 011718
Constituted Authority In US – Adewale Sobowale
Those who said that people seeking political offices should go for psychiatric test were proven right by the show of shame exhibited by Mr Abiola Ajumobi recently. Ladoke Akintola University students have been on a forced holiday for seven months. This is because their school had been shut down. The school is situated in Osun…
Asoromagbesi! The Talker! – Adewale Sobowale
I grew up in an age when all those things taken for granted by the youth of today were relatively new inventions. Take the radio for instance, it first came as a box which would always talk from five a.m. till twelve midnight if my memory serves me right. Trust the Yoruba for their beauty…
If It Had Been a Debate! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Premium Times Watching the question and answer session yesterday, I was left with little doubt that Nigeria is, definitely, not out of the woods yet! How many times did our president pretend not to hear the questions? Even when he supposedly heard, what was the quality of his response? Thank God for Osibajo,…
