WHO Chief Rebukes Bishop’s Migration Remarks
Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who…
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…
WHO Chief Rebukes Bishop’s Migration Remarks
Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who called migration to Europe an “invasion”, saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship. Borkena reports that in a social media post, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that calling human beings “invaders” takes away their “faces,…
Inside Lampedusa’s “hotspot”
Photo credit: Vatican News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…
Police embark on a major immigration crackdown in Scotland
Photo credit: STV News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…
It’s about time… – Adewale Sobowale
Some months ago, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) turned 50 and people wanted to set the internet ablaze with their experience. Some went on to dust their service year pictures and were displaying them on social media. For those of us who never had an opportunity to serve as Youth Corp members, it was…
Getting Results! – Adewale Sobowale
The senator who, I don’t want to dignify by mentioning his name, assaulted a woman has come out with some defence. According to him, his younger sister was beaten to a pulp earlier in that shop. Hear, hear! He even said that incident happened before he became a senator. It’s one thing to act and…
Of Full Stops – Adewale Sobowale
I was gisting with a pastor of one of the popular Pentecostal churches yesterday, and I was surprised with how little he knows about the most basic of things. For instance, he did not know the procedure of Islamic banking. That is, the bank does not discriminate on religious basis. I actually had to tell…
Multiculturalism helps Canada boost identity – new report indicates
Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home after she moved from India. CBC News reports that the Toronto resident said, “One thing I really like about this country is the people are very welcoming and they were very supportive.” Bhateja’s experience is backed by the findings of…
