Protests sweep across Europe
Photo credit: AP News Protests over a range of issues have taken place in cities…
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…
Protests sweep across Europe
Photo credit: AP News Protests over a range of issues have taken place in cities across Europe, from Milan and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana. Demonstrators are taking to the streets over pensions, housing, education, corruption and opposition to war, reflecting a diverse mix of grievances across the continent. Euronews reports that despite precautions, bans…
Egyptian students map the human cost of African migration
Photo credit: Al Finar Media Behind every migration number there is a human story. Someone leaves their country in search of a job or a safer life, leaving a family waiting for their return. Al-Fanar Media reports that sometimes, a person’s family may never know whether their loved ones will come home or remain among…
Best ways to help the poor
The past 75 years have brought the greatest improvement in human welfare. But over the past decade, much of that progress has stalled. That this happened as the rich world shifted toward climate change is no coincidence, and it has to change. Financial Post reports that extreme poverty has long been defined as living on less than…
Late Bloomers! – Adewale Sobowale
The Yoruba believe there’re three periods a man goes through, and they liken the periods to periods of the day. That is morning stands for childhood, afternoon stands for mid age and night stands for old age. They also pray that God should let their old age be the best. Quite logical, ain’t it? I…
Ogun Women! – Adewale Sobowale
To say I’m so disappointed with the news that some politicians are planning to maltreat the women of Ogun State is an understatement of the century. I’m actually not talking of the foolish politicians but of the women themselves. So, when you protest while shorn of even the tiniest lingerie, where does that lead you?…
Victims of Toronto human traffickers confront abusers in court
Photo credit: Toronto Today A convicted human trafficker from Toronto – who is facing a lengthy penitentiary stint – has been told by a judge that he will be sent to prison on his next court date after his original sentencing hearing was delayed. Toronto Today reports that earlier this year, a jury in Barrie convicted Yohance Parsons on…
Jordan church shooting, 7 killed, 27 injured
Photo credit: CNA The death toll from an attack on mourners attending a funeral at Hamoud Church in Jordan’s southern Karak governorate rose to seven, with 27 others injured, Public Security Director Obaidallah Maaytah said on Friday. AA reports that the upgraded figures were announced at a news conference by Jordanian officials in Karak. Earlier, the…
