Muslim group seeks action on Islamophobia 5 years after Ontario family was murdered
Photo credit: Global News Nearly five years after a gruesome slaying of an Ontario family,…
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…
Muslim group seeks action on Islamophobia 5 years after Ontario family was murdered
Photo credit: Global News Nearly five years after a gruesome slaying of an Ontario family, a national Muslim group is urging Ottawa to follow through on past recommendations to fight Islamophobia. “Despite years of studies, consultations and public commitments, Muslims in Canada continue to face discrimination, harassment, violence and unequal treatment,” said Khaled Al-Qazzaz, head of…
US House votes for measure that would end Iran war
The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting growing concern among members of the party about the 3-month-old conflict. Reuters reports that it was the latest setback for Trump in Congress despite his party’s slim majorities in both the House and the Senate. For now,…
Meloni vows justice over killing of 4 migratts burned alive in minivan
Photo credit:the independent Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the “horrific murder” of four migrant seekers who were burned alive in a minivan in Calabria. The Independent reports that the attack was caught on surveillance camera at a garage in Amendolara. Footage showed the vehicle being set alight with the victims still alive https://youtu.be/Z02BiY8ulu4?si=b3iGa5x2BKqHqUnFinside. Police in Italy…
The School! – Adewale Sobowale
The Grammar School is one hundred and fifty eight years old today! In fact, we’ve been planning to post this since Sunday. It’s to show how happy we are. Happy and grateful for having been so fortunate to pass through the Grammar school. And, of course, the Grammar School passed through me! Where else could…
Africa Will Surely Rise – Adewale Sobowale
It’s another anniversary of the first secondary grammar school in Nigeria. We should congratulate the Anglican missionaries who deemed it fit to set up the school. However, the school song interests me a lot. Most particularly, the phrase in the very first line of the last stanza which reads:Africa will surely rise! That phrase is…
Bros Mallam! – Adewale Sobowale
I can remember there was a time an idea was being mooted that the south, especially the former western region should stop the consumption of meat products that came from northern Nigeria. When that didn’t succeed, some then decided to implore people to avoid northerners’ meat for just a day. No way! It was as…
Is Africa Rising? – Adewale Sobowale
The Grammar School is a hundred and sixty years old! Yeah!! While not necessarily being against those who feel the milestone should be celebrated, I’m much more concerned about the very last verse of the School Song, Africa will surely rise,Fail we not in high empriseHidden here the secret lies.Up and on! To all intents…
