INTERPOL arrests 262 human trafficking suspects, others
An international operation targeting organized criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea and the…
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…
INTERPOL arrests 262 human trafficking suspects, others
An international operation targeting organized criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea and the West African Atlantic route has led to the arrest of 262 suspects and the opening of 434 investigations. Punch reports the operation was conducted between October 5 and 8, 2026. It also identified 109 potential victims of human trafficking and intercepted 1,715…
Man accused of petrol bomb plot against hotel housing migrants
Photo credit: BBC An alleged white supremacist planned to fire Molotov cocktails through the windows of a hotel used to house migrants and kill as many occupants as possible, a court has heard. Mikka Anderson told a would-be accomplice that he had a crossbow and would fire the petrol bombs using some form of device in…
Historians uncover more questions for insurers over their role in the slave trade
Photo credit: The Guardian While the UK government is considering a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, Lloyds of London said it was “deeply sorry” six years ago. The historic insurance marketplace said it was deeply sorry for the “significant role” it played in the trafficking of enslaved people and for the enormous…
‘Beasts of No Nation’ – Adewale Sobowale
That our president, his excellency, Mr Goodluck Jonathan is making his intention known today is not news. It is not news because he has the right so to do. Politically, the conditions are also right. The two hundred girls who were seized by the dreaded boko haram have been married off to members of boko…
Gb’omu Le Lantern – Adewale Sobowale
People do suffer! OK, I’ve been hearing a phrase, Gb’omu le lantern, the literal meaning is placing some breast on a lantern. Can you imagine how it will feel? Putting a woman’s succulent breasts on a lit lantern. Even a man will certainly not enjoy it. Actually, I don’t know the roots of the phrase….
Unclean Hands – Adewale Sobowale
I love law! Indeed, I love looking at legal angles to analyse sociopolitical problems. In most cases, the legal position may not respect morality. The ability to use logic is more apt. However, in a number of instances, legality tends to bow to morality. Hence, we have some doctrines which lawyers throughout the world use…
Trump rules out immigration amnesty
Photo credit: BBC US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would not offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants but acknowledged that some had become productive members of society. AA reports that Trump told reporters at the White House, “We have a very strong deportation policy. There’s no amnesty, no, no, anything. We keep that,…
