14 die, 20 wounded in Lahore private tuition centre collapse
At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of…
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…
14 die, 20 wounded in Lahore private tuition centre collapse
At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. The Telegraph online reports that more than 300 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy, located in the densely populated…
Toronto under heat warning, temperatures could climb to 37 C this week
Toronto is now under an orange heat warning as Environmental Canada forecasts several days of high-risk weather, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s until at least Friday. Toronto Today reports that the agency said daytime highs between 31 C and 34 C are expected during the prolonged heat event, with some areas potentially reaching…
“To whom much is given, much is expected.” – Luke 12: 48 by Adewale Sobowale
My contemporaries in school will certainly be familiar with the topic. However, I am not typing about secondary school issues now. Rather, I’m welcoming you to South Africa, where some have decided to be a law unto themselves!I have a few friends in South Africa, and I know most of them would not support what’s…
The uninvited guest! – Adewale Sobowale
If there were an English word like “unguest”, I would have described myself as one. I had first travelled to the United States, thinking it was my land of hope. However, Donald Trump was trumpeting MAGA. Fortunately, I heard of Canada through my cousin, and I’ve never regretted my decision to come here. Of course,…
Free For Some! – Adewale Sobowale
That the federal government of Nigeria led by Mr Mohammed Buhari is giving away some Abaçha loot is a done deal. The government will be giving away the money to poor households in nineteen states anytime from now. I thought I heard someone reporting that Mr Buhari said that Abacha was not corrupt. Then apparently,…
Hard Talk! – Adewale Sobowale
We had a PDP government in Nigeria for sixteen years, there was hardly any improvement in the lives of the masses. We are having an APC government for the third year, the material and mental poverty are not abating. Something is telling me it’s not the political parties or the governments that are faulty. Rather,…
The Grounded Kite! – Adewale Sobowale
Last week, the dailies were awash with reports of the authorities of various Universities in Nigeria, allegedly planning to increase the school fees of their respective institutions. However, that same week, some of those universities were refuting the alleged plan. As a kid, kite flying was one of our pastimes. Our parents were not short…
