Brazil recalls ambassador to Argentina
Photo credit: RFI Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday that it recalled its ambassador to…
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…
Brazil recalls ambassador to Argentina
Photo credit: RFI Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday that it recalled its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei insulted Brazilian officials while in their country. The Associated Press reports that the decision comes a day after Milei was in Sao Paulo participating in an event where Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro,…
How Portugal takes care of Migrants’ mental health
Photo credit: RFI Migration is increasingly essential to Portugal’s economy. Still, the mental health of many new arrivals to the country is affected by the trauma of what they have left behind, long and arduous journeys, and the racism that greets them, fuelled by far-right rhetoric. In addition, mental health treatment is often impeded by cultural and linguistic barriers. RFI…
Miraculous Feat! – Adewale Sobowale
Given the frequency of happenings in Nigeria, if you’re not a webhead, you’ll definitely not be able to catch up with the latest gist in town. The political scene is especially newsy. Just yesterday, the Senate did us a lot of favours by concluding the amendment of the constitution. They really tried for the masses….
Agb’Epo La’Ja! – Adewale Sobowale
Nigeria’s case should be a matter of great thoughts. This is most especially for those who had tasted a semblance of enjoyment. Although I spent most of my youthful years under one military regime or the other, I did enjoy growing up. And if I can say that, gba o, what we’re having now is…
Let’s Go! – Adewale Sobowale
Machines of industryMust be made greasyBy the labourOf poor vapour-Emitting third worlders,While the ordersAre being enjoyed,Their ladies being toyedWith by their shylockRulers, who should hemlockHave taken. But forPeople lacking in force.Chase the bastards!E le awon alakora!Let them know,That we knowWhy they are cheating,While we’re bleeding. @ as 072718
New permanent residents down 20% in Canada
Canada admitted 20 per cent fewer permanent residents in the first three months of this year, with study permits and asylum claims also falling. The National Post reports that the country admitted 83,130 permanent residents between January and March, down from 104,320 over the same three months in 2025, accorThding to data from Immigration, Refugees…
340,000 people evacuated and flights cancelled as Typhoon Noul makes landfall in China
Photo credit: WE News English Typhoon Noul made landfall early Sunday, bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend. The Independent reports that it prompted the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangdong province, with the region on high alert and dozens of flights cancelled. China’s national weather…
