Group to walk across Toronto in honour of Earth Day
Photo credit: Toronto Today A group of environmentalists, artists, musicians and elders will be carrying…
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…
Group to walk across Toronto in honour of Earth Day
Photo credit: Toronto Today A group of environmentalists, artists, musicians and elders will be carrying a giant globe as they walk 25 kilometres across the city – from Scarborough to Etobicoke – in honour of Earth Day this weekend. Toronto Today reports that Toronto’s Earth Day Walk will take place on Saturday, and organizers are calling…
UN: Last year was deadliest for Rohingya refugees
Photo credit: Japan Times Last year was the deadliest ever for Rohingya refugees fleeing by boat from Bangladesh or Myanmar across the Indian Ocean towards Indonesia and Malaysia, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday. Bernama reports that approximately 900 people from the ethnic group died or are listed as missing in…
Migration numbers set to increase globally
Photo credit: OECD Leveraging the power of migration and the more than 280 million migrants worldwide is an urgent imperative which can benefit all – countries of origin, transit and destination – while also creating opportunities for migrants themselves. The United Nations Development Program says that concrete, coordinated action on migration is essential to reduce risks…
Ko Ju Bee Lo! What Else? – Adewale Sobowale
The journalist who asked Mr Buhari what Nigerians should be expecting from his administration is definitely a spoilsport! Haba!! If you look at his antecedent, he’s most likely to be from the opposition. How can anyone ask such a sickening question from a man who’s just recuperating from an undisclosed illness? Is he not a…
Olopa ma ko, everybody! – Adewale Sobowale
Oh yes! Police go arrest taya! I noticed a popularly controversial singer, or is it a controversially famous singer(?) has been running from pillar to post pleading with the EFCC and people who know some people who know those in power that he shouldn’t be arrested because the money he’d been spraying is for the…
Singapore to redevelop two migrant worker recreation centres
Photo credit: CNA Two migrant worker recreation centres will be redeveloped with larger capacities and upgraded amenities, with one to be transformed into Singapore’s first recreation hub for migrant workers, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Friday. CNA reports that the projects at Soon Lee Recreation Centre (RC) and Kaki Bukit Recreation Centre are expected to…
Why Gen Z has adopted the infuriating silent scream
Photo credit: The Guardian “I’m literally screwaming,” my friend tells me – except she’s not. I’ve just told her about my promotion at work. She raises her hands in front of her mouth as if to unleash a fearsome howl, but no sound comes out. She scrunches up her nose like a sneezing cat and lets out…
