Alberta Premier announces fall referendum on immigration …
Photo credit: Toronto Star Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on…
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…
Alberta Premier announces fall referendum on immigration …
Photo credit: Toronto Star Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the constitution. CBC News reports that Smith said she wants Alberta to vote on nine questions on Oct. 19. She said the subject of each question…
The plight of migrant Venezuelan families in Panama
Photo credit: The Tico Times For years, Panama was a transit territory within one of North America’s most intense migration routes. The Darien jungle became a human corridor crossed by thousands of stories marked by urgency. Havana Times reports that in 2023, 520,085 people crossed the jungle, according to the Ministry of Public Security. Of…
Tourist Attraction! – Adewale Sobowale
Most of our cities are in the habit of being bedecked with the number one tourist attraction. In fact, which other way is better for us to welcome visitors than regaling them with tons of refuse? I’m sure the people in power know what they are doing, don’t they? They want to prove a point….
AO M’erin J’oba! Crowned Clowns!! – Adewale Sobowale
We were educated when education still had value in Nigeria. I had initially wanted to use the word ‘lucky’, but I doubt if that would take care of the conscious efforts which the administrators and the teachers applied in making sure our time in school was worth its while. By the way, I want to…
Before The Vultures! – Adewale Sobowale
That the experiment called Nigeria is failing does not need to be told anyone with discerning eyes. However, I just thought we should consider certain factors before the cloth turns into rags and the vultures land to finish off the carcasses. In the first instance, I really don’t think Nigeria is in a position to…
Unbe! – Adewale Sobowale
It’s just too obvious that our dear globe is an antithesis. To say it’s in a state of unbeing is an understatement. While most people are clamoring for peace, I just can’t count the number of wars – both potential and actual – going on throughout the world today. Many people are lacking food but…
Appeal launched to support migrants along key African migration corridors!
Photo credit: IOM A new $91 million appeal has been launched to support migrants along key migration routes in Africa. Relief Web reports that the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with 48 partners, is seeking funding to deliver life-saving assistance to migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling along the Eastern Route to Yemen and…
