Montreal tenants, community groups denounce death of unhoused migrant
Photo credit: Citynews Montreal Tenants and community groups in Montreal’s Parc-Extension borough gathered for a vigil…
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…
Montreal tenants, community groups denounce death of unhoused migrant
Photo credit: Citynews Montreal Tenants and community groups in Montreal’s Parc-Extension borough gathered for a vigil Tuesday evening to honour and remember the life of Manjeet Singh, a 42-year-old unhoused migrant, who died earlier this year, after he was evicted from his home. “He was an asylum seeker. He was alone here. His family is still back…
Crossing the Darien Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the journey to the US
Photo credit: The Guardian Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, and elsewhere risk their lives each year to cross the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama. The Darien Gap is an imposing obstacle on one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes. The remote, roadless crossing on the border between Colombia and Panama consists…
E Ma W’ehin O! – Adewale Sobowale
We used to have some games when I was a kid. You see, I grew up in what you could call a semi traditional environment. Semi traditional because even though we were living in the city, we were taught the mores and values of traditional life. Also, our grand parents were living with us or…
Cookie Crumbles! – Adewale Sobowale
I’ve always spoken in favor of a social welfare system for the Nigerian people. However, some people have persisted in countering it for a number of reasons. Some will say Nigeria doesn’t have a good data base That reason has been interesting to me simply because Nigeria does have at least four ways in which…
Kaka Ki’le Ku…! – Adewale Sobowale
I don’t think the national assembly members in Nigeria will be able to withstand the consequences of their actions. How dare they ask for accountability of the monies disbursed as palliatives for the poor to cushion the effects of COVID 19. There are talks that up to 5.2 billion Naira was disbursed within 72 hours….
Taking a stand in a season of anomie! – Adewale Sobowale
As I posted yesterday, Nigeria is quite an interesting place to be in right now. There’s no doubt about the fact that the country is in a season of anomie. There’s a lack of usual social standards, personal unrest, and uncertainty from a lack of purpose or ideals. That’s anomie as defined by the Merriam-Webster…
Iran defiant as deadline looms …
Photo credit: Global News Iran showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, defying threats by President Donald Trump to “decimate” the country’s civilian infrastructure. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Iranian army dismissed what they called Trump’s “arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats”, saying they would not…
