Dangerous strike shuts path to de-escalation
The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on 18 March 2026, represents one…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on 18 March 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical energy i infrastructure, and will have global economic significance. The Statesman reports that the South Pars field, which Iran shares with Qatar’s North Dome…
Photo credit: Daily Mail Up to 30,000 Muslims were at a park in Birmingham to mark the end of Ramadan. The Daily Mail reports that huge crowds descended on Small Heath Park in the city centre early on Friday morning to participate in a prayer to mark the end of the holy month, during which Muslims…
Photo credit: Citynews Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will ask city council next week to oppose any involvement of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city when it hosts FIFA World Cup games. CBC News reports Chow as saying in the motion that, “US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has demonstrated through their actions in Minnesota and across…
According to reports, some of the Dapchi girls have been released. While giving kudos to those responsible for their release, I just thought we should state some obvious facts. Is it not embarrassing that we don’t know how many girls have been released so far? What we first heard was 105 girls released while five…
Their poemsOur poetsLooking at NigeriaAny other poem?Naija is a poemWe are the poets. By every action of oursWe DO the poemsNot write them Lift the world upLift Nigeria upBy lifting humanityYes, our humanity. @as 032118
I do some scribblings. If you’re in that realm, you might just have come across an idea you want to put down and be wondering whether it hasn’t been done by someone, somewhere before you. Well, if one’s not careful, they may end up in the courts answering to charges of piracy. But then, I…
‘God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.’ – John 4: 24 I was, in the not too distant past, a housemaster in a school. Normally, around December so many Pentecostal Churches would have programs. Parents would generally want to pick their wards for the programs, especially…