Venezuelan migrant held for killing University student
Photo credit: Fox 32 A 25-year-old Venezuelan migrant, Jose Medina, has been ordered to remain…

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…
Photo credit: Fox 32 A 25-year-old Venezuelan migrant, Jose Medina, has been ordered to remain in custody for allegedly shooting dead an 18-year-old Loyola University freshman in Chicago. The Times of India reports that the victim, Sheridan Gorman, was killed on March 19 near Tobey Prinz Beach in the Rogers Park neighbourhood. According to prosecutors,…
Photo credit: the Star Across Africa, individuals migrate in search of employment and stability, seeking readily available opportunities. The Star reports that as these movements occur, migrants travel without documentation or legal protection, which exposes them to dangers, including coercion, abuse, and trafficking. A recent article published by Diplomatic Courier highlights irregular migration as a major human rights concern. However,…
I was seated in my usual place looking for network when the owner of the bar slotted Fela’s Original Sufferhead into the music box. For the benefit of those who didn’t know, the album was released in 1981. It is a great disappointment that the record is still relevant today! Isn’t it? I then looked…
I hear the PDP has apologised to Nigerians for misruling the nation for 16 years. If not for the fact that they’ve missed all the goodies of office for three years plus, would they have thought of apologising? In any case, apologising implies wrongdoing. Are they ready to pay reparations? Are they ready to undergo…
Photo credit; endnews European powers on Thursday accused Russia of helping Iran target US forces jin the Middle East war and said they would raise the issue with US Secretary of StateMarco Rubio at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France. The Arab News reports that Rubio is joining the second day of the gathering of ministers…
Photo credit: NOW Toronto With less than three months until the FIFA World Cup comes to Toronto, city officials outlined a traffic management plan with a clear message. If you’re going downtown, leave the car at home. Toronto Today reports that the strategy was billed as a “transit first” approach in managing the flow of…
Photo credit: Accord The Ituri region, which borders Uganda and South Sudan, is a victim of some of the fiercest fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The region is home to dozens of warring ethnic militias and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the DRC branch of ISIS. It is heavily involved in – but still affected…