Canada out of World Cup, …with a lot to be proud of
Photo credit: the Canadian press A mix of disappointment and pride lingered in the moments…
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…
Canada out of World Cup, …with a lot to be proud of
Photo credit: the Canadian press A mix of disappointment and pride lingered in the moments after Canada was ousted from the FIFA World Cup on Saturday. The Canadian Press reports that the team made history again and again throughout the tournament before falling to Morocco 3-0 in the round of 16. “We have a lot to…
Pakistan urges global alliance to combat human smuggling, illegal migration
Photo credit: UNODC State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry has called for a coordinated global strategy and technology-driven solutions to combat illegal migration, telling an international forum in Vienna that human smuggling is a transnational challenge requiring greater international cooperation, intelligence sharing and expanded legal migration pathways, according to the Interior Ministry. Pakistan Today reports…
“Illegal migrant workforce set to grow” in Portugal
Photo credit: Portugal resident Portugal is at the risk of creating a growing underground workforce as tighter immigration and nationality laws push more foreign workers into irregular employment, according to the head of the country’s Migration Observatory. The Resident reports that in an interview with Espresso, Pedro Gois, director of the Migration Observatory, warned that recent policy changes are driving…
Do We Think? – Adewale Sobowale
I am asking a question whether Nigerians do use their brains to think at all. I can not be accused of being stand offish because the question includes me too. No matter how we look at the self styled Maradona, Ibrahim Babangida, who himself did not prove better, the greatest favour he did us was…
Kemi lost the elections for Tories! – Adewale Sobowale
Yes, she lost the elections. I mean Mrs. Kemi Badenoch lost the elections for the Conservatives in the UK General Elections. Why? As someone who has roots in Naija, she should have organized the elections the way we do in my country. It starts from empowering the powerless masses. She should have encouraged party leaders…
West Africa’s demand for vultures is reaching into Central Africa
Vultures are disappearing across parts of Africa for several reasons, but belief-based trade has become one of the most worrying and difficult to address. In parts of West Africa, demand for vulture heads, feathers, and other body parts is putting pressure on birds beyond the places where they are openly sold. European Wildlife reports that the…
Refugee camps to FIFA World Cup: Extraordinary players’ stories of inspiration
Eight years ago, a 17-year-old boy stood in front of over 200 FIFA officials and delivered a speech. “My name is Alphonso Davies,” he said. “My parents are from Liberia and fled the civil war. It was a hard life, but when I was five years old, a country called Canada welcomed us in. My…
