UK adopts Canada-style private sponsorship model to resettle refugees
Photo credit: Aljazeera The UK has begun accepting applications from charities to lead a new refugee…
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…
UK adopts Canada-style private sponsorship model to resettle refugees
Photo credit: Aljazeera The UK has begun accepting applications from charities to lead a new refugee sponsorship program modelled on Canada’s private sponsorship system, with Kenya, Uganda and Egypt among seven countries where eligible refugees can initially be identified. Business Insider Africa reports that the program will allow approved community groups, universities and employers to help refugees relocate…
2,000 Salvadoran troops take quarters in Haiti to help fight gangs
Photo credit: Reuters A convoy of heavily armed Salvadoran troops was seen in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port au Prince, Haiti, on Friday. They are part of 2,000 troops that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele deployed to the embattled country. The deployment of Salvadoran troops followed a gang attack on four Salvadoran members of the Gang Suppression…
Indian authorities tighten security ahead of big opposition march in Delhi
Photo credit: AP News Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. Reuters reports that authorities warned of traffic diversions ahead of…
Stories! – Adewale Sobowale
A friend it was who told me today, November 1, is Authors’ Day! Personally, I do believe everyone is an author. Ok! Let’s take it this way, everyone has the probability of being an author. Why? Our respective journeys through life, if penned would be super sellers. But then, one should understand the fact that…
Buharifools! – Adewale Sobowale
I was discussing with someone on FB yesterday, and I regretted I did. There are some people, once they believe in politicians, that wouldn’t let go even on the face of apparent betrayal. To those people, the saying that, ‘fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,’ is more than true….
When We Cry…! – Adewale Sobowale
A valued friend just sent me a video of Chief Bode George being interviewed. His insistence is that Tinubu is not from Lagos. Well, we all know he isn’t! But then, does it really matter? A person could come from Jigawa or Enugu for instance, as long as he’s a Nigerian, he could live anywhere…
Export Item – Adewale Sobowale
I came across a video of recent. It’s of non Nigerians spraying currency at a party. Why now? Nigeria holds the franchise for spending at parties as if there’s no tomorrow. So, people from other countries wishing to join the chorus must first pay Nigerians some fees. Abi bako? 110121
