Alberta rejects separation referendum!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Voters in Alberta have chosen to remain part of Canada in a…
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…
Alberta rejects separation referendum!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Voters in Alberta have chosen to remain part of Canada in a first-ever independence referendum. CBC News called the results of Monday’s vite late on the same day after 48 per cent of the ballots counted showed overwhelming support for the “remain” side, with 76 per cent opting to stay with Canada….
1,000 killed in Haiti as gang violence persists
More than 1,000 people were killed in Haiti between July and September as armed gangs continued to challenge state authority, according to the United Nations, which is calling for sustained international support to strengthen security operations and advance the country’s political transition. CNW reports that Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Haiti,…
Study Visa Applications Rise in New Zealand
Immigration New Zealand says it is now turning down more than half the study visa applications it receives from India, while the refusal rate for Bangladesh remains about 70 per cent. Scoop Independent News reports that Immigration New Zealand director visa, Celia Coombies, told RNZ fake work experience and bogus qualifications were contributing to the high…
Judgement Day!!! – Adewale Sobowale
Yeah, if people will choose to remember there will always be a tomorrow, our world might be a bed of roses. But then, there’s no gainsaying the fact that man is the most gifted of all animals. However, he conveniently chooses to forget the gifts when it suits him. There was once a man who…
Going To Hell? – Adewale Sobowale
Hell is surely beckoning. And, to ease the journey of people who have been condemned, a state in South Western Nigeria is bent on constructing an airport. The airport could have been described as an elephant project but people going to hell are already patronizing it, even while at its teething stage. Why not an…
Adini Mo’Do! – Adewale Sobowale
About one of the first things I grew up to know in the Yoruba culture is the egungun cult. Near our home at Itire, there used to live a family – an extended family – if you like, who lived a true Yoruba lifestyle though tinted with some Islamic practices. Islamic practices because they normally…
Kasuwa n Duniyan Zamani n Duniyan! Different Strokes…! – Adewale Sobowale
A nation is concluding its national elections today. The activities in the country can’t but remind me of Nigerian elections. Even before a particular election ends, career politicians are already planning for the next elections. In the elections that are being concluded in Nigeria, meanwhile, a lot of resources would have been committed. Most of…
