Europeans accuse Russia of supporting Iran
Photo credit; endnews European powers on Thursday accused Russia of helping Iran target US forces…
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…
Europeans accuse Russia of supporting Iran
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…
Toronto outlines mobility plans for World Cup
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…
The children forced to wage war in DRC
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…
Our Humanity! – Adewale Sobowale
OUR HUMANITY!Adewale Sobowale COVID 19 could be spreading all over the globe. But there’s no doubting the fact that it has exposed the various aspects of people, all over the world, laying claims to being human. When I was a tot, we, more or less, lived a communal life. And that was in Lagos of…
Men n Boys! – Adewale Sobowale
I just thought I should share various countries’ or even regions’ reactions to the COVID 19 plague. It’s a known fact that political leaders in the western nations are bent on giving palliatives to assist their respective peoples. It’s also a known a fact that in most democratic western nations, there’s a separation of powers…
Off the cuff? – Adewale Sobowale
Having watched the Iwuanyawu video clip severally, my thoughts are, The man definitely didn’t speak off the cuff ! Somewhere in the speech, when he mentioned “Yoruba,” he stopped the sentence and said, “They are political rascals.” As I said, I watched the video with rapid attention and severally too. A Yoruba will be right…
Carney defends record on immigration
Photo credit: National Post Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his government’s record on immigration on Wednesday, following a report from the auditor general this week that showed the international student program lacked proper controls. The National Post reports Carney as saying, “We’re taking back control on immigration,” as he entered a caucus meeting. “You’ve seen…
