Bahrain’s king strongly condemns Iranian attacks
Photo credit: Times of Isreal The King of Bahrain strongly condemned recent Iranian attacks targeting his…
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…
Bahrain’s king strongly condemns Iranian attacks
Photo credit: Times of Isreal The King of Bahrain strongly condemned recent Iranian attacks targeting his country and allied states. He described them as unjustified and unprecedented. Kurdistan24 reports that Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on Sunday, expressed deep concern over the wide-ranging attacks carried out by Iran against Bahrain and several friendly nations. In a message addressing the regional security…
Community leaders call for more support after synagogue shootings
Photo credit: the Canadian Press Jewish community leaders in Toronto have called for more support after two Toronto-area synagogues were struck with gunfire this weekend. Toronto Today reports that Sara Lefton of the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto said the shootings represent “a threat to all,” not just Jewish Canadians. Lefton called on all…
Olurombi – Adewale Sobowale
A long time ago, when the eyes were still on the knees. There was a woman who was then barren. The woman’s name was Olurombi. Meanwhile, childless women had been going to the Iroko tree to plead for children. When they went, they would pledge that if the Iroko gave them children they would offer…
Ebute Meta Cries! – Adewale Sobowale
I had known Ebute Meta since I started having a sense of my existence. In fact, I believe my mom had been taking me there since infancy. When I came into an awareness of my being, I was carried away by the well laid out streets, the street lamps, the clean gutters, the waste disposal…
Bam Bam L’ayo! We’re Overfed!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when for one reason or the other, I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter any word. She would go have her own meal and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would…
An acquiescent people! – Adewale Sobowale
Our people in Nigeria seem to have resigned to fate. I say this with a lot of distaste. Distaste because I just feel that under no circumstances, must a dislike for evil deeds be stopped. But our people seem to have lost their voices. I’m referring specifically to the recent kidnap of over 200 pupils…
Many colours, one light! – Adewale Sobowale
I’ve long become convinced that human beings – no matter their pigmentation, economic situation, ability or otherwise, height or weight, are either good or bad! For that reason, I’ve been castigated by some who are blind to what I’m seeing! Human beings are rainbows, each of us a fragment of colour. Humanity shines when its…
