UNHCR criticizes UK’s 30-year “earned settlement” plans for refugees
Photo credit: The Guardian The UN refugee agency has said a government plan to make refugees…
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…
UNHCR criticizes UK’s 30-year “earned settlement” plans for refugees
Photo credit: The Guardian The UN refugee agency has said a government plan to make refugees wait up to 30 years before they get permission to settle in the UK “raises significant concerns”. The Guardian reports that the strategy was unveiled earlier this week by Shhabana Mahmood, the home secretary, as she announced a softening of aspects of…
Scammed African man spent almost a year in Cambodia trying to go home
The 33-year-old man, lured to Cambodia with the offer of a receptionist job, endured daily beatings for a month, locked in a dark room somewhere in the Southeast Asian country. He didn’t know where he was, but he knew the price of his freedom: $6,000. ABC News reports that the man had arrived from Ghana…
Scientists Discover How Daily Walnut Consumption May Affect Immune Response in Older Adults
Could eating a handful of walnuts every day influence the immune system and potentially support heart health? Medical Dialogues reports that a new study suggests that regular walnut consumption may alter certain immune markers linked to cardiovascular health, although researchers caution that the clinical benefits remain uncertain. Published in JACC: Advances, the study examined whether eating walnuts…
No More! – Adewale Sobowale
I hear the youth of Kabba proved their authenticity yesterday. They have proved themselves to be great individuals. They are great Nigerians. By their actions, they have succeeded in telling the ruling class in Nigeria that they can no longer fool the greater part of the Nigerian nation. I learnt the singing senator, despite his…
State of Nature? – Adewale Sobowale
One is normally piqued at the disturbing news that comes out of Nigeria. It’s a given that the government is not doing enough to care for the people. I say this because that’s what they’re elected(?) to do. But then are we, the people, not complicit in where we’ve found ourselves? I very much believe…
Pregnant With Meanings! – Adewale Sobowale
Like I always say, it doesn’t matter if I’m the last man standing on what I perceive to be the truth. I’m sure, sooner or later, – with emphasis on sooner – it will be apparent to most right thinking people. In my elementary school days, the African mother tongues were derogatively referred to as…
