Over 219,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered in Malaysia: Zahid
Photo credit: The Star A total of 219,472 refugees and asylum seekers were registered with…
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…
Over 219,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered in Malaysia: Zahid
Photo credit: The Star A total of 219,472 refugees and asylum seekers were registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Malaysia as of April. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmed Zahiri Hamidi said the total comprised 152,979 recognized refugees and 66,493 asylum seekers froom about 60 countries, including Myanmar, Syria, Pakistan,…
The herb that can lower your blood pressure and help you sleep
Photo credit: Healthline Chamomile has been used in beverages since the time of the ancient Greeks, who knew a thing or two about natural remedies. The herb contains the chemical apigenin, which makes imbibers feel calm and drowsy. The Independent reports that a dietician Beth Czerwony told the Cleveland Clinic that, “Chamomile basically acts as a mild tranquilizer….
Refugees trapped on the Western Balkans route describe violence at Croatia’s border
Photo credit: New Arab News “Europe is for Christians only; go back to Muslim countries”. M.Q, a SSudanese refugee, says these were the words a Croatian police officer shouted at him before he was “beaten, robbed of his phone, passport and money, and forced to walk barefoot back into Bosnia” after trying to seek asylum in…
The Veil! – Adewale Sobowale
About two weeks ago, I came back to Abeokuta around ten thirty in the night. What I saw that night was unbecoming. I felt it happened because I came back so late in the night. Tonight, I came back some sixty minutes earlier at nine thirty. The situation was only slightly better. In the night,…
Alakorun D’Ewu! – Adewale Sobowale
If there’s another entry into this world, I’ll not only come back as a Nigerian, I’ll come back as a Yoruba. Indeed, I’ll come back as a Nigerian because within it is the largest concentration of the Yoruba. The Yoruba is ever wise! That could be a story for another day. The Yoruba have a…
Toronto salsa festival ends in tragedy
Photo credit: Oakville News The gaiety surrounding a popular salsa festival in Toronto was disrupted by fatal shooting, and attendees had to scamper for safety on Saturday. CBC News reports that shortly after 8 p.m., gunfire erupted at the Salsa on St Clair festival, leaving two men dead and sending four others to the hospital with gunshot…
Human trafficking gang’s leader arrested in Libya
Photo credit: BBC Munawar Sunyara, the ringleader of a notorious human trafficking gang, also known as Sunyara Gang, has been arrested in Libya, and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is all set to repatriate him through Interpol. Dawn reports that Munawar Sunyara (real name Munawar Hussain) was wanted in dozens of cases, mainly related to the…
