Iran reverses course on reopening Strait of Hormuz
Iran has reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing an ongoing US naval…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Iran has reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing an ongoing US naval blockade. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said Iran is ready to inflict “new bitter defeats” on the US and Israel. On the state TV on Saturday (April 18), a newsreader quoted a statement attributed to Khamenei saying, “The army…
Photo credit: SOVA News The Migration Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained 53 foreign nationals living illegally in the country over the past few days. Azer News reports that a statement from the ministry’s press service says the detainees include citizens of Ghana, Zimbabwe, India, the Philippines and Ethiopia. Law enforcement authorities carried…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada The municipality of West Nipissing has declared a state of emergency as flooding worsens across the region, with rising water levels, road washouts and ongoing rainfall creating a rapidly evolving situation. CBC News reports that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has issued a flood watch. Municipal crews, Ontario…
His loss has become his greatest gain. He made June 12 possible. He made power shift possible. Few men have gained so much from their losses. The real loser in the June 12 debacle was Babangida. His sabotage of June 12 made June 12 possible. He lost the right to claim it as the triumph…
Sometime last week, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay said Mr Muhammad Buhari will adopt the 1984 despotic style of rulership when he is reelected for a second term of office. Maybe most youths are not aware of the unnecessary anger which Buhari displayed after he and his cohort…
That a popular actress and her husband were arraigned and convicted in court is now part of our COVID 19 history. But then, I thought the courts in Lagos state were on COVID break. Anyway, the accused pled guilty and the course of justice was served. However, some artistes were to point out that the…
I know better than castigating anyone’s physical appearance. But the Yorùbá have a saying, “amúkûn ẹrù ẹ́ wọ́” and he responds, “òkè lẹ̀ ǹwó ẹ wò sàlẹ̀”. It means, some person calling the k–legged man that whatever he’s carrying is not balanced and he replies that the caller should look at his legs. In the…