UK toughens asylum rules!
Photo credit: the Cable The United Kingdom’s overhaul of its asylum system program takes effect on…
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…
UK toughens asylum rules!
Photo credit: the Cable The United Kingdom’s overhaul of its asylum system program takes effect on Monday, the Home Office announced, with the new rules drastically cutting protection for refugees and their children. France 24 reports that under the reforms, refugee status for adults and their accompanying children will be reviewed every 30 months. “Refugee status will become temporary and subject to…
Migrant Crisis!
Migrant casualties represent the lifelong pain of families left behind. Yet countries do little to preserve humanity. The Dawn e-paper reports that at least 7,667 people either died or went missing last year on various international migration routes, according to a new report from the UN’s migration agency. The real body count is likely to be higher. Numbers…
“Unidentified narcotic” causing overdose …
Photo credit: CBC Toronto police are cautioning the public of an “unidentified narcotic” that is believed to have caused multiple overdoses over the past few days, according to a news release from the police. CBC news reports that from Thursday to Saturday, police responded to several overdoses in the areas near Allan Gardens and Moss Park. “Investigators are concerned…
And so What? – Adewale Sobowale
There was once a man who felt so forsaken that he felt he had to commit suicide. Apparently, he wasn’t making it in life’s struggles. Our friend was an African. In those days, Africans were very courageous. He was so dejected that he felt suicide was the solution. Our friend bought a long rope. He…
Mr Squirrel – Adewale Sobowale
Kaabo! Waiting have I;While anticipating;Your annual return;From seasonal sabbatical! Kaabo! Hoping do l;Your ediblesDid last youThe snowy season! Omo ab’ile so’ro Expectant am I;Since it’s fall;Snow’s melting;Into warmy summer! Ki’le la’nu You, see I;Happy out’o cocoon;Scaling trees andJumping fences;. O ti de o Nibbling munchesSipping waterFrom streamsWelcome! Kaabo! @as 030220
Diary of a cow! – Adewale Sobowale
The loud silence that’s coming from the sons of men in Nigeria is alarming! Man, we don’t even know what they are planning. But, at least we’re happy to have some peace and fewer casualties.You know if the election they held on Saturday had been without hitches, some of us might have lost our lives…
Iran’s supreme leader dies!
Photo credit: CNN Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early on Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. The Times Colonist reports that President Donalld Trump announced the death saying…
