Billion-dollar cocaine bust triggers lockdown at Kingston wharf
The Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was under a virtual lockdown for several hours late…
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…
Billion-dollar cocaine bust triggers lockdown at Kingston wharf
The Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was under a virtual lockdown for several hours late Friday as security forces continued a high-level operation into a major cocaine bust that the police have estimated at approximately J$1 billion. The Gleaner reports that the operation reportedly began Thursday morning and remained active late Friday as police, the Jamaica…
Luxembourg lacks reliable estimate number of undocumented migrants
Photo credit: RTL The Luxembourg government says it is impossible to provide reliable figures on the number of people living in the country without legal residency. It cited the inherent difficulty of tracking undocumented migration. RTE Today reports that counting the number of people living in Luxembourg without valid residency status is, by its very…
IRA terrorists threaten migrants with campaign of violence
Photo credit: Irish Mirror Republican terrorists are plotting a campaign of violence to force migrants out og Ireland, intelligence officials have told The Mail on Sunday. The plan by the New IRA – the successor organization to the Real IRA – comes in the wake of the disturbances on the streets of Northern Ireland in June following the…
The Wind! – Adewale Sobowale
When a conscious mind looks at the world, they would see it’s all vain, meaningless, pointless, and futile.. Yet, most people could kill to be in certain posts. I wouldn’t know of any post that is novel. I mean a post that nobody has never occupied. We were all, ok those who had been born…
Revowetin! – Adewale Sobowale
Thoughts of the word, ‘revolution’, brings various meanings to different people depending on their status in life. When, on January 15, 1966, five majors of the Nigerian Army sacked the democratic government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, people believed a revolution had taken place. A rematch was to take place on July 29, 1966. It involved…
‘Robin Hoods’! – Adewale Sobowale
To call these thieves Robin Hood is a blatant misnomer. While Robin Hood was robbing the rich to give the poor, these people are robbing our commonwealth and giving those people who don’t have shame the crumbs. I say people without shame because we lack courage in our country. So, if the thieves don’t use…
New wildfire explodes in Okanagan, BC
Photo credit: Global News Evacuations are underway around Summerland, BC, after a new wildfire near Okanagan Lake exploded in size. The Canadian Press reports that Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s emergency operations centre says the fire was first detected at 5 am Friday. Still, it has grown to 50 square kilometres in about…
