Canadian govts to spend $1b to host World Cup
Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the…
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…
Canadian govts to spend $1b to host World Cup
Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday. Toronto Today reports that the sum includes money from all levels of government. The federal government’s contribution is expected to be $473 million. The $1.066 billion total averages to $82 million per game for the…
Net migration to UK falls to lowest point since Covid
Photo credit: the independent Half of Britons think net migration to the UK is on the rise – despite it plummeting to its lowest level since the Covid pandemic. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that, in the 12 months to June 2025, the number of people entering a country minus the number of…
How rampant violence made Nigeria an insecurity hotspot in the Sahel
Data from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. With general elections less than a year away, the crisis has come under increasing scrutiny – both abroad and at home. Europe Says reports that experts say the primary long-term driver of insecurity is…
Give Us Our Okada! – Adewale Sobowale
I read the press conference addressed by the Lagos State commissioner for information and strategy and I began to wonder. Why? The governor, in his earlier address, had put the date for the ban as June 1. The commissioner, in his own statement said, “with immediate effect”. You know, I’ve always tried to say things…
Concrete jungles! – Adewale Sobowale
Ajegunle – with unlivable, ramshackle palaces, kids playing in cesspits, since the place lacks, even, simplest of amenities – remains a banter, where our new jungle cities are! Even the dead, dead as dodo, get deprived of eternal rest or unrest, graveyards must be reclaimed, and give way to skyscrapers! Sleeping waters are woken, reclamation…
Leadership battle in London opens the door to rejoining the EU
Photo credit: BBC Ten years after the Brexit vote, British politicians are reviving the question of rejoining the EU. Sweden is keeping its fingers crossed. “We miss the British,” says Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa I(M). The Sweden Herald reports that Britain’s exit from the EU was gruelling and protracted, and ultimately a complete disaster for…
Italy, Libya, Turkey and Qatar hold migration talks
Photo credit: Turkey Today Italy hosted a new round of quadrilateral talks with Libya, Turkey and Qatar on migration and security coordination in the central Mediterranean, underscoring the emergence of a new diplomatic format focused on managing migration flows through Libya. Decode 39 reports that the meeting was held on Tuesday in Rome. It brought together senior security and…
