Carney says Canada’s future up to Canadians
Photo credit: The Hill Times Prime Minister Mark Carney responded Thursday to tech industrialist Elon…
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…
Carney says Canada’s future up to Canadians
Photo credit: The Hill Times Prime Minister Mark Carney responded Thursday to tech industrialist Elon Musk’s endorsement of provincial separation movements by saying Canada’s future will be decided by its citizens – not by large US tech firms. The Canadian Press reports that speaking at a news conference in Sherbrooke, Que., Carney said Canadians can live…
South Africa anti-migrant protests turn violent
Photo credit: DW Anti-migrant protests in two South African cities, Durban and Soweto, turned violent on Thursday, with the government blaming disinformation over a court ruling on asylum seekers. Reuters reports that five cars were burnt in Durban. Foreign-owned shops were also looted. The unrest followed a protest by a group demanding that a refugee…
Chapter 7: The Security Betrayal
Nigeria – A Season of Serial Betrayals A Civic Renaissance Series for themigrant.online When a state can no longer guarantee the safety of its citizens, the social contract begins to unravel. There is no greater responsibility of government than the protection of human life. Before roads, before schools, before hospitals, before economic prosperity, there must be security. A citizen…
People! People!! – Adewale Sobowale
I always wonder what manner of beings some people are. Whenever they see you’ve made a kill, they will make sure they pour sand into your gari. Once that is done it will no longer be fit for consumption. Such spoilsports! OK, it wasn’t easy catching this target. He is such a busy man. Some…
Orisa Boo Le Gbe Mi! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Linkedln There’s no doubting the fact that, as far as sexual harassment is concerned, most Nigerian higher institutions could not be said to be the safest places. In fact, one would emerge with a sad feeling after seeing happenings in our universities, polytechnics and even colleges of education. It’s a very worrisome situation….
Ma Poo r”Owo Mi! A Fraction!! – Adewale Sobowale
While not begrudging the organizers of BBN and, of course, the eventual winner, either, I just have a feeling that governor Abiodun of Ogun state did something too much in his recognition of Lekan who happens to be from the state. Apart from the deluge of gifts, including 85 million naira and an SUV which…
Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims
Photo credit: Reuters The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said this week that it is stopping the search for victims. The Associated Press reports that the office of Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided on Monday that search…
