Chinese migrant workers return home as urban jobs grow scarcer
Photo credit: Getty Images For decades, hundreds of millions of rural Chinese have flocked from…
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…
Chinese migrant workers return home as urban jobs grow scarcer
Photo credit: Getty Images For decades, hundreds of millions of rural Chinese have flocked from their home provinces in the interior to make a better living in the factories and construction sites of the country’s more affluent eastern and southern cities. Qatar Tribune reports that, with China’s domestic demand weakening and well-paying urban jobs becoming…
Spain launches amnesty for undocumented migrants
Photo credit: Spain Residency On Monday, migrants in Spain began submitting applications to legalize their status as the country implemented a new amnesty program. Times Now reports that the initiative aims to provide a pathway to legal residency. It could impact hundreds of thousands of unauthorized refugees. The program offers a one-year renewable residence permit to immigrants who…
Ford jettisons jet
Photo credit: Bay observer Premier Doug Ford has apparently heard the message and announced a U-turn on plans to keep a $28.9 million Challenger Jet. The Bay Observer reports that the move to buy the plane attracted strong criticism from the Oppositon and media, as well as members of the public. Ford said in a statement Sunday that he…
De facto! – Adewale Sobowale
Just a preamble about the topic. For those who lived in Lagos, Nigeria in the sixties and early seventies, there used to be a bakery on Ojuelegba Road almost close to Yaba called “De facto Bakery.” There, they baked arguably the most delicious bread and cakes, at that time, in Lagos. I wouldn’t know how…
5, 239 Jobs! – Adewale Sobowale
The construction phase will create 5, 239 jobs. The project itself will create about 19, 000 jobs! That’s Amazon! The country is South Africa!! Amazon has picked South Africa as the place to be!!! I really don’t know why top-notch companies are deserting Nigeria. We have everything to keep investors asking for more. Our rate…
No Telephony! – Adewale Sobowale
To say the pandemic has greatly affected our globe is an understatement of the year. People have died, economies have collapsed, social lives of people have been distorted, most jobs are being done virtually and a lot have lost their jobs. But that’s not the issue I’m dwelling on here! How many people do know…
Abiku! – Adewale Sobowale
When we look around us, it’s really difficult for some to determine whether it’s the Nigerian government or the people we can call abiku! As far as I’m concerned, and those who have been reading my scribblings could bet, my conclusion is the people. I really don’t understand why we must be so much entangled,…
