Sustained escalation of anti-Muslim hate in London, organization says
Photo credit: BBC The number of reports of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice in London in 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…
Sustained escalation of anti-Muslim hate in London, organization says
Photo credit: BBC The number of reports of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice in London in the first half of the year has surpassed the total annual count for 2024, an organization monitoring the issue has said. DPA reports that anti-Muslim hate-monitoring organization Tell Mama branded the statistics it collated “alarming,” showing a sixfold increase in the…
Peace! – Adewale Sobowale
I think at this point in time, we should spare our nations some positive thoughts. Note that I used the word, nations! Why is it that it’s within the so-called developing nations that we don’t have peace. Neither do we have any relative progress? I know some of the story of Nigeria, in particular. The…
Tightening Noose! – Adewale Sobowale
Even to the most unfeeling person, Nigerians will know the noose of dictatorship is being tightened with the barring of Nobel laureate, professor Wole Soyinka and the activist Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana from giving their contributions at a symposium. The police simply sealed off the venue, 46, Ibijoke Street, Oluyole Bus Stop, Oregun…
South Africa asks regional summit for unity amid anti-migrant protests
Photo credit: RTE President Cyril Ramaphosa called regional leaders for joint efforts to tackle migration to South Africa after a backlash against foreign nationals that has led thousands to flee. RTE reports that weeks after protests by populist groups demanding undocumented foreign nationals go home by 30 June led more than 176,000 to leave in recent weeks, according…
Australian beef becomes cheaper option in Canadian grocery stores
Australian beef is on Canadian supermarket shelves at much lower prices than for Canadian beef.. CBC News reports that some producers are concerned about their products being undercut, and some consumers are just happy to have an affordable option. Tyler Fulton, president of Canadian Cattle Association, said the Australian option has been around for years. “Recently…
Another school shooting in the Philippines leaves two students dead
Two students were killed in a shooting at high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, before the situation was put under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The Telegraph online reports that the shooting took place at a school attached…
Shut Up! – Adewale Sobowale
Yes, I believe we really do need to guard and guide our rights and freedoms jealously. We need to do it the way our grannies used to keep their chinaware! We were under the jackboots of the military for so long. I bet those people who were of age then would, despite the wastage of…
