Trump hints at renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Photo credit: News24 Following the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, US President Donald Trump…
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…
Trump hints at renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Photo credit: News24 Following the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, US President Donald Trump has proposed renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Asia Today reports that while speaking at a Republican midterm election campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, President Trump suggested that either the Atlantic or the Pacific could be renamed, jokingly floating the idea of…
Ethiopian official promises change in Tigray
Photo credit: AP News A former Tigray leader now advising Ethiopia’s prime minister on Sunday promised a “visible change” in the region after government-allied units retook Mekelle city following renewed fighting with opposition forces. The Associated Press reports that Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to the city of Mekelle on Sunday for the first time since rebels…
Cubans turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce
Photo credit: Reuters Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood: Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names against a list and hands out medicine they requested through WhatsApp. The Associated Press reports that antihistamines, diuretics, eye drops and antibiotics are among the drugs she distributes….
Canadian Bliss! – Adewale Sobowale
I had wanted to post something on how and why I think Canada is fast replacing the US as the land of opportunities before I attended an event yesterday. The event which continues today is the ‘Faire Nationale de L’Eemploi’ which is being held at Place Bonaventure in the city of Montreal. Taking place alongside…
Seniority! – Adewale Sobowale
I read someone’s complaints about their juniors, in school, who had stopped referring to them as ‘senior’. I decided to make this post in order to show, in the first place, that seniority is not for ever. Second, if a person didn’t misuse his ‘seniority’, he becomes an ‘egbon’, as older siblings are called. In…
Lesser than pawns! – Adewale Sobowale
The Hamas strike is no longer news. Neither is the Israeli reaction. Of course, the seemingly unending Russo-Ukrainian war is still thereThe Sudan conflict continues, and Syria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and many others are in turmoil. We can’t discount the forceful takeover of government in some countries. Which group of people is suffering the most? The…
