President of Portugal promulgates new immigration and asylum law
Photo credit: Portugal News Portugal’s President Antonio Jose Seguro has promulgated the country’s new immigration and…
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…
President of Portugal promulgates new immigration and asylum law
Photo credit: Portugal News Portugal’s President Antonio Jose Seguro has promulgated the country’s new immigration and asylum legislation, three days after the Constitutional Court cleared the contested provisions. The Portugal News reports that the law changes the rules governing entry, residence, removal and detention of foreign nationals, as well as the procedures for granting asylum and…
Over 2,000 immigrants arrested in New York
Photo credit: ABC News U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 2,197 immigrants across the state of New York from late July to late August in an operation.https://youtu.be/gKq2rxRK-40?si=tfI_Yaks917cCUjO Gulf News reports that at a press conference in New York City on Tuesday, Mullin said that…
The “harmful” online rabbit hole finding teens within minutes
Photo credit: SBS This article contains references to sexual assault Big tech companies are radicalizing young men into harmful sexual acts, the founder of education and advocacy organization Teach Us Consent is expected to tell the Nationalist Press Club on Wednesday. SBS News reports that Chanel Contos will say the content is pushed by bad actors who share commercial…
Pa! Pa!! Pa!!! – Adewale Sobowale
I’m not restricted to a particular church. At least, not for now. On most Sundays, Google is always my friend in my search for churches. I’m sure it’s better than the ultimate search put in place by a particular Nigerian brand of shayo! The particular church is named after the forerunner of the Redeemer. You…
E lo fokan bale…Calm down! – Adewale Sobowale
You should have known I don’t care a hoot about people’s comments. I see my posts as a call to duty. I was going to write on the Chinese Company that carried my dear state ‘mugu’ before someone told me that transportation between Mile 2 and Agbara is now 1,000 naira. My first reaction was…
UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade
Photo credit: Reuters says countries must consider reparations for slave trade A UN committee said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the enduring legacy of racial discrimination it says persists today. Reuters reports that guidance published on Monday by the Committee on the…
Immigration protests “spike” in Scotland
Photo credit: Edinburgh live Hundreds of flags were removed from lampposts across Scotland, with many removed in Edinburgh last year as social tensions around immigration grew. Edinburghlive reports that over 700 banners – almost all of them saltires or Union jacks – were taken down from public property by local authority workers in 2025/26, marking a…
