Singapore, New Zealand and Cayman Islands are the main destinations for wealth migration
Photo credit: Expedia Countries are increasingly competing to attract wealthy individuals, along with companies and skilled…
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…
Singapore, New Zealand and Cayman Islands are the main destinations for wealth migration
Photo credit: Expedia Countries are increasingly competing to attract wealthy individuals, along with companies and skilled workers. For many governments, international mobile wealth is a source of investment, entrepreneurship and long-term economic growth, according to visualcapitalist.com, which ranks the w3world”s most competitive destinations for private wealth migration, using data from Henley Report for 2026. The report evaluates countries based on 12…
Pakistan locates wreckage of Boeing 737 cargo plane that went missing off coast
Pakistan has located the wreckage of a Boeing cargo plane, the country’s airports authority said, adding that rescuers were searching for the five crew members on board when the aircraft went missing. The Guardian reports that the plane was a[proaching Karachi from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates when radar showed it “rapidly descending” on Tuesday evening after…
How AI and digital data shape our understanding of migration
Photo credit: the Conversation When millions of people fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in 2022, governments and humanitarian organizations used mobile phone and online platform data to track movements and identify where support was needed. The Conversation reports that similar approaches have been used to monitor population displacement in Cameroon, and in Gaza during the Israeli-Hamas war. This is…
Floodgates! – Adewale Sobowale
That Lagos is a coastal city is stating the obvious.However, our failure to learn from what has become, more or less, an annual event has constantly befuddled me. Our waste evacuation system is, to say the least, horrible. We see the drains as refuse dumps. And, when no one is about, we dump our refuse…
So Mo Age Mi! – Adewale Sobowale
When you see cheating and you do know it’s cheating, if you choose to condone it, I don’t know what other name to call you but a fool. Although I had every food item in the house, I just felt the preparation would be too stressful. In the first instance, I happen to be an…
Tí nbá ṣe bãyí! – Adewale Sobowale
I understand Haji Tinubu sat on a chair at the Sallah ground. Ah tor… You people should understand that Lagosians are fashionable.Since we are fashionistas, Lagos dictates African fashion. I can bet several others will be copycatting the gentleman. With all respect to my muslim brothers, there is a saying in Yoruba which translates to…
Frankfurt Review Spotlight: Greater Reunion by Adewale Sobowale
A Powerful Tale of Love, Identity, and the Enduring Spirit of a NationAdewale Sobowale’s Greater Reunion is a masterfully crafted novel that boldly confronts the cultural complexities and emotional realities of inter-ethnic relationships in Nigeria—while celebrating the enduring power of love and personal destiny. It is precisely the kind of work that belongs on the…
