Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral saw calls for his killing
Photo credit: NPR US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme…
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 threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral saw calls for his killing
Photo credit: NPR US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tension gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the region. The Associated Press reports that Trump commented on social…
Iraq’s Displacement: From war-driven migration to climate-induced mobility pressures
Photo credit: Reuters Displacement dynamics in Iraq are undergoing a structural shift, as war-driven migration steadily recedes while environmental stress, especially escalating water scarcity, is becoming a long-term driver of population movement. Despite official claims of declining irregular migration and ongoing returns from displacement camps and abroad, climate pressures and upstream water politics are reshaping internal mobility patterns…
Oyo State abductees rescued
Yesterday was probably one of the increasingly rare days of tremendous happiness for Nigerians as abducted students and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government of Oyo State were rescued. Premium Times reports that Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said on Friday that some of the terrorists who kidnapped the pupils and teachers were killed during the successful…
The Band! – Adewale Sobowale
Nigerians do not recognise talents when they see them. How can they? The hunger that even those that have means of getting their daily bread are facing has made them blind. If those who are working are hungry, what will happen to the many who are jobless? Asko! If gold rusts, what shall iron do?…
Working at the altar… – Adewale Sobowale
The Yoruba have an idiom: If you work at the altar, it’s obvious that you’ll eat from the proceeds. Altars are famous in practically all religions. Of course, the priests and their associates work there. Altars are also rich in materials, cash, produce, products, and so on. God and gods, have no use for all…
Torontonians fleeing city in droves, new TMU report suggests
Photo credit: Reddit New data out of Toronto Metropolitan University shows that Toronto’s population growth has seen a dramatic swing since 2024, going from the fastest growing area in North America to just 443 last year. Toronto Sun reports that the report from TMU’s Centre for Urban Research and Land Development, says while a drop in international migration…
Bangladesh relocates Rohingya refugees after landslide kills 13
Photo credit: TRT World Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety after landslides killed at least 13 refugees in the past few days. TRT World reports that at least five children died on Wednesday when a landslide caused by…
