Canada and UK diverge on immigration
Photo credit: National Newswatch Canada and the UK are taking opposite stances on immigration policy, with Canada…
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…
Canada and UK diverge on immigration
Photo credit: National Newswatch Canada and the UK are taking opposite stances on immigration policy, with Canada easing and the UK tightening pathways to permanent residency. Business Insider Africa reports that while Canada is introducing new pathways to allow up to 200,000 temporary residents already living in Canada to gain permanent status, the UK is moving to double the…
What does it mean when people help waiters clear the table, according to psychology?
At the end of a busy restaurant meal, some diners quietly attack plates and move glasses for the server. Psychologists say this tiny habit reveals far more than simple politeness. Grazia reports that at the end of dinner, when the table looks like a still life of chaos – lipstick-stained glasses, dessert forks, the one friend’s crust…
Kidnapped for 22 days, how cartels control communities in Mexico
Photo credit: The Seattle Times An elderly man recalled how gunmen asked what kind of death he preferred. A teenager recounted terror at the thought of being turned into a hit man as gunmen talked about sending people off to fight. Another man begged his captors to shoot him rather than prolong his suffering. AP reports…
Maximizing the Minimum! – Adewale Sobowale
Nigerian workers are expecting a new minimum wage. I really do empathise with the honest worker. I sympathise with them because I really don’t understand how they could be surviving with what some will call a miserly wage. Let’s ask some basic questions, how much is this government allocating as food allowance for prisoners? How…
Izz It Xmas? – Adewale Sobowale
Oh well, one needs to check the date and confirm if it’s December twenty something! The way these people are behaving, it’s like Christmas is tomorrow. The stores are already displaying Christmas goods. The tv stations are already showing Christmas films. And what’s more, the city is being made ready for Christmas. You could feel…
Apple! – Adewale Sobowale
Adam and Eve were said to have eaten the Apple and their lives never remained the same. God, in his infinite mercies, has given us the ability to ponder over issues. That’s a great gift! In those days, we were taught that Mungo Park discovered River Niger. Many of us took it hook, line and…
A We o? Bathed? – Adewale Sobowale
There’s no doubt about the fact that most of the members of a certain page on Facebook may not get to heaven if they refuse to stop their Thomasian unbelief! I was gently browsing through Facebook posts when I saw the post by someone on that page about a pool of Bethesda that exists in…
