Trump threatens to prevent opening of Canada-Michigan bridge …
Photo credit; Fox News President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new…
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 to prevent opening of Canada-Michigan bridge …
Photo credit; Fox News President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new bridge on the border between Michigan and Canada, over Canada’s treatment of the United States and its building a relationship with China.’ Just the News reports that the new bridge is expected to open early this year and is set…
53 migrants die/missing in shipwreck off Libya!
Photo credit: UN News The UN migration agency on Monday said 53 people were dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued. The Dawn reports that the IOM said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, in the latest disaster involving migrants attempting the perilous Mediterranean…
The Igbo Landing!
Tucked away at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia is a historic site called Ibo Landing, Ebo Landing or Ebos Landing). It was the setting of a mass suicide in 1803 by captive Igbo people who had taken control of the slave ship they were on and refused to submit to slavery in…
Dancing On Slippery GroundAdewale Sobowale
We, Nigerians, are a funny lot! Indeed, the world must be reading anything Nigerian before they read their own home stories. For instance, what is in a postponement? I mean if it’s constitutional, why should there be so many hues and cries? But then,……. Why is it that almost every PDP member supports and almost…
Se Won Se Wa Ni? Are We Cursed? – Adewale Sobowale
Please wait o! Could we be under some hereditary curse? I’m asking the pertinent question because I’m yet to understand why we’re so besotted to women that we hardly think when it comes to having sexual relations. The sad thing is that with our women, it’s hardly any better. Those who have seen the video…
Canada updates study permit rules!
Photo credit: Economic Times The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its instructions to simplify the study permit process for students enrolled in joint programs and advanced degree tracks. Under the revised rules, students in joint programs will need only one provincial o0r territorial attestation letter, even if their studies involve multiple institutions or jurisdictions, according to…
Egypt seeks to deepen economic, cultural ties with Korea!
Photo credit: Amwal De Ghad Egypt’s ambassador to Korea, Hazem Zaki, said Friday that Cairo is looking to significantly deepen economic, cultural and people-to-people ties with Seoul, pointing to expanding opportunities for Korean investments and cooperation across a range of sectors. The Korea Times reports that while speaking to reporters at a dinner, Zaaki said Egypt views…
