Danish PM says migrants with “Islamic background” the greatest threat to Europe
Photo credit: Colorado Springs Danish Prime Minister Mette-Frederiksen, a centre-left politician who rose to power…
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…
Danish PM says migrants with “Islamic background” the greatest threat to Europe
Photo credit: Colorado Springs Danish Prime Minister Mette-Frederiksen, a centre-left politician who rose to power with a platform decrying mass immigration, told members of her parliament that Europe is facing an existential threat from “people who sympathize with some of the darkest forces in the world.” The Washington Examiner reports her as saying that, “If we talk about the…
Chaos erupts in Zambia as vote counting is halted
Photo credit: The Independent Zambia’s electoral authority suspended the counting of votes in the country’s presidential election on Friday following reports of physical attacks against polling officials and the theft of ballot papers. The Independent reports that the Electoral Commission said it was halting the count immediately “in view of the security situation and continued threats of violence.”…
Their Lord Has Spoken! – Adewale Sobowale
The Catholic diocesan of Nnewi was recently reported to have declared that investigation of donors’ sources of funds isn’t the business of churches. I applaud his brilliant submission. Really, wetin concern agbero with overload? The donors came to offer their donations without being forced, c’est finis! Since money realised from vices are often easy money,…
Cheer Up! – Adewale Sobowale
There’re so many melodious songs in Christendom. But my favorite is, ‘Count your blessings, take them one by one’. That’s for obvious reasons. Amidst the sorrows of this transient world, if one should keep thinking about their losses, one cannot help being further depressed. I’m not necessarily talking to only Christians. Or who is it…
Ogbeni to Yato! Gentleman With a Difference!! – Adewale Sobowale
There’re gentlemen and there’re gentlemen! There’s one who labels himself a gentleman but his behavior doesn’t portray him as such. He was governor in a southwestern state of Nigeria. He owed civil servants salaries. He created enmity in the educational sector. His so-called opon imo (computer), if faithfully prosecuted could have been useful in these…
Mayor warns anti-immigrant group planning conference in Hamilton area
Photo credit: CTV News Hamilton’s mayor has sent letters to local businesses, asking them to be aware of an anti-immigration group advertising a conference in the area. CBC News reports that Mayor Andrea Horwath wrote that, “It is important for local venues to have clear information about the organization and the purpose of the event…
