Ebola spreads across Africa
Photo credit: the Guardian Nigeria’s first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested…
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…
Poverty Capital! – Adewale Sobowale
When people describe Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, it’s not really a new thing. That’s because the Yoruba have a saying that , when a single person is rich in the community, then the whole community is poor. What’s going on in Nigeria now can be termed as a liberation of the…
Tí Nbá Ṣe Báyi…Different Strokes.. – Adewale Sobowale
One Man in Africa, many wives I used to believe a single wife was damn too “many” for an individual. Why? Apart from the financial capabilities, what about the emotional and physical touches? I’m aware of the great Fela’s feat of marrying 27 wives on a single day. However, he was to divorce all of…
Ebola spreads across Africa
Photo credit: the Guardian Nigeria’s first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill, officials said, a delay that raises questions about authorities’ ability to contain an outbreak already spanning four African countries. Reuters reports that the epidemic, first detected 3,000 km away in the…
Career college students hit hard by OSAP pause
Photo credit: Toronto Star A provincewide pause on student financial assistance payments to Ontario career colleges will last for months, the government has confirmed, leaving some students worried it will prevent them from graduating. The Canadian Press reports that Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced Tuesday afternoon that the pause won’t be lifted until the government establishes a…
Foreign national beaten to death in South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions flare
Photo credit: Arab News foreign citizen was beaten to death by a group of around 50 people during a protest march in South Africa’s east coast city of Durban, police said Thursday, as anti-immigrant tensions continue to flare in Africa’s most advanced economy. Police said the group approached the man, who was standing at the…
Nigeria is 55 – Adewale Sobowale
Let’s roll out the drums and celebrate.Oh yes, why shouldn’t we? Our naira is now greater than the dollar.Our oil is now worth two hundred dollars per barrel.We now grow our own food.We export rice to China.Palm produce to Malaysia.Every farm has irrigation.Every able bodied man is employed.The sick and old get social security.All human…
We Do Need Pencils! – Adewale Sobowale
I hear a company has started producing pencils in Nigeria. I hope the company will be gracious enough to also start producing erasers. Ah tor! I remember in those days when I was a gangling lad, whatever homework we were not too sure of was done with pencil. That’s because if there was an error,…
