Victims of Toronto human traffickers confront abusers in court
Photo credit: Toronto Today A convicted human trafficker from Toronto – who is facing a…
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…
Victims of Toronto human traffickers confront abusers in court
Photo credit: Toronto Today A convicted human trafficker from Toronto – who is facing a lengthy penitentiary stint – has been told by a judge that he will be sent to prison on his next court date after his original sentencing hearing was delayed. Toronto Today reports that earlier this year, a jury in Barrie convicted Yohance Parsons on…
Jordan church shooting, 7 killed, 27 injured
Photo credit: CNA The death toll from an attack on mourners attending a funeral at Hamoud Church in Jordan’s southern Karak governorate rose to seven, with 27 others injured, Public Security Director Obaidallah Maaytah said on Friday. AA reports that the upgraded figures were announced at a news conference by Jordanian officials in Karak. Earlier, the…
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels urged to disarm as commander vows to fight on
Photo credit: ABC News An official in Tigray’s new federal-backed administration urged rebel fighters to lay down their weapons Friday, hours after a rebel commander called for continued resistance despite losing the northern Ethiopian region’s capital. The Associated Press reports that the calls came nearly three weeks after rebels trying to overthrow the government lost…
Rome Burns, Nero Fiddles – Adewale Sobowale
There’s really a lot to dance about in Nigeria of today. The ever wise Yoruba have said when a situation is beyond weeping, just try and laugh. Why won’t we dance, all our civil servants get paid on time. It’s only those people who are against our governance who have failed to see these things….
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…
