Israeli Supreme Court orders deadline for 14 detained Gaza doctors
Photo credit: The Guardian Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday gave the government until Tuesday to…
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…
Israeli Supreme Court orders deadline for 14 detained Gaza doctors
Photo credit: The Guardian Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday gave the government until Tuesday to respond to a petition demanding the release of 14 Palestinian doctors from Gaza held without charge or trial, according to the Israel-based Physicians for Human Rights organization. The court ordered officials to address the detention of the medical personnel after…
Bangladesh’s Shama stresses skills-based migration
Photo credit: BSS Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam today reaffirmed the government’s priority to transform her country’s migration sector into a skills-based, rights-based and well-governed system, while seeking enhanced cooperation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). BSS News reports that she made the remarks when the newly-appointed Chief of Mission of…
El Obeid may become “another El Fasher” – IOM
Photo credit: Halbeeg News The International Organization for Migration warned on Sunday that Sudan’s El Obeid risks becoming “another El Fasher” as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensify attacks on the North Kordofan capital, threatening hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the crossfire. Mohamed Refaat, the UN agency’s chief of mission in Sudan, said the city…
Nice One! – Adewale Sobowale
I’m not ashamed to declare the fact that I’m not much impressed by the present activities of the Ogun State government. I love good roads, but where roads are being built at the expense of every other thing, I detest it. In fact, roads are being constructed everywhere and nowhere. We are seeing a lot…
Exidino? – Adewale Sobowale
My job today is an unenviable one. Yes, it is! I will be a self appointed commentator for the ongoing process of exiDino. If you don’t know what that means, I.mean exiDino, then you.must be a new man to Nigerian politics. If you are new, you may not have heard that the good people of…
Party Discipline – Adewale Sobowale
Nigeria’s politics is always interesting! Oh yes, I’m using the word, ‘interesting’ as an understatement. Some other commentators would have said, ridiculous! What could have informed a supposedly educated person to say that party discipline was superior to a nation’s interest. In more serious climes, once the winners of the general elections are known, the…
If I was God! – Adewale Sobowale
A thought came to me and I believe it’s worth sharing. The thought is simple, ‘If I was God’. I will pamper the ‘pamperable’ and condemn the condemnable. Of course, this will not be limited to nations but also individuals. Since I realize it’s individuals that form nations. Individuals also become leaders of nations. If…
