What to expect from the UK’s new Prime Minister
Photo credit: the independent Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom’s prime minister on Monday, the…
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…
What to expect from the UK’s new Prime Minister
Photo credit: the independent Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom’s prime minister on Monday, the seventh in a decade. It followed Keir Starmer’s short stint of two years as Prime Minister. But it marks a shift in Labour’s centre of gravity, from top-down Westminster technocracy towards a politics of place, investment, and national renewal. For Washington and Brussels alike,…
UN refugee agency says 144 people dead or missing off Mauritania
Photo credit: Express Tribune The UN refugee agency announced Tuesday that 144 refugees and migrants have died or were missing after “tragic maritime incidents” off the coast of Mauritania. UPI reports that Matthew Saltmarsh, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a press briefing that these lost were attempting the sea journey…
Gen Z is the first generation in history in which men are more religious than women
Photo credit: Australia Today It’s no news that young Australians are less religious than their parents and grandparents. Census data has shown a steady decline in religious affiliation for decades, particularly among Christians, who remain Australia’s largest faith group. SBS News reports that over the past years, there have been reports that seemed to point in…
Brilliant Ideas – Adewale Sobowale
Why is it that the Nigerian government always fails to recognise brilliant ideas when they see them? And people will be complaining of joblessness. Why will there be no joblessness. Governors, youth groups and even the army of unemployed peopleseem to have agreed on one idea but the people at the centre seem to have…
Death Stings No More!!! – Adewale Sobowale
He was a Christian of the Catholic denomination. He actually nearly became a ‘Fada’. However, he dropped out of the junior seminary. He came from a family of teachers. His father was a school headmaster. They came from Abeokuta but settled in Ado Odo. He read Education(English) at Unilag. He was into student union politics…
Shall we Ever Have A Respite? – Adewale Sobowale
I went to my farmland earlier this week, ready to see if one could put in some effort at reducing the food crisis being faced in Nigeria now. The farmland is government owned. I had called the farm officer intimating him of my plans to start working on the land again. So, when I got…
Itire 2 – Adewale Sobowale
I can never ever get tired of writing about Itire. Although, at that time it could be termed a Woop Woop with reference to Lagos Island, the place was attractive for its memories. There was Komukomu the butcher. He was so successful that he even had some apprentices. In the morning till midday, he usually…
