Dozens of violations found at largest US migrant detention camp
Photo credit: NBC An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest US migrant…
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…
Dozens of violations found at largest US migrant detention camp
Photo credit: NBC An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest US migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from immigration advocates opposed to President Donald Trump’s crackdown. Reuters reports that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s Office of Detention Oversight conducted a congressionally mandated inspection…
Burkina Faso forces killed twice as many as jihadists, rights group says
Photo credit: Los Angeles Times Government forces in Burkina Faso killed over twice as many civilians as militant jihadists over two years, according to a study by Human Rights Watch, which accused both sides of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Associated Press reports that according to the report, of the 1,837 civilians killed in the…
Research finds Canadian women want flexible work, but lack access to it
Photo credit: CBC A new national survey from Catalyst Canada reveals a growing disconnect between what employees want and what workplaces are offering. The findings show that most Canadian employees (64%) prefer hybrid or fully remote work. But women are less likely than men to have access to it, putting their participation and progression in…
Katikati! Arrant Nonsense!! – Adewale Sobowale
Nigerian politicians keep on springing surprises. They keep on being sources of marvel to the outside world. To Nigerians, whether they are inside or outside the country’s shores, they are beyond being shocked by the politicians. They all know that, isaluwala ologbo, ati keran je ni. That is, the performance of ablution by a cat…
Omode Bu’roko! Disrespect!! – Adewale Sobowale
Not many people might know he was approached to be President to assuage what they saw as the injustice done to the south west due to the regretful annulment of June 12. But he was honest enough to know he couldn’t serve as a good party man. While he and others were at the fortress,…
Casting the first Stone
Saying Nigerian politics is interesting is an understatement of the year. Yes, daddy!Thank you, daddy!! Those are the new mantras! I guess they’ll solve the multifaceted problems confronting the nation. In a country where our well-known religious fervency has reached the level of indoctrination, is it any surprise that a presidential candidate, rather than seeking…
Indonesia rocked by 7.4-magnitude earthquake
Photo credit: BBC Indonesian authorities lifted the tsunami warning that was issued after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country early on Thursday. The Independent reports that the tremor at 6.48 am local time set off small tsunami waves, killed at least one person, and damaged houses and buildings, according to officials. The warning was lifted after authorities…
