Iran-US talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress!
Photo credit: BBC Iran and the United States wrapped up another round of indirect talks…
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…
Iran-US talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress!
Photo credit: BBC Iran and the United States wrapped up another round of indirect talks in Geneva Thursday, aimed at reaching a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and potentially averting another war as the US gathers a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the Middle East. The Indian Express reports that US President Donald Trump wants a…
Toronto to see more snow and ice this spring!
Photo credit: Narcity The Weather Network’s Ontario spring forecast calls for a “sluggish” start to the season this year. Toronto Today reports that colder than average temperatures and higher rates of precipitation, including more snow, is being forecast by the network for March and April. The extended period of snow and ice is expressed after Toronto,…
US Border Patrol blamed after death of refugee!
Photo credit: DVB A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after US Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead on the street five days later, prompting a police investigation and complaints from city officials that he’d been abandoned without care for his safety. DVB reports that Nurul Amin Shah Alam…
Nero fiddles.. – Adewale Sobowale
I wonder why people keep disturbing the presidency over something as trivial as the boko haram escapades. I know there is a lot of work to be done. There is a saying that Nero fiddles while Rome burns. It simply means attending to insignificant things while important ones are kept waiting. This presidency has made…
Tell it to The Marines! – Adewale Sobowale
There’s no doubting the fact that some people are thinking most Nigerians are fools. For lack of plausible excuses, those who happen to have fleeced the commonwealth are now resorting to giving cock and bull stories to explain away their dishonesty. The first was a sales clerk with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB),…
Letter to Buhari! – Adewale Sobowale
Your ‘unexcellent’ excellency, You’ve already proved your points. In proving these points, you’ve succeeded in teaching Nigerians some very valuable lessons The first lesson you have taught us is that discipline starts from within. That is, it starts from our various homes. Expecting a president to discipline us is erroneous. The second is that you’ve…
Hmm… – Adewale Sobowale
Saying the Nigerian Presidential election has further revealed the inherent divide between our people will certainly be an understatement, What comes to my mind is what our problems are. So, we’ re quarreling over who owns where. Could we put on our thinking caps?. If we aren’t careful, we might be laying a foundation for…
