Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims
Photo credit: Reuters The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks…
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…
Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims
Photo credit: Reuters The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said this week that it is stopping the search for victims. The Associated Press reports that the office of Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided on Monday that search…
More than 200,000 people displaced in Yemen, UN agency says
Photo credit: Reuters More than 200,000 people have been displaced across Yemen as fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces has intensified in recent weeks, the United Nations migration agency says. CBC News reports that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that the speed of the displacement was “alarming,” with at least…
Chapter 6 – The Betrayal of Democracy
Nigeria – A Season of Serial Betrayals A Civic Renaissance Series for themigrant.online Democracy arrived in Nigeria carrying the promise of redemption. After decades of military rule, Nigerians believed that civilian government would restore the relationship between the state and its citizens. Democracy was supposed to replace decrees with dialogue, coercion with consent, and power with…
Emerging Trends – Adewale Sobowale
I am familiar with teaching Civics Education in Nigeria. One of the topics in Civics is Emerging Issues. In Emerging Issues, HIV/AIDS, Drug Addiction, etc are taught. However, various issues are always emerging in Nigeria. I was thinking of writing about the apathy that characterized Ogun state local government election before news filtered in that…
Is This The Star?- Adewale Sobowale
The American singer, Johnny Nash released an album in 1972. In that album was the song, ‘I can see clearly the rising star’. Incidentally, the song was written while he was convalescing on an hospital bed. The song became a super hit! The wonderful performance of the national football team, the Super Eagles in these…
On Sex For Marks! – Adewale Sobowale
The so-called pastors who involve themselves in such unforgivable acts are the scums who made some of us decide the best pastors are our hearts. They are liars and scammers masquerading with the name of God aided by the inbuilt corruption in the system. But then, is there any institution in the country that’s truly…
How to vote early at Toronto’s advance election polls
Photo credit: Reuters Voting began yesterday in the 2026 municipal election, with six days of advance voting ahead of official election day later this month. Toronto Today reports that advance voting runs until Sunday, with polls open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Election day is Oct. 26, when polls will be open from…
