US to block ships from Iranian ports
Photo credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading…
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…
US to block ships from Iranian ports
Photo credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks wth Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The Korea Herald reports that the US Central Command stated US forces would begin implementing a…
How Africa’s Unending Migration Crisis Strips Human Dignity
Photo credit: IOM blog Across Africa, individuals migrate in search of employment and stability from one region to another, seeking readily available opportunities. African Liberty reports that as these movements occur, migrants travel without documentation or legal protection, which exposes them to dangers, including coercion, abuse, and trafficking. A recent article published by Diplomatic Courier highlights irregular migration…
Stephanie Comilang explores migrant labour and global mobility
Photo credit: hr2 kultur In her work, Stephanie Comilang engages themes of labour, technology and postcolonial entanglement in the context of global mobility. Artdaily reports that she combined documentary footage, fictional elements and personal narratives. She describes her films as “science fiction documents”. In “Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso” (Come to Me, Paradise) (2017, 26 min),…
Lagos No Dey Carry Last – Adewale Sobowale
Eko o ni baje,O baje ti. Lagos is a state after my heart. Lagos could be expensive for the JJC, Johnny Just Come, as new comers to the state are called. The best way to identify a new comer to Lagos is to allow them get down from a moving molue. When this whistle blower…
Insensitivity! – Adewale Sobowale
That the government of Nigeria is insensitive to the people’s feelings is an obvious understatement. Daylight armed robbery and petty stealing are going on in Ogun and Lagos States as I’m typing this. Yet the authorities hardly have any response. By the way, the states are on lockdown because of COVID 19. Methinks locking people…
Hot Air! – Adewale Sobowale
Mr Buhari’s speech could at the very best be described as being full of hot air! Personally, I see the sixty-paragraph address as a waste of precious time. It doesn’t have anything that’s substantially new. In the fourth paragraph, the president even says, ‘As your democratically elected leaders,…’ Must that fact be emphasized at these…
Our Duties! – Adewale Sobowale
What are those things we ought to have done that we’re failing to do? What are those things we ought not to have done that have become kárí ilé, asọ oní súgà for us? Do we belong to political parties? How much do we pay as membership fees? These questions are fundamental because if we…
