Pakistan deports over 14,500 migrants!
Photo credit: Foriegn Policy Pakistan deported more than 14,500 migrants to Afghanistan over the past…
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…
Pakistan deports over 14,500 migrants!
Photo credit: Foriegn Policy Pakistan deported more than 14,500 migrants to Afghanistan over the past week, according to statements from the Taliban commission for refugees, as the pace of forced returns from neighbouring countries continues to rise. Amu reports that between January 31 and February 6, a total of 14, 576 people were sent back from Pakistan,…
Refugee education and work rights emphasized in Malaysia!
Photo credit: Armani scholars forum A parliamentary symposium has underscored the critical need to address the education and legal work rights of refugees in Malaysia. The Sun reports that Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said the event was a crucial platform to raise awareness among MPs and the public on these urgent issues….
Crazy System! – Adewale Sobowale
A video clip has gone viral on social media about a lady who was alleged to have stolen a phone. Amongst other indignities, the lady was stripped naked and had pepper inserted into her private organs. I couldn’t believe the fact that that’s happening in modern day Nigeria. But then, what’s modern about Nigeria? Is…
Olokada! Motorcyclist!! – Adewale Sobowale
There was a case of two people having a face off. One of them described the other as an okada! Well, I leave the meaning of that to your vivid imagination. Talking on the okada and tricycle ban in some parts of Lagos state and the government saying it never gave anyone a licence to…
‘Each Man To His Obi’ – Adewale Sobowale
I don’t know where the above quote is in Prof Chinua Achebe’s trilogy, ‘Things fall apart’, ‘No longer at ease” and ‘Arrow of God’. However, it tends to speak a lot about my convictions that writers tend to see what others might not see and the present cravings of various groups in Nigeria to go…
Tíṣà jọ̀wọ́!Teacher, please!! – Adewale Sobowale
Just felt I should thank all the teachers who taught me at every level. By the way, I’m still in the process of being taught since I know anyone who has stopped learning is as good as a dodo – dead! I know this is not a Teachers’ Day, but I think everyday should be…
Canada, France open consulates in Greenland!
Photo credit: the Globe and Mail In a show of support for Arctic cooperation, Canada and France have opened consulates in Greenland. The 30utlook reports that it signals stronger diplomatic engagement with the Arctic territory amid growing geographical and economic interest in the region. Officials from both countries said the new missions, inaugurated this week in Greenland’s capital…
