Oil prices edge higher as investors eye Trump-XI meeting amid Iran war
Photo credit: The Economic Times Oil prices edged up Thursday as investors awaited a meeting…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Photo credit: The Economic Times Oil prices edged up Thursday as investors awaited a meeting between US President Donaald Trump and Chinese President XI Jinping later in the day, as traders focused on the Iran war. Business Standard reports that Brent crude futures were up 13 cents, or 0.12 per cent, to $1o05.76 a barrel by 0015 GMT,…
Photo credit: Arise News Under a continuing US blockade, Cuba has absolutely no reserves of diesel or fuel oil, said the country’s energy minister “We have no fuel oil, no diesel,” Vicente de La o Levy was quoted as saying by local media. “We have absolutely no fuel (oil), and absolutely no diesel,” Energy Minister Vincent…
On Friday night, the past and present will merge at the S|t. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Toronto Today reports that 110 Indigenous youths will don colourful costumes and express themselves through traditional dance with a modern twist. These dancers travelled to Toronto from all over the country this week to participate in Canada’s largest…
I understand the governor of Ondo State, his excellent excellency, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has, in his wisdom, pleaded with civil servants in the state to forget about their unpaid salaries. His argument is that, if they can do so, he will face the current salaries squarely. What a brilliant submission! We should applaud the Arakunrin!…
If wishes were horses….. When I become governor, about the first thing I must do is to make every open space a farm. Of course, villages will all become farm estates. This is because we want to feed the teeming population of Lagos State. And I am not talking of just planting. We must add…
Pikin never waka,E yarn say,Im papa farm,Na im reach pass. Wen e don wakaReach, e come sabi,Say de peopleWey dey rule us. Dem be baba nla,For lie lie.Wetin dem deyDo sef?Na baba nla,For jibitiPlus Wayo. Cunny man die,Wayo manBury am-Two jam four. Dem dey collectBig big money.Dem dey use am,Do Ajala travel. Upon wetin?Dem dey…
Religious killings could not have happened in the southwestern Nigeria in which I grew up. We were Christians. Surrounding us were Muslims, some even lived with us. Baba Taju lived across the road. Baba Semiyu lived in the house next to us. Beside us was the house in which the 2 Baba eleran lived. They…