Canadians plan to visit Gaza despite detention risks
Photo credit: Global News Canadians are planning to visit Gaza again as part of a…
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…
Canadians plan to visit Gaza despite detention risks
Photo credit: Global News Canadians are planning to visit Gaza again as part of a flotilla that aims to deliver aid and break a nearly 20-year naval blockade, months after six Canadians were detained by Israel for attempting a similar mission. Toronto Today reports that Safa Chebbi, spokesperson for the Canadian arm of the Global Su…
London, Paris and Berlin all “under threat”
Israel has warned countries across the globe, including London, Paris and Berlin, could all be under threat from Iranian missiles after the regime launched a strike on a British military base in the Chagos Islands. The Daily Mail reports that two ballistic missiles were fired towards Diego Garcia, a base in the Indian Ocean jointly…
Avalanche kills two skiers in Italy
Photo credit: 10 News An avalanche in high alpine terrain in Italy’s South Tyrol on Saturday killed two skiers, according to the country’s mountain rescue service. APA reports that the avalanche happened at an altitude of around 7, 874 feet on the slopes of the 8,757-foot Hohe Ferse near the town of Ratschings, close to the…
‘ if The Situation Arises!’ – Adewale Sobowale
One of the media aides of the Nigerian President was asked on Channels tv why Mr Buhari has not deemed it fit to address the nation on COVID 19. He promptly answered that his principal will definitely address the people, ‘If the situation arises.’ He went on to lambast those calling on the president to…
Town Takes Over! – Adewale Sobowale
I hear the coveted post of vice chancellor in our University of the Source is now being ethnically politicized. Or should one say aborelized? I wouldn’t be surprised given the rot going on in society. Academic environments are supposed to operate inspite of the society. But this is often not the case. They should be…
Dangerous strike shuts path to de-escalation
The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on 18 March 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical energy i infrastructure, and will have global economic significance. The Statesman reports that the South Pars field, which Iran shares with Qatar’s North Dome…
Eid brings 30,000 Muslims to Birmingham park
Photo credit: Daily Mail Up to 30,000 Muslims were at a park in Birmingham to mark the end of Ramadan. The Daily Mail reports that huge crowds descended on Small Heath Park in the city centre early on Friday morning to participate in a prayer to mark the end of the holy month, during which Muslims…
