West Africa’s demand for vultures is reaching into Central Africa
Vultures are disappearing across parts of Africa for several reasons, but belief-based trade has become…
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…
West Africa’s demand for vultures is reaching into Central Africa
Vultures are disappearing across parts of Africa for several reasons, but belief-based trade has become one of the most worrying and difficult to address. In parts of West Africa, demand for vulture heads, feathers, and other body parts is putting pressure on birds beyond the places where they are openly sold. European Wildlife reports that the…
Refugee camps to FIFA World Cup: Extraordinary players’ stories of inspiration
Eight years ago, a 17-year-old boy stood in front of over 200 FIFA officials and delivered a speech. “My name is Alphonso Davies,” he said. “My parents are from Liberia and fled the civil war. It was a hard life, but when I was five years old, a country called Canada welcomed us in. My…
That so-called deadline by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC I learned some so-called Nigerian youth have given South Africans living in Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. I don’t believe we’re in the era of an “eye for an eye”. In fact, that system is rather obnoxious and outdated. While trying to understand where the youth are coming from, I can’t…
Wetin Now? – Adewale Sobowale
Nigerians are definitely an interesting lot. For every little thing they are ready to cry blue murder. Why should people be shouting (or wailing?) about a former governor and a serving senator who went to do a private business in the privacy of a private room in a private hotel where he spent his private…
Got It? – Adewale Sobowale
For the Western worlders, the few days of sunny moments are taken as a treasure. This shows in their mode of dressing and overall behaviour. It’s like some of them want to stay aloof of even the tiniest clothing item as long as the summer lasts. This is when they can prove they have fantastic…
Wise Sounds! – Adewale Sobowale
My day is hardly complete without listening to authentic African music and watching Yoruba movies. This is because I get to learn so much from them. As a scribbler, I always like to project the African story from the viewpoint of an African. I guess one can’t succeed in doing this without understanding African mores…
Field Marshall! – Adewale Sobowale
This Buhari of a soldier really deserves to be promoted to the rank of field marshall! See all the major works he’s doing. We all know he has given the order for the kidnap of Nnamdi Kanu and pronto, when the poor victim got to Nigeria, he was promptly whisked into court. Sunday Igboho also…
