Israeli air strikes kill 18 more Palestinians in Gaza City
Photo credit: PBS Israeli air strikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday,…
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…
Israeli air strikes kill 18 more Palestinians in Gaza City
Photo credit: PBS Israeli air strikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least 18 Palestinians, medics said, despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year’s Gaza ceasefire agreement. The Dawn reports that from dawn, Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City in the north, the central city…
Un-Festive Ending: Safety Concerns Shut Down ShattaFest UK
Multiple people were injured and carried out on stretchers after a “stampede” at a family-friendly festival in north London as too many people turned up. Daily Mail reports that the organizers of Ghana Party in the Park were forced to end the event “abruptly” at Copthall Playing Fields in Barnet on Saturday after it became “overcrowded”. …
What happens to your body when you eat bananas daily
Eating bananas daily boosts your energy, improves digestion, supports heart health, and regulates blood sugar levels due to their carbohydrate and fibre content. They also provide nutrients like potassium and antioxidants, which promote heart health and strengthen immunity. Verywell Health reports that: !) Banana increases energy. Carbohydrates are your body’s main energy source. Bananas, rich in carbohydrates and B…
In a lonely city searching for Walt Whitman and Chris Abani – Abigail George
(for Virgil) There are things I don’t tell anyone. I blamed the sunlight Secrets I keep to myself I was young once Ezra Pound’s Alba tell the truth. I go down to the sea There are things to forget I found a kind, my kind A temple that I could worship, destination paradise We’re somewhere…
Two Decay Poems – Abigail George
After birth, what did she feel?I think Diane Arbus just took pictures of herselfHer own alienationDid she ever experience isolation?Loneliness, yes, loneliness?Did it devour herlike it devours me?What did she hunger for?What did she want to leave behind?As a woman, was she ever really loved by a man?Was the strange hypnotic beauty that she found…
Mother Tongue – Abigail George
You lie You cheat There are maps of open sores on your face that refuse to heal They’re as red as an ambulance They’re like a pot of rice left too long on the stove that threatens to boil over And then boils over Your wounds, brother, have become my own I encourage you I…
Ariwo Ko! – Adewale Sobowale
When the Nigerian musician, Adekunle Gold dropped an album in June 2016 titled Gold, I doubt if he knew he was indirectly speaking with our houses of religion. He spoke to them in the track titled, ARIWO Ko Ni Music. The noise made by churches and mosques with loudspeakers mounted outside their respective places of…
