Ethiopian youth football team vanishes in Sweden after tournament
An alarming incident has unfolded in Sweden as 20 players and several adult handlers from an…
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…
Ethiopian youth football team vanishes in Sweden after tournament
An alarming incident has unfolded in Sweden as 20 players and several adult handlers from an Ethiopian youth football team have reportedly gone missing after participating in an international tournament. The group failed to check out of their hotel and did not appear for their scheduled flight. Lente Desportiva reports that the disappearance involves the players aged…
Raid on Pakistani police post leaves 11 officers dead and 15 attackers dead
Photo credit: AP News The death toll from an overnight deadly militant attack on a police post in northwestern Pakistan rose to 11 early Thursday, police and a government official said. The Associated Press reports that security forces killed 15 militants in an hour-long gun battle after they targeted the Khazina police post in Hangu district…
A peep into the reviews, podcasts, poems, audio recordings and videos of the South African essayist, poet and novelist, Abigael George
Two reviews of Did You Get Married to Her When I was in the Mental Hospital? Three book trailers “When Bad Mothers Happen” Narrative nonfiction book “The Waking” e-book “Clarissa, Hector and Septimus Redefined” E-book BBC interview, interviewed by Maggie Ayre Gerald So reads my poem on the aftermath and repercussions of domestic violence, “Domestic…
Omo Yin O S’Agbafo! – Adewale Sobowale
I can’t help asking, even if for the umpteenth time, where we got it all wrong. I mean Nigerians! I spent time searching for the Oluwo of Iwo interview. Thanks to Ma’am Doyinsola Ilori who furnished me with a video evidence of the Oluwo’s latest rascality. What manner of thinking? Let’s even assume the western…
Seriously? – Adewale Sobowale
I’m hearing rumours that the government has reduced the price of rice by “50%” in Nigeria. If the rumours are true, what are the implications? Does it mean that the government knew all along that the prices of commodities were skyrocketing?And it decided to do nothing! So, how many trailer loads of rice will be…
Carney says government has “taken back control” of immigration
Photo credit: The Canadian press The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has “taken back control” of immigration. He made the remark at a press conference in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, after being asked about an upcoming referendum that will ask Albertans how they want the province to deal with immigration. They include questions about…
