Kemi’s ratings rise with Reform voters
Photo credit: Daily Mail Kemi Badenoch’s attacks on Reform MPs, saying only white people can be…
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…
Kemi’s ratings rise with Reform voters
Photo credit: Daily Mail Kemi Badenoch’s attacks on Reform MPs, saying only white people can be English, have been supported by an unexpected group – Reform voters. Daily Mail reports that the Tory leader’s approval leapt from 40 per cent to 57 per cent among Reform UK voters when they were shown video clips of her saying she didn’t want…
The Secret Yam Farm by Adewale Sobowale
In the days of aeon, a terrible famine left all animals thin and starving. However, the Dog did not feel the impact of the famine. He actually remained healthy, plump, and agile One day, the ubiquitous Tortoise visited the Dog. The first mistake the Dog made was to entertain the Tortoise. And he did so…
Rise in femicides in Cameroon spurs protests and demands for better laws
Photo credit: Boston Globe Geraldine Achiah, an elementary school teacher in her 30s, died barely two months into her marriage in September. Her relatives allege her husband beat her over a marital dispute and demand justice in what they say is a gender-based crime. The Associated Press reports that her only child, Courage Abombi, fondly…
Scientists are trying to determine if junk food is bad for our brains
Photo credit: CBC Most people have food in their fridges and cupboards that they know isn’t the healthiest choice. CBC News reports that a box of chocolate chip cookies you grab for a bedtime snack. Instant noodles for when you can’t be bothered to make dinner. Or that bag of ketchup chips you grabbed on…
Balm In Egbe? – Adewale Sobowale
A long time ago, I used to be an SU. One of the songs we used to sing then was about some balm in Gilead! I’m happy to inform Nigerians that the new Gilead seems to be in Egbe, a suburb of Lagos. It’s right too! This is because Nigerians are so much investing in…
Are We Elders Ok? – Adewale Sobowale
When I was in school,and we wanted to demonstrate over whatever, if I mistakenly told elders in my family, they wouldn’t ask me not to participate. Instead, they would counsel me against being in the front or at the back. Indeed, they would tell me to be in the middle of protesting students. But then,…
