Israel’s military to investigate Gaza attacks, and other developments in the Middle East
Photo credit: WRAL The Israeli military said it will investigate the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab…
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…
Israel’s military to investigate Gaza attacks, and other developments in the Middle East
Photo credit: WRAL The Israeli military said it will investigate the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family members in February 2024, and the separate killings of 15 paramedics in March 2025. Both drew international attention. The Associated Press reports that the announcement followed reviews of 150 incidents of troop conduct during the war in Gaza….
Jason Arday’s tragic death reveals the intense skepticism Black scholars face by Cornel Grey, Western University
Photo credit: The Conversation Jason Arday’s death at 41 came only days after his resignation from the University of Cambridge. He had been facing intense scrutiny of his academic record and allegations of plagiarism. Arday’s story had also become fodder for ongoing accusation by some critics that universities pursuing racial diversity do so at the…
Liberia to accept 1,200 deportees from the US
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the US in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday, the government said in a statement. CBC News reports that the Liberian government’s statement on Tuesday said the deportees “will include citizens or nationals of African and Western…
Just Like That! – Adewale Sobowale
There are so many things that happen to us as a matter of course.They happen just like that! Our parents met, they courted. They consequently got married. Just like that! After a nine month pregnancy, our mothers went into labour, and we were given birth to. Just like that! From babies we grew into infancy….
Welcome on Board! – Adewale Sobowale
We wish to join all Nigerians in welcoming President Buhari back home. We pray that God himself will give him spiritual healing. But then, I’m sure Mr President would be much more inclined to repositioning the health care system in this country now. Even if he had not wanted to do it initially, I’m sure…
A Night Out! – Adewale Sobowale
When we lie down exhausted in the false security of our homes, some people are out there patrolling our streets. To them, it doesn’t matter what the weather situation is like, they have a duty. Their duty is the security of our persons, homes and properties from bandits. For them, life may not come easy….
Executive Lunacy! – Adewale Sobowale
Power is a very interesting thing. It’s when people have some power, no matter how infinitesimal, that you’ll know the real person hiding behind the mask. You’ll get to know whether they are humans or beasts in human clothing. Fela Kuti captures it well in one of his songs titled, Beast of No Nation. In…
