Portugal to detain migrants in prefabs
Photo credit: Facebook The authorities in Portugal will expand the capacity of existing immigrant detention centres to 300…
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…
Portugal to detain migrants in prefabs
Photo credit: Facebook The authorities in Portugal will expand the capacity of existing immigrant detention centres to 300 places by the summer – adding “temporary modular constructions” to current spaces, the assistant Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration said Sunday. The Resident reports that the Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration Armindo Freitas told the…
“The No 1 healthiest meat with the most protein and least fat.”
Photo credit; the today show With a renewed focus on protein in our culture, meat is taking up more and more of our plates. But some meats are better for you than others, dieticians say. TODAY reports that while meat is a great protein source, it’s far from the only place to get this important,…
CENTCOM ordered to guide commercial shipping through Strait of Hormuz
Photo credit: Centcom US military forces starting Monday will guide commercial shipping from “neutral and innocent” countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Central Command and a social media post by President Donald Trump. Stars and Stripes reports that on Monday President Trump wrote on social media, “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the…
Carney shifts stance on Iran war
Photo credit: The Canadian Press Canada’s initial position supporting Washington’s war on Iran shifted over the subsequent days aqs US President Donald Trump’s objectives became clearer, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. The Canadian Press reports that Carney said in a Friday interview that: “The scale of what the objectives were, or the clarity about…
Nigerian refugee returnees rise by 1,800
Photo credit: MSF The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home under a tripartite repatriation agreement more than doubled in the first quarter of 2025. The Punch reports that it has risen by 1,805 persons from 1,705 in February to 3,510 by April. However, the number of Internally Displaced Persons has surged by 166,795 in the same period. The data is…
Ghana rejects US health deal
Photo credit: DW Ghana rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. The Associated Press reports that the country would be the latest African country to reject the deal over a similar concern. The deal included provisions that would have…
Our fathers’ sins… – Adewale Sobowale
If anyone had said it’s water that would cook the fish I would have said a resounding no! It is with flatulence an otherwise ill person shows gratefulness! Is it not because of reference one does good deeds? A country was under apartheid Most of the world stood still Most African countries were Afrocentric Segregation…
