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Photo credit: Global News Iran showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday as a…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Photo credit: Global News Iran showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, defying threats by President Donald Trump to “decimate” the country’s civilian infrastructure. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Iranian army dismissed what they called Trump’s “arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats”, saying they would not…
Photo credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all attacks on energy infrastructure. APA reports that he said this on Monday in his nightly video address. He added that the proposal had been conveyed to Moscow through the US….
Photo credit: Fox 11 For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter’s release from federal custody after she crossed the US-Mexico border with her mother, hoping for their safe reunion. PBS News reports that only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered…
Adewale SobowaleHmmm! I have been wondering why nothing seems to work in this country. Now, we all know why everything is at a standstill. No, things are getting worse. Nigerians are not inventive. If not, they would have realised that in this jet age, every home should supply its own electricity. In addition, every home…
It is no longer news the fact that some Igbo leaders went on a visit to the Oba of Lagos, the Olowo Eko, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Akiolu. Kabiyesi o! In the course of the visit, the Oba entertained them wonderfully. They broke the traditional kola and I can imagine they took some hot…