Afghan migrants say Turkish border forces manhandle them in snowstorm
Photo credit: ny times Afghan migrants have accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning…
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…
Afghan migrants say Turkish border forces manhandle them in snowstorm
Photo credit: ny times Afghan migrants have accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations and at least 20 others dead, according to a BBC Afghan Forensiic investigation published by BBC’s Turkish service. Turkish Minute reports that the investigation was based on interviews with 12 Afghan…
If we take donkey’s years craze…
If we take donkey’s years to craze, na how long we go take do de craze not to talk of when we go take find person wey go cure our craze? Na dat saying go fit de Nigeria people wey dey South Africa. De illegal group wey call themselves, March and March, don announce say make all…
“I refuse to let cancer take my education” Nathel Taylor
Despite a bone cancer diagnosis that prevented him from attending school physically and which has already robbed him of one leg, 17-year-old Caribbean Online Academy (OCA) graduate Nathel Taylor is defying the odds by completing his education virtually, while pursuing his dream to become a doctor. The Gleaner that Taylor, who hails from Spanish Town, St…
Customer Dada Ni – Adewale Sobowale
I tend to wonder what stuff Nigerians are made of. Must we make a mountain out of every molehill? For something as minor as the federal legislators subtracting and adding, we have started shouting again. Must we! Instead of praising those distinguished senators and eminent members of the house for the great job they are…
Carney unveils competitition for rebuilding PMs official residence
Photo credit: Firstpost Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a national sprint Friday to redesign and rebuild 24 Sussex Drive, saying that the prime minister’s official residence is a national landmark that is now in critical condition. National Post reports that while speaking during a press conference in Ottawa at the dilapidated stone mansion that has been…
New plan to bring asylum seekers to Britain unveiled
Photo credit: the Guardian Organizations and community groups will be able to sponsor thousands of asylum seekers to Britain under a new scheme unveiled by Shabana Mahmood. Daily Mail reports that the Home Secretary is pressing ahead with plans to create new “safe and legal routes” for refugees. The plan was first floated in December. In…
Tanzania bans political rallies ahead of planned anti-government protests
Photo credit: the Washington post Tanzania’s government Friday banned political rallies ahead of planned protests against last year’s disputed election and the detention of an opposition leader. The Associated Press reports that Internal Affairs Minister Patrobas Katambi directed Police Inspector General Camillus Wambura to officially stop issuing permits for political activities across the country. Tanzania witnessed its first-ever posteelection protests in…
