Carney government to ban social media for kids under 16
Photo credit: Yahoo News Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expected to table its long-awaited…
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…
Carney government to ban social media for kids under 16
Photo credit: Yahoo News Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expected to table its long-awaited legislation aimed at online safety this week, including a ban on social media platforms for children under 16 years old. The National Post reports that a government official, speaking on the condiion of background, confirmed plans to present a bill in the…
Senegal’s World Cup squad undergoes extra screening at US airport tarmac
Photo credit: Times Now Members of Senegal’s national football team appeared to undergo strict security checks after arriving in the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a video circulating on social media. Times Now World reports that the footage was shared on X by African football journalist Micky Jnr. It appeared to show several Senegal players…
Alice Ngitira: From a Kenyan Village to a London Stage by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Africa.com She lost her father. She faced pressure to marry at 16. She lived in one of Kenya’s most forgotten corners. Then, at 19, Alice from Turkana stood on a stage in London – and everything changed for her. Africa.com reports that there’s a version of Alice Ngitira’s story where nobody ever hears it. In…
Seriously? – Adewale Sobowale
With the current syllabus being used in our secondary schools, it is very possible for a pupil to finish in our secondary schools without ever being taught biology or even health science. It is that bad! At least, pupils should have a basic understanding of hygiene. It appears the powers that be think otherwise. I…
Great Moments! – Adewale Sobowale
Saying Nigeria had been good sometime ago could be a surprise to the youth of these days. Then, the factories at Ikeja, Apapa, Iganmu, Ota, Ikeja, Kano, Kaduna, Aba, to mention a few were in full operation. In agriculture, Nigeria was able to feed herself and even export. Those were the days of the groundnut…
Our wannabe democrazzzy! – Adewale Sobowale
So, we have helped the rich to celebrate their festival. I used the word “helped” advisedly because what benefit is there for a prisoner to be checking what time it is? Now, we all must go back to live our normal lives after the festivities. We have to wake up from fakery and go back…
South Africa’s President acknowledges rising tensions over migration
Photo credit: AP News South Africa’s President promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration after a rise in anti-immigration protests and sentiment in Africa’s most advanced economy, with other nations claiming their citizens have been targeted in xenophobic attacks. The Associated Press reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments in a speech on…
