Saudi, UAE on cusp of joining Iran fight
Photo credit: Reuters Angered by repeated strikes on their soil and wary of Tehran further…
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…
Saudi, UAE on cusp of joining Iran fight
Photo credit: Reuters Angered by repeated strikes on their soil and wary of Tehran further tightening its grip over the critical Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are on the verge of a decision to join the US-Israel war against Iran, After weeks of hedging and warning against escalation, Gulf countries such as…
Teacher challenges Bill 21 as Supreme Court hearings begin
Photo credit: Montreal Gazette The Toronto Sun reports that for Sikh teacher Amrit Kaur, removing her turban to enter a classroom would be like walking naked and “abandoning who she is as a person,” her lawyers told the Supreme Court of Canada as it began hearing a landmark challenge to Quebec’s secularism law. A Sikh organization,…
LPG crisis revives pandemic fears among migrant workers
Photo credit: the scroll As gas shortages push up the cost of living in the cities, migrant workers are unable to decide whether to stay on or go home. Scroll.in reports that last week, Amazon India reported a surge in sales of ready-to-eat meals on its e-commerce platforms. A salesperson attributed it to customers “relying…
Taking The Eternal Plunge!!! – Adewale Sobowale
This will make it the third time that I will be writing on what has perhaps, and sadly too, become a trending issue in our society now. Suicide! I decided to write again because some sections of our society are sadistically finding it funny. They are wondering why other people are now copycatting that unfortunate…
Langba Langba! Chutzpah!! – Adewale Sobowale
Many of us have heard the word chutzpah used in terms of a person having positive audacity. But I bet only a few realize it could be used to describe people who display negative audacity. There are some positions which are normally reserved for the elderly. Senior citizens are often expected to have experienced the…
Afefe Ti Fe! – Wind Has Blown!! – Adewale Sobowale
Mmm… So, Mr Kyari, Buhari’s chief of staff, has tested positive to coronavirus. But that’s not as newsworthy as the fact that he’s been taken to Lagos for treatment. The Aso Clinic on which so much has been spent doesn’t have the required materials. I doubt if the clinic even has bandages for first aid….
On Nigeria! – Adewale Sobowale
I love the Nigerian President, Mr Tinubu, so much! This is because he did not lie to voters. He said he would continue with the ineffective policies of his predecessor. Lo and behold, he even beat Mr Buhari hands down. He has perfected the science and art of punishing Nigerians to the extent that those…
