Australian senator accuses people from “Muslim areas” of ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Photo credit: the Guardian One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has railed against Muslims, miigrants and COVID-19 vaccines…
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…
Siddon Look! – Adewale Sobowale
Those who voted for the Nigerian president Buhari would have realized they made a terrible mistake. The sad thing is some of them may not admit it. Let’s check out a few cases! Do you remember the bullion van issue of Mr Tinubu? What became of it? What did Buhari tell the electorate about Boko…
B’Omode O J’Obi II! – Adewale Sobowale
These are really trying times for Nigerian pastors. I didn’t type men of God because only God knows who His men are. But I know for certain it won’t be only men in cassocks and surplices. No wonder, many of them have even been raining curses on those who fail to pay their tithes and…
Great News! – Adewale Sobowale
Several years ago, I joined a group of my classmates in the secondary school. I was with the group briefly.It was brief because I’m naturally a loner!I value my solitude. While with the group, I showed some of my books to the members. While some of them were showing signs of approval, a “spoilsport” remarked…
Australian senator accuses people from “Muslim areas” of ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Photo credit: the Guardian One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has railed against Muslims, miigrants and COVID-19 vaccines in a controversial podcast with a British far-right activist. Daily Mail reports that in the nearly hour-long conversation with Tommy Robinsoon, published by him on Friday, Senator Hanson accused people from “Muslim areas” of ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme….
Wildfires threaten Northern Ontario communities as province asks for federal help
Photo credit: Global News Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations are appealing for more federal assistance to deal with the province’s deepening wildfire crisis, as fires that incinerated one community earlier this week prompted evacuations in several more settlements and spewed smoke across eastern parts of the continent. The Globe and Mail reports that Namaygoosisagagun First…
More than 500 Rohingya refugees feared dead as boat capsizes
Photo credit: NBC News More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. AP reports that, according to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including…
