How to vote early at Toronto’s advance election polls
Photo credit: Reuters Voting began yesterday in the 2026 municipal election, with six days of…
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…
How to vote early at Toronto’s advance election polls
Photo credit: Reuters Voting began yesterday in the 2026 municipal election, with six days of advance voting ahead of official election day later this month. Toronto Today reports that advance voting runs until Sunday, with polls open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Election day is Oct. 26, when polls will be open from…
Death row inmate awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
Photo credit: NBC News US death row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious and speaking” after surviving a failed execution attempt last week, her lawyers say. The BBC reports that Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, her attorneys said in a statement on Tuesday. Pike, who was sentenced to death…
Tragic happenings in Nigeria!
October was supposed to be the month of freedom for Nigeria as the West African country got its independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960. However, for many families it’s been a month of anguish. This is because they have lost loved ones to abduction and death. On independence day itself, some gunmen abducted…
End of Oiltivities! – Adewale Sobowale
I’m proud to be a Nigerian. Indeed, I belong to the discerning few who see themselves first as Nigerians before seeing themselves as members of their respective ethnic groups. However, I also believe that our richness in ethnicity, just like our teeming population, could be a source of strength if well managed. The Yoruba language…
Wisest Man! – Adewale Sobowale
I believe there’s a story of the tortoise gathering all the sense of animals in a cap. I’m not too sure about the Alawiye stories we used to read in primary school now. Ojo ti pe!Agba na ti nde!! Even if it turns out that I’m wrong, there’s no doubting the fact that Mr Ibikunle…
On Oluwole Certificates! – Adewale Sobowale
I understand the fake or original certificate issue is now rocking all certificate holders in Nigeria. How absurd it is that Nigeria’s Nobel laureate is even under suspicion by some illiterates? Anyway, the professor is able to handle that himself. But, I believe we could make some good of the bad situation. Instead of having…
Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea
Photo credit: Arab News Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated on Monday that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighbouring countries saying at a summit on Sunday that responsibility for the sea rests with the states along its shores and warning of the risk of regional conflict. The Associated Press…
