35 migrants escape after riots at Greek migrant detention centre
Photo credit: Indian Express Thirty-five migrants escaped following clashes Saturday night at a detention centre…
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…
35 migrants escape after riots at Greek migrant detention centre
Photo credit: Indian Express Thirty-five migrants escaped following clashes Saturday night at a detention centre in Sintiki, near the city of Serres in northern Greece, Greek authorities have said. Bulgarian News Agency reports that police have arrested 17 of the escapees, while the search for the remaining 18 is ongoing. About 450 people whose asylum applications…
Landslide kills 30 people in Guinea
Photo credit: Aljazeera A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital of Conakry early Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. AP reports that authorities said that heavy rains, which started at around 2 am, washed over the refuse at Dar Es Salam – the largest landfill in…
When “discipline” becomes bullying by Adewale Sobowale
Alo n’tahun abo n t’ana e! In the days of yore, animals were human-like. The ubiquitous tortoise was a prominent animal. He featured in most of our folk tales. It so happened that his wife’s father was a successful farmer. Tortoise was a greedy schemer. One day, he went to steal his father-in-law’s yams. Unknown…
Caesar’s CAMA! – Adewale Sobowale
In Mattew 22:21, the Savior said we should, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.’ The Lord made that statement in response to a question on whether it was lawful for Jews to pay taxes to Caesar or not. Caesar happened to be the emperor whose…
Trump’s military disrespect hits new low – and troops are finally revolting
The fiasco surrounding the USS Abraham Lincoln has seen President Donald Trump’s disrespect for the military reach new lows, and according to a report from The New Republic, some troops have finally had enough and are letting their disgust be known. Alternet reports that in recent weeks, reports have emerged revealing the alarming conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, a vessel…
Plane crashes into sea in front of shocked beachgoers in Florida
Photo credit: Daily Mail A small plane came down in the Atlantic off one of Florida’s wealthiest coastal enclaves on Saturday morning as stunned beachgoers watched the plane crash-land just feet from Daily Mail reports that the twin-engine Piper went into the water around two miles east of Boca Raton Airport at around 9:40 am, triggering an…
Arising! – Adewale Sobowale
We really did not want to comment on the goings on in Aso. We just felt like giving the landlord sometime to acclimatise after spending so long abroad. By the way, did anyone notice the fact that, while the Oga was abroad, London was demystified? Yes, it was! It was made to look like the…
