Trump rules out immigration amnesty
Photo credit: BBC US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would not…
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…
Trump rules out immigration amnesty
Photo credit: BBC US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would not offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants but acknowledged that some had become productive members of society. AA reports that Trump told reporters at the White House, “We have a very strong deportation policy. There’s no amnesty, no, no, anything. We keep that,…
Toronto announces plans to get unhoused people out of the cold this winter
Photo credit: CP24 Plans are underway to support Toronto’s most vulnerable residents during the coldest months of the year. CP24 reports that the city’s 2026/2027 Winter Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness, which will be in effect from Nov. 15 to April 15, will see the addition of 1,533 shelter and housing spaces, 18 per cent…
81-year-old British author wins Booker Prize
81-year-old British author M John Harrison became the oldest winner of the Booker Prize on Monday, winning the prestigious award for his dystopian novel “The End of Everything,” which was also the shortest among this year’s shortlisted books. The Telegraph online reports that The End of Everything is a book that “leaves you with a…
Video Sans Electricity! – Adewale Sobowale
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. If we agree so, may I ask who/what the father is? A friend called me early this morning, and after the usual exchange of banter, I asked how he was doing. His reply was a hit below the belt, he said he was watching video without electricity!…
Unman of the Year! – Adewale Sobowale
I once posited that since we normally have, Man of the Year’, we should be having the opposite. In my little wisdom, I have chosen to title the opposite as, ‘Unman of the Year’! A fitting title, ain’t it? When I was in the elementary school, for someone who performed well, the teacher would instruct…
In Spite of All… – Adewale Sobowale
I noticed one sometime last week. Since then, several have appeared on my street. When I was a kid, we normally saw them at St Jude’s Church and St Paul’s first. Christmas lightings! It’s a reminder that the year is coming to an end. Well, while the year has had to bow to COVID 19,…
