Trump’s plans to use the military!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Six million undocumented immigrants in California, including 3 million in the Los Angeles metro area, could be affected by mass deportation plans touted by President-elect Donald Trump and his border czar-designate. 4 Los Angeles reports that the incoming border czar, Tom Holman, said on Fox News, “We are already working on the…
100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted!
Photo credit: South China Morning A convoy of 109 UN aid lorries carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday, according to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). BBC reports that ninety-seven of the lorries were lost, and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem…
Bill to ban supervised consumption sites tabled in Ontario!
Photo credit: CBC Ontario tabled a bill Monday that would ban 10 supervised consumption sites that the government deems too close to schools and daycares. CBC reports that if the bill is passed by Premier Doug Ford’s majority Progressive Conservative government, municipalities would still need the health minister’s approval to apply for an exemption from…
Agbegilere! Woodcarver!! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: The Punch In the past, at least in Yorubaland, when a child was born, one of the first things his parents did was to call a babalawo, diviner, to check out what the child’s future would be like. By so doing, the parents would have known what the child was most likely to…
Men’s Day! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Hindustan Times I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are…
Baba Olu! – Adewale Sobowale
I try to be mysterious if not mischievous while trying to profile people. But this gentleman is probably in a world of his own. He’s so jovial and realistic. In short, he’s my type of man. He used to be a parent of one of my pupils. When his son was in the hostel, the…