US county puts migrant sanctuary status up for vote
Photo credit: VOA The Woodford County Board has approved a resolution asking the county what to do with migrants from the US-Mexico border if they go to Woodford. 25 News reports that the committee vote is only the first phase as the board must vote again on Tuesday May 21. According to the resolution, no…
Rwanda deportation: not for Northern Ireland!
Photo credit: The Guardian The controversial Rwanda Deportation policy of the United Kingdom will not apply to asylum seekers in Northern Ireland. The Guardian reports that a court in Northern Ireland has said the Rwanda policy undermines human rights protections guaranteed in the region under post-Brexit arrangements. Par of the UK’s Illegal Migration Act were also incompatible with…
Teenager earns doctoral degree!
Photo credit: Good Morning America Dorothy Jean Tillman II she was is 17 but she is spectacular because she has bagged a doctorate degree. ABC News reports that she was only 10n when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County. In 2020, she earned her Master of Science from Unity College. At age 15,…
It Couldn’t Have Happened In Our SW! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Catholic Herald Religious killings could not have happened in the southwestern Nigeria in which I grew up. We were Christians. Surrounding us were Muslims, some even lived with us. Baba Taju lived across the road. Baba Semiyu lived in the house next to us. Beside us was the house in which the 2…
My People! – Adewale Sobowale
Pikin never waka,E yarn say,Im papa farm,Na im reach pass. Wen e don wakaReach, e come sabi,Say de peopleWey dey rule us. Dem be baba nla,For lie lie.Wetin dem deyDo sef?Na baba nla,For jibitiPlus Wayo. Cunny man die,Wayo manBury am-Two jam four. Dem dey collectBig big money.Dem dey use am,Do Ajala travel. Upon wetin?Dem dey…
Wishes N Horses! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: 1Africa If wishes were horses….. When I become governor, about the first thing I must do is to make every open space a farm. Of course, villages will all become farm estates. This is because we want to feed the teeming population of Lagos State. And I am not talking of just planting….