Hmm.. – Adewale Sobowale

There’re various ways in which people display hunger. Mind you, there are even different types of hunger. In Europe, where we can say our own brand of Christianity in Nigeria came from, all churches I know of, due to the current situation, have resorted to having online services. But then, European churches, rather than being…

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Portugal to detain migrants in prefabs

Photo credit: Facebook The authorities in Portugal will expand the capacity of existing immigrant detention centres to 300 places by the summer – adding “temporary modular constructions” to current spaces, the assistant Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration said Sunday.  The Resident reports that the Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration Armindo Freitas told the…

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CENTCOM ordered to guide commercial shipping through Strait of Hormuz

Photo credit: Centcom US military forces starting Monday will guide commercial shipping from “neutral and innocent” countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to  Central Command and a social media post by President Donald Trump. Stars and Stripes reports that on  Monday President Trump wrote on social media, “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the…

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Carney shifts stance on Iran war

Photo credit: The Canadian Press Canada’s initial position supporting Washington’s war on Iran shifted over the subsequent days aqs US President Donald Trump’s objectives became clearer, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. The Canadian Press reports that Carney said in a Friday interview that: “The scale of what the objectives were, or the clarity about…

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Nigerian refugee returnees rise by 1,800

Photo credit: MSF The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home under a tripartite repatriation agreement more than doubled in the first quarter of 2025. The Punch reports that it has risen by 1,805 persons from 1,705 in February to 3,510 by April. However, the number of Internally Displaced Persons has surged by 166,795 in the same period. The data is…

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