Carney says government has “taken back control” of immigration
Photo credit: The Canadian press The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has…
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…
Carney says government has “taken back control” of immigration
Photo credit: The Canadian press The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has “taken back control” of immigration. He made the remark at a press conference in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, after being asked about an upcoming referendum that will ask Albertans how they want the province to deal with immigration. They include questions about…
Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the Spanish territory of Ceuta
Photo credit: The Hill Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta at the country’s northern tip, overwhelming border security, local authorities said Wednesday. The Canadian Press reports that while good weather usually brings a surge in migrant crossings by sea in the summer, Ceuta authorities said the current number of swimmers is unusual….
Ebola worsening hunger in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned on Wednesday. The World Food Program’s acting executive director, Carl Skau, told The Associated Press during a visit to the hard-hit Ituri province…
Arikuyeri – Adewale Sobowale
Aare-Ago Arikuyeri, a tragic play written by Lawuyi Ogunniran and published by MacMillan Publishers in 1977 is still very relevant now. The play is historical. It is set in the era of Ogunmola the Basorun of Ibadan. The major character is Aare-Ago Arikuyeri, a war commander. A hero of so many wars. He has three…
I’m in Love! – Adewale Sobowale
Oh, I just want to inform you that I’m crazily in love. I never realised I was until I got to a foreign land. There, the love is even waxing stronger. You know when you’re able to use free Wi-Fi which is available in virtually all the stores, love goes stronger. I’m so much in…
Covid’s Advantages! – Adewale Sobowale
We don’t have any choice but to thank God for little mercies. This is particularly necessary in these turbulent days of the COVID virus. Did you know these are the times to know real people? I mean people who do their jobs with humaneness. For those of us who must travel by airplanes, one needs…
Trump administration ramps up denaturalization process
Photo credit: CNN Revoking an immigrant’s citizenship has proven to be a costly and controversial practice over the years, but the Trump administration says hundreds of people deserve to have their citizenship stripped anyway. USA Today reports that the plan calls for ramping up the previous rare denaturalization process as a part of a broader…
