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Trump Bombs Nigeria (Apparently With Our Consent): A Festive Farce in Several Acts by Lawson Akhigbe
At about 2pm on Christmas Day—because nothing says “peace on earth” like a surprise airstrike—Donald J. Trump announced on his TruthSocial pulpit that he had ordered military strikes on ISIS camps in Nigeria. While most Nigerians were digesting rice, goat meat and unresolved family grudges, the Commander-in-Chief of Festive Chaos was busy pressing the “Tomahawk” …
Make no mistake, Trump has just declared war on Europe by Ian Birrell
A new US National Security Strategy sets out in stark terms Trump’s approach to Europe (Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty) Will our leaders - so slow in the past to react to Russian aggression - realise the transatlantic alliance is history? When this era’s history books are written, no one will be able to argue that Britain …
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Adams Oshiomhole: When the Comrade Discovered His Inner Senator by Lawson Akhigbe
It’s not often in Nigerian politics that a man grows into a role instead of shrinking under it, but Adams Oshiomhole seems to have done the political equivalent of fine wine—improving with age, and thankfully without the usual bitterness. I must confess, I find Oshiomhole a far better senator than he ever was a governor. …
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The Paid Insult: Why Inviting Boris Johnson to Nigeria Was a Humiliation for Hope Uzodimma, Imo State and Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe
We’ve just witnessed a masterclass in post-colonial pathology. Boris Johnson—the man who once described black people as having “watermelon smiles,” called African nations “fantastically corrupt,” and lamented that Britain was “not in charge” of the continent anymore—was not just welcomed to Imo State, Nigeria. Governor Uzodimma paid him to come, hosted, and gave him a …
Geopolitics, Genocide, and the Games Nations Play: Israel, Nigeria, and the Politics of Selective Outrage by Lawson Akhigbe
In the brutal arithmetic of global politics, the word genocide is not merely a legal definition—it's a geopolitical weapon. Its deployment, timing, and emotional force often reveal more about international alignments than about the actual facts on the ground. Nowhere is this clearer than in the contrasting treatment of Israel’s war in Gaza and the …
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