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The recent presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump threw up a major aspect of American foreign policy. It highlighted its position on its demand for foreign oil supplies. Though the United States is one of the major producers of oil with its huge reserves, the country has over the decades imported a largeContinue reading “The oil factor and the new world order”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been fondly credited for his ability to face tough challenges in the course of his political career. Such challenges brought out what can be considered as his ingenuity to provide solutions which in the initial stages might have appeared foggy but in due course were a success. Also, President TinubuContinue reading “Making the difficult choices, but also having the difficult conversations”

The word, cabal, has played a significant part in Nigeria’s recent political history. When Nigeria’s military president Ibrahim Badamai Babangida annulled the 1992 general election, the narrative that came to light was that of a cabal that held General Babandiga hostage insisting that MKO Abiola the winner of the election would not be allowed toContinue reading “Between the cabal and building a prosperous nation”

South Africa’s most recent presidential and parliamentary elections were quite competitive and in some cases acrimonious. They were meant to be. After 30 years of majority rule in the rainbow nation, majority of south African people felt that the African National Congress, ANC had sold them out and probably down the river, with what theyContinue reading “The Malema metaphor and the Nigerian statuesque”

Donald Trump became America’s president on the back of a protest vote in the United States. A large number of Americans muted their disillusionment with the political process in Capitol Hill and felt there is need to change and possibly clean up the mess that the political establishment had created over time. The voters disenchantmentContinue reading “The Trump Verdict and the political soul of America”

There is a Yoruba adage which says it’s in the thick of battle that you know a man. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu aka BAT on ascending the position of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, was relatively battle hardened and relatively tested for what most people would consider a poisoned chalice. Why? NigeriaContinue reading “Renewed hope unveils a renewed rude awakening”

Enthusiasts of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, SLS, are still pondering why such an enigmatic, brilliant and vibrant individual, would choose the conservative and rather boring path of royalty as his next vocation. This thought was viewed, against the backdrop of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s activism as a crusader of good governance and probably a change agent, whenContinue reading “The Second coming of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi”

The formation of Nigeria came to be on the back of Religion. As the British empire drew its curtain on the slave trade, which was precipitated by its defeat in the America War of Independence, it needed a continuing flow of resources and other inputs to feed its growing Industrial Revolution. Africa as a continentContinue reading “Religion and sustainability of the Nigerian state”

Time Out, the Uk travel magazine in its recent survey, came out with a revelation. In its 2023 – 2024 most preferred cities worth visiting around the world, Lagos featured among the first 20 top cities globally. The whole world was aghast, while Nigerians were actually dumbfounded and as for Lagosians, it was, could thisContinue reading “Landmark Resort and the New Lagos Paradox”

The people of Kogi like to be referred to as Kogites. The average Kogi citizen is a boisterous individual and sometimes probably loud, which some quarters have termed garrulous. The fact is, they can be quite opinionated, which might be interpreted wrongly as being too loud. However, their self confidence isn’t in doubt. Kogi citizensContinue reading “Once upon a time on Lugard Hill.”