Mike Wallace Mike Wallace: …Farrakhan, you go to Nigeria, which is, if not the most corrupt nation in Africa—and it is—it could be the most corrupt nation in the world, Minister Farrakhan. Louis Farrakhan: Oh, now, Mr. Wallace… Mike Wallace: It is the most corrupt nation that I have ever covered. I've been there 25 …
Rewritten from 2017: The Fine Art of the Birthday Bill-Board: Why the Governor Doesn’t Get the Joke by Lawson Akhigbe
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State was turning 58, and he has a shocking, counter-cultural request for his inner circle: Please, stop spending millions to paste my face on the front page of the newspapers. According to a poignant statement from his Chief Press Secretary, John Mayaki, the Governor was deeply worried about the plight of vulnerable street children. To fix this, he wanted his well-wishers to take the massive budgets usually reserved for full-page birthday spreads and donate them to the WeCare Trust orphanage.
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What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? Luke 6:31 As you would done to you
Why America Gets Africa Wrong by SOBUKWE ODINGA
U.S. Policy Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better Rwandan President Paul Kagame, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, Washington, D.C., December 2025 Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images In This Review Treachery and Diplomacy: The Shadow Politics of U.S.-Africa RelationsBy Sobukwe Odinga The Trump administration boasts that it has upended the United States’ …
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The Great Unchaining: How Gates, Jobs, and Musk Freed Us From Desks, Cameras, and Petrol While Leaving Us Philosophically Naked by Lawson Akhigbe
So far, so dazzling. We have been unchained from the desk, from the camera, from the petrol pump, and soon, apparently, from the steering wheel itself. Progress has been relentless, elegant, and profitable.

