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President Bola Tinubu’s directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers from Very Important Personality(VIP) protection duties lands with a familiar thud. For anyone tracking Nigeria’s security pronouncements over the past two decades, this announcement reads less like bold reform and more like a well-worn script being dusted off for another performance. The presidency frames it …
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If history teaches us anything, it is that someone will always pick up a cross, mount a horse, and declare a holy mission—usually without reading the fine print. The Crusaders did it in 1096. Donald Trump and his minions are doing a remix in 2025, except this time the horses have been replaced by social-media …
Kanu was the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement (AFP via Getty Images) The verdict, delivered on Thursday, concludes a decade-long trial that has heightened tensions across southeast Nigeria A Nigerian court has handed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu a life sentence after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges. The verdict, delivered …
The American system is a fortress of parchment and principle, its walls the separation of powers, its foundation the rule of law. For centuries, its stability has relied on a dual defense: the external guardrails of institutional checks and balances, and the internal guardrail of presidential character. The latter—encompassing integrity, empathy, humility, and respect for …
Donald Trump, as we know, cannot tell the truth even if truth applied for a visa with premium processing, attached a bank statement, and came with a letter from God. Truth under Trump is always “under review”, “subject to further verification”, or flatly denied entry at the border.This week’s episode of America First, Facts Last …
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