The political obituaries have been written many times, but the patient refuses to die. The United Kingdom, a political entity forged over three centuries of union, now finds itself in a protracted, painful, and paradoxical labour. The midwives presiding over this fraught delivery were not radicals, but establishment figures: David Cameron and George Osborne. The …
There is something deeply wrong with the world. And it’s not subtle. It’s not hidden. It’s not even coded in diplomatic language. It is loud, proud, badly behaved, and somehow winning elections. Across continents, democracies that once prided themselves on seriousness now appear to have collectively misplaced their common sense. It’s as if the planet …
Let us get this out of the way early: if you have to ask which faction of the PDP is the “real” one, you are not confused — you are complicit. Confusion is innocent. This one is willful. It is the kind of confusion that comes with an agenda, a brief, or at the very …
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 Donald Trump and his minions are doing a remix in 2025, except this time the horses have been replaced by social-media …
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