There are state visits, and then there are state visits where you suspect half the delegation is nodding politely while mentally Googling, “What does entente cordiale actually mean?” When Bola Ahmed Tinubu jetted off to the United Kingdom to sign that now-infamous migration Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria, one imagines the occasion was dressed up …
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Tinubu and Macron Nigeria’s external debt diplomacy is a story of recurring cycles: accumulation during booms, crisis during busts, dramatic relief, and rapid relapse. It reflects shifting global alignments—from Western multilateral institutions and Paris Club creditors in the 20th century to Chinese infrastructure financing under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the 2010s, and …
There is a peculiar stubbornness in certain corners of political commentary—the kind that refuses to accept that history has already closed the file, stamped it “settled,” and moved it to archives. Instead, like a disgruntled clerk, they keep reopening it, hoping the ink might rearrange itself into a different ending. Take the long and bitter …
There was a time when being politically radioactive in Britain meant you were treated like a dodgy kebab at 3 a.m.—acknowledged, perhaps, but never recommended. Today, however, one could be forgiven for thinking that political quarantine has been replaced with a BBC studio slot and a polite nod. Enter Nigel Farage and his vehicle, Reform …
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