“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” In Nigeria, this is not a philosophical warning. It is a daily news bulletin. The elections of Monday Okpebholo in Edo State and Ahmed Usman Ododo in Kogi State are not isolated …
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There are two documented biographies of Bola Ahmed Tinubu: one carefully constructed in Nigerian political mythology, and another recorded in the sterile, unforgiving files of U.S. federal law enforcement. For decades, the public narrative has emphasized his career as a corporate professional and political strategist—the “brilliant accountant” who rose from the private sector to national …
If irony were a renewable resource, global politics would have solved the world’s energy crisis decades ago. The international stage today resembles a Shakespearean farce, where every world leader plays both the hero and villain — depending entirely on the lighting, the audience, and whether the cameras are rolling. Diplomacy by Double Standard In the …
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