It’s not often in Nigerian politics that a man grows into a role instead of shrinking under it, but Adams Oshiomhole seems to have done the political equivalent of fine wine—improving with age, and thankfully without the usual bitterness. I must confess, I find Oshiomhole a far better senator than he ever was a governor. …
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We’ve just witnessed a masterclass in post-colonial pathology. Boris Johnson—the man who once described black people as having “watermelon smiles,” called African nations “fantastically corrupt,” and lamented that Britain was “not in charge” of the continent anymore—was not just welcomed to Imo State, Nigeria. Governor Uzodimma paid him to come, hosted, and gave him a …
In the brutal arithmetic of global politics, the word genocide is not merely a legal definition—it's a geopolitical weapon. Its deployment, timing, and emotional force often reveal more about international alignments than about the actual facts on the ground. Nowhere is this clearer than in the contrasting treatment of Israel’s war in Gaza and the …
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 …
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