By Lasisi Olagunju Olúségun Obásanjó’s mother told him at the very beginning that if pounded yam is not much, it must be made hard and tough (iyán tí kò pò, ó gbodò yi). Read his biographies. Ashabi Obasanjo Bankole had only him and his sister, Adunni. Her hearth had enough embers, her mortar and pestle […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG In the last few months, the continent of Africa has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic moves by Ukraine and a horde of great powers. The diplomatic hawking, which is evocative of the scramble for Africa during the colonial epoch, is all about the hegemonic struggle the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has spawned. Unlike the epochal […] Read more
Dr. Wumi Akintide On Attorney General Merrick Garland and his DOJ, there are partisans on both sides of the political divide. I confess to being one of them and I tender my unreserved apologies with this write-up. I confess to losing my patience with Merrick Garland and ultimately with Joe Biden for appearing to be […] Read more
OPINION GUEST ESSAY By Steve Abbot, Peter Chiarelli, John Jumper, James Loy, John Nathman, William Owens and Johnnie Wilson Admirals Abbot, Loy, Nathman and Owens and Generals Chiarelli, Jumper and Wilson are retired four-star generals and admirals in the U.S. armed forces. The inquiry by the House’s Jan. 6 committee has produced many startling findings, but none to us more alarming than the […] Read more
A United States (US) bill that would oblige Washington to punish African governments that abet Russian ‘malign’ activities on the continent is sailing through Congress. The countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act passed the House of Representatives on 27 April by a huge, bipartisan 419-9 majority and is now sure to be passed by the Senate […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG US President, Joe Biden, on Saturday dramatically escalated his rhetoric against Vladimir Putin, calling for the Russian leader to be removed because of his brutal invasion of Ukraine. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power”, Biden told a crowd in Warsaw at the end of a 2-day trip to Poland. The […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Nigerian Woman Becomes First Black Female President Of US College A Nigerian woman, Toyin Tofade has become the first black female president of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) founded in 1881. Tofade, who bagged a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), is to begin her term on […] Read more
NATO allies rejected Ukraine’s request to set up and enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying that it would lead to a larger, more devastating conflict across Europe. “We are not part of this conflict, and we have a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news […] Read more
By Dr. Wumi Akintide – New York Putin’s ultimate goal is to resuscitate the defunct Soviet Union back to its former glory regardless of what America thinks. Vladimir Putin is neither Stalin nor Peter the Great but compared to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yelsin, he is a great Russian Leader and KGB smooth operator. I […] Read more
By Dr. Wumi Akintide When Tucker Carlson and Fox News Rupert Murdock and Donald Trump have become apologists for Vladimir Putin, you know Authoritarianism has become the greatest threat to Democracy in the World with China and Russia as ideological twin brothers leading the cataclysm and the awful development. I now fully understand why Chris […] Read more
