MaTaZ ArIsInG “The FCDO advises against all travel to Borno State, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, and the riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states,” UK The United Kingdom has warned its citizens against travelling to some Nigerian States, including Abuja the nation’s capital, following the initial terror alert it […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInG Kenyan President William Ruto followed up on a pledge to remove a fuel subsidy that has further depleted the state’s already strained coffers, a move that’s likely to be unpopular with some motorists in the East Africa. Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Kenyan President William Ruto followed up on a pledge to remove a […] Read more

Bank of England’s September warning to anyone who uses £20 and £50 notes . (PA) Anyone still using paper £20 and £50 noted have just over three weeks until they will no longer be able to purchase good with their money. The Bank of England says the banknotes will only be in circulation for a […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInG Liz Truss, 47, has been elected as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Truss defeated Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399 in an internal contest after Boris Johnson’s resignation in July. The lawmaker will become the Conservatives’ fourth head of the British government since 2015. Truss promised to “unleash Britain’s […] Read more

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