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An Open Letter to Pope Francis10/6/2023 Dear Pope Francis, I am writing to you in the spirit of parrhesia, a biblical word you have used several times to encourage us to speak freely, boldly, and without fear of disagreement. In your opening speech to the Synod delegates on Wednesday, you said that “everyone needs to express themselves freely.” Please receive the following words freely, not from Rome, but from the peripheries, from a simple parish priest. My Papa Francesco, I must tell you that you are making my job as a parish priest difficult. I work in one of the…
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A former prime minister says “destroying Hamas” is unrealistic Few Israelis have anything close to Ehud Barak’s experience of operating in Gaza. In 2000 he was prime minister and defence minister when the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, erupted in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Before that he was the commander of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) when Israel carried out its first major pullback from the cities in the Gaza Strip as part of the first Oslo Accords signed in 1993. And then in his second stint as defence minister, in 2009, he oversaw Israel’s largest ground operation…
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Instead of an imported Tokunbo governance system based on foreign design, validation and backing of short termist politicians, Nigeria will do better if our INEC is choosen and guided by our civilizational leadership – Ooni of Ife with Obi of Onitsha and Aku Uka of Wukari (Middlebelt) for indigenous Africans on one side, and Sultan of Sokoto with Shehu of Bornu and Emir of Kano for the Afro-Arabic civilization on the other. Our long term cultural stakeholders should be the guarantors of our political system and short termist politicians, and not foreign stakeholders. Tinubu’s presidency hangs gingerly on the coattails…
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The Rockefeller name has become synonymous with money, symbolized by the richest individual in history, John D. Rockefeller, who left a staggering net worth of $1.4 billion. Yet, beneath this wealth lies a history of tragedy and controversy. Let’s delve into the captivating saga of the Rockefeller family… A Fine Father Figure Born in 1810, William A. Rockefeller, father to John D. Rockefeller, was a man of meager means. Though he was savvy, his dishonorable business practices and subsequent bad reputation caused the family to struggle financially. Without an actual trade to rely on, William Rockefeller worked as a traveling…
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A lovely poem by a blunt and courageous poet that will make your day…. Prof Niyi Osundare boldly lampoons and ridicules Judges And NJC in an illustrative poetry entitled: My Lord, Tell Me Where To Keep Your Bribe “My Lord, Tell me Where to Keep your Bribe. Do I drop it in your venerable chambers Or carry the heavy booty to your immaculate mansion Shall I bury it in the capacious water tankIn your well laundered backyard Or will it breathe better in the septic tank Since money can deodorize the smelliest crime Shall I haul it up the atticBetween…
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It has happened in the past that some men, great and small, were able to predict looming unsavoury fates. While some of such predictions end up as flukes, others have come in pin-point correct. A few, like Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln, went to the extent of predicting their own deaths. It is called premonition. As the case instituted by Atiku Abubakar at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, to compel the Chicago State University to disclose Bola Tinubu’s academic records proceeded to a decisive end, the Nigerian President had a premonition. And…
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At the risk of sounding harsh, Africans’ main problem is the lack of civilisation. They choose to remain rooted in the most primitive stages of human development rather than progress and embrace modernity. This came into play once more with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association’s rejection of the Minister of Abuja’s directive that livestock herding be restricted to the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory. Given his antecedents, many anticipated a rebirth of Abuja when Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, arrived as minister of FCT. The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) hired the International Planning…
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The miscalculations of Israel’s and Gaza’s leaders are being laid bare The first hours were chaos. Residents of southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, woke to the sound of incoming rockets and mortars. They rushed to shelters—a grim routine in this part of the country, but a routine nonetheless.Then, a few minutes later, they heard gunfire drawing steadily closer and shouting in Arabic. That was not routine at all. Nor were the unimaginable scenes outside their homes, snippets of which began to trickle out on social media: Palestinian militants on the bed of a pickup truck, driving through an…
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The European Union’s “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive” — the legislative instrument that dictates the energy performance standards for buildings within the EU — will be used to achieve a massive wealth transfer scheme By 2030, the EU must meet a minimum 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050, they want every building — commercial, public and residential — in the EU to meet zero-emission standards. To achieve that, they will impose a slew of new renewal energy requirements on homeowners For example, heating systems that use fossil fuels are to be completely phased out of existence by 2035.…
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Responses from Starmer, Sunak, Braverman and others are especially reckless because of the horrifying language already being used by senior Israelis In moments of crisis, it’s the job of a statesman to resolve problems, not inflame them. It’s their job to show wisdom, to ignore popular clamour, to remind all parties of their obligations under international law, to emphasise our common humanity, and to look for long-term solutions that avoid a return to past horrors. Statesmanship has been utterly lacking in Britain ever since Hamas broke out of Gaza last week. Let’s look at the shocking display from Labour leader Keir Starmer on LBC radio on…
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Deliberately undermining the peace process by eliminating acceptable counterparties In the aftermath of Saturday’s terrorist and military attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “The forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas…In fighting Hamas, Israel is not only fighting for its own people, it is fighting for every country that stands against barbarism.” Those sentiments are quite different from ones Netanyahu privately shared in 2019. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” Netanyahu told Likud Party legislators. Doing so would help prevent the…
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The Brandenburg Gate and the White House are laser-painted in Israeli blue-and-white colours. They used to harbour the Ukrainian blue-and-yellow colours. In both cases, Western governments pledge unlimited support and declare the recent attacks on Israel, as earlier on Ukraine, allegedly unprovoked and evil. Déjà vu. But there is more in common than sanctimonious self-righteousness. In both cases, there is an adamant refusal to look into the obvious causes of violence. In the case of Israel, this refusal is particularly appalling. For 75 years, Israel dispossessed, exiled, imprisoned, and tortured Palestinians who never knew a day of freedom. As the…
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Britain granted international legitimacy to Zionist colonisation, sowing the seeds for the future dispossession of Palestine’s native population The late prominent scholar of settler-colonialism, Patrick Wolfe, reminded us repeatedly that it is not an event, it is a structure. While settler-colonialism in many cases has a historical starting point, its original motivation guides its maintenance in the present. By and large, settler-colonial projects are motivated by what Wolfe defined as “the logic of the elimination of the native”. Settlers’ wish to create a new homeland almost inevitably clashes with the aspirations of the local native population. In some cases, this clash leads to…
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The postulates of the 1993 Oslo Accords signed between Fatah leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Isaac Rabin, were the creation of “an interim Palestinian self-government” for the West Bank and Gaza during a period of transition “no more than five years until it leads to a permanent solution based on UN Security Council resolution 242”. This involved “the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories they occupied during the 1967 war and the creation of a sovereign Palestinian State alongside Israel”. However, these postulates were a missile in the waterline of the Zionist doctrine that aspires to resurrect the endemism of Greater…
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Part I Netanyahu’s “False Flag” Most people, including journalists on both sides of the aisle – mainstream and non-mainstream — seem to believe that this a one-off war, a surprise attack by Hamas, the “defenders” of Palestine. It is not. Connecting a few dots over the past 70 years may help better understand what is going on in the Middle East, Israel-Palestine – and around the world. How the bloody Israel-Palestine conflict fits into the Big Picture. What if Hamas has been created either by Israel directly, or rather by the US-UK-Israel Secret Services for the “benefit” of Israel, for…
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It is not that hard to hold elections that are free, fair, and transparent; elections that will yield acceptable results that are of world standards, if the relevant statutory bodies sincerely determine to do so. These two organizations—the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission—can make this happen. Others can play only ancillary roles. Unfortunately, despite their claims that they are carrying out their legal obligations to the best of their abilities, indeed, the two don’t always adhere to the law strictly to ensure free and fair elections. The best results for the gubernatorial elections in Imo, Kogi, and…
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Israel’s military and espionage services are considered among the world’s best, but on Saturday, operational and intelligence failures led to the worst breach of Israeli defenses in half a century. The reporters spoke to current and former Israeli security officials to build an understanding of how Israel failed to foresee and confront the Hamas attack. Shortly before attackers from Gaza poured into Israel at dawn on Saturday, Israeli intelligence detected a surge in activity on some of the Gazan militant networks it monitors. Realizing something unusual was happening, they sent an alert to the Israeli soldiers guarding the Gazan border,…
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The American military has brushed off media concerns about ammunition and equipment Washington can meet all of Israel’s requests for weapons, equipment and ammunition while continuing to support Kiev, a Pentagon spokeswoman told reporters on Monday. “We are able to continue our support both to Ukraine, Israel, and maintain our own global readiness,” a senior Department of Defense official said in a background briefing. “While we are providing and will continue to provide a significant amount of support to Ukraine, we are careful about ensuring we can also respond to other crises and contingencies, support other partners and maintain our own…
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Palestinians need a nation state so their interests are respected, the Russian president has said The ongoing crisis in the Middle East triggered by last week’s surprise incursion by the Palestinian militant group Hamas into southern Israel is a testament to Washington’s inability to resolve conflicts, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “I believe many would agree with me that it is a glaring example of the failures of the US Middle East policies. They tried to monopolize the peace settlement, but unfortunately paid no attention to searching for compromises that would be acceptable for both parties,” the Russian leader…
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What can Hezbollah demonstrate in the event of a full-fledged war with Israel? On October 7 the world was shocked by another flare-up of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and, this time, a very serious one. Not only did Hamas fire rockets at Israel, but it also penetrated Israeli territory. The operation, called Al-Aqsa Flood, has been unprecedented in terms of audacity and planning. Over a thousand Israelis have been killed, it’s estimated, and more than 3,500 wounded, territories were captured, military personnel and civilians were taken hostage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the start of a full-scale war, promising to…
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Riyadh has said it will actively cooperate with regional actors in an effort to bring a “swift end” to the violence between Hamas and Israel Saudi Arabia continues to support the “legitimate rights” of Palestinians, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a phone call on Monday, Saudi media reported. The latest escalation in Gaza, which broke out after a surprise attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group over the weekend, poses a threat to security and stability in the entire Middle East, the crown prince said, according to the Saudi Gazette. The kingdom plans to take “proactive…
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Former European Commission chief bashes Kyiv’s EU candidacy. Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has slammed the possibility of Ukraine joining the EU, lambasting the country as massively “corrupt.” “Anyone who has had anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society. Despite its efforts, it is not ready for accession; it needs massive internal reform processes,” Juncker said during an interview with German outlet Augsburger Allgemeine published Thursday. “Making false promises” to Ukrainians regarding EU accession “would be neither good for the EU nor for Ukraine,” added Juncker, who was boss…
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The US has continually sidelined Palestinian grievances and buried any chance for a two-state solution – and with it, any chance for peace The administration of US President Joe Biden, together with decades of failed American policy decisions in West Asia, set the stage for the eruption of the horrifying violence we see today in Palestine and Israel. By sidelining the Palestinian cause for statehood and instead seeking a symbolic normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Washington also overlooked its own regional strategy. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, launched an unprecedented…
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My video update transcript: Click here to view the video Oct. 7th, 2023, This is Efrat Fenigson, and I’m here to share an update from Israel-Hamas War which started this morning. I’m going to share some key details and concerns, mostly based on Israeli citizens’ voices from the ground, and on official statements. This is a very tough day for me and for us in Israel. It is tough for people of Palestine too, especially now that Israel is starting to attack back. War is a horrible thing for everyone involved, except for those who get rich from it. This morning,…
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When it comes to arms supplies, the US is its friends’ worst enemy. Throughout recent history, the perceived weapon of choice for a terrorist (or freedom fighter, depending on one’s perspective) has been an AK-47 assault rifle. Today, in the aftermath of the so-called post-9/11 “global war on terror,” it’s not uncommon to see such fighters with a Glock 9mm pistol, or a Colt M4 carbine. These are weapons paid-for by the US taxpayer and ostensibly provided to forces joined in the cause of defeating terrorists and/or freedom fighters (again, depending on the political beliefs of the observer), but that…
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On Saturday morning, an ominously quiet region was set alight with rocket fire, gun battles, and declarations of war, the latter threatening to bring in a multitude of other countries on either side. Indeed, the events that took place yesterday in Palestine and Israel could very well be the powder keg that ignites the rest of the world into an open and undeniable Third World War. The clash began when fighters from Hamas launched rockets and a ground attack on villages near Gaza. Unlike previous clashes, the fighters used paratroops and parasails and also cut through the border fence to…
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Supporting your president and urging him on even when it is beyond argument that he is progressing in error is not patriotism. It is nothing short of mindless sycophancy and self service. In a nutshell, patriotism simply means loyalty to your country as a whole, not your president as an individual. The president of your country deserves your support ONLY to an extent to which he is doing only the things that are in the best interest of your country. The moment he starts working against the interest of your country and begins to bring opprobrium on the country, you…
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Four of RFK Jr’s siblings denounced the decision as “dangerous” Robert Francis Kennedy Junior announced on Monday that he was ending his challenge to the incumbent US President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party nomination and leaving the party to run in 2024 as an independent. Speaking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RFK Jr. declared “independence from the two political parties and the corrupt interests that dominate them, and the entire rigged system of rancor and rage, corruption and lies, that has turned government officials into indentured servants of their corporate bosses.” Kennedy launched his primary challenge to Biden in April, but has since…
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There’s a reason why the same people who uphold the absurd transgender agenda also back Kiev Voltaire famously stated, “whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” It is helpful to see the following full quote in which this line appears, to understand the meaning of this oft-cited maxim: “Formerly there were those who said: You believe things that are incomprehensible, inconsistent, impossible because we have commanded you to believe them; go then and do what is unjust because we command it. Such people show admirable reasoning. Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. If…
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The Chicago State University (CSU) registrar’s deposition raised some interesting points that merit further interrogation. He gave the impression that he was purposefully omitting some information. Even if CSU is a phony institution, as the registrar’s deposition suggested, the United States of America (USA) is the host nation. The educational institutions in that wonderful country cannot engage in curious practices. Even in so-called third-world nations, it is unheard of for a student’s gender or admittance requirements to be a point of contention in a university. For instance, a university applicant in Nigeria must have completed at least five credits in…
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29 January 2019 A study by a Toronto-based consulting and research company has revealed that over the past fifty years mainstream reporting about Israel has been distorted to portray the Jewish state in positive terms while ignoring the plight of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation. The media study, based on a computer analysis of 50 years of data, found that major U.S. newspapers have provided consistently skewed, pro-Israel reporting on Israel-Palestine. The slanting in news coverage included subtle manipulations like using word associations favorable to Israel and derogatory to Palestinians as well as persistent publication of stories praising Israel while also avoiding reporting…
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Did you know the Russia-Ukraine War is a great “investment” for the United States? A terrific opportunity to kill lots of Russians and to destroy lots of their military equipment at a relatively cheap cost to us? (Just don’t mention the price paid by Ukraine.) It gives new meaning to the expression “making a killing” on the “market.” To Gordon Gekko’s infamous “greed is good” speech we must now add “war is good.” That war is “right.” That it “works”—at least for America, allegedly. War as an “investment” truly symbolizes the moral bankruptcy of conventional discourse in the U.S. political…
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This article was originally published by Mark Taliano in November 2014 The state of Israel brands itself as a peaceful, democratic, civilized oasis, steadfast in the midst of a hostile desert, surrounded by barbarity and threats to its very existence. None of it is true. Greater Israel is increasingly a rampaging Zionist project that has lost its sense of Judaism, and its democratic, civilized ideals. It is a militarized, racist, apartheid country that denies and negates the rule of international law at every convenience as it deludes itself and its allies by manipulating the memory of one of history’s most…
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John Wight argues that the West’s inconsistent application of its laws and values when it comes to Israel is thrown into high relief by its response to the war in Ukraine Mohammed Haitham al-Tamimi was just two years old when he was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank. Al-Tamimi goes down as yet another child victim of the murder machine that is the state of Israel when it comes to its ongoing barbarous and brutal occupation of the Palestinians in the West Bank and its siege and asphyxiation of Gaza. The West has never been more…
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In 2009, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said on the House floor that Israel ‘encouraged and started Hamas.’ Paul’s comments came during a speech about ‘blowback’ due to U.S. intervention in the Middle East. “What’s happening in the Middle East, in particular with Gaza right now, we have some moral responsibility for both sides in a way because we provide help and funding for both Arab nations and Israel,” Paul said. “We have a moral responsibility, especially now today the weapons being used to kill so many Palestinians are American weapons and American funds are being used for this,” he added. “But there’s…
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There will be little sympathy in the West as, yet again, besieged Palestinians are bombed by Israel, the immense suffering justified by the term ‘Israeli retaliation’ The current outpouring of sympathy for Israel should make anyone with half a heart retch. Not because it is not awful that Israeli civilians are dying and suffering in such large numbers. But because Palestinian civilians in Gaza have faced repeated rampages from Israel decade after decade, producing far more suffering, but have never elicited a fraction of the concern currently being expressed by western politicians or publics. The West’s hypocrisy over Palestinian fighters killing and wounding hundreds…
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Predictably, the United States is declaring its unwavering support for Israel, with President Biden stating that military assistance is on its way to Israel and neo-con Nikki Haley, former SC governor and US diplomat currently running for the Republican nomination stating that Israel should “finish them,” meaning the Palestinians. The United States is joined by much of the Western world including usual suspects Britain and Germany. But the Middle East and other countries are not so willing to throw unquestioning support behind Israel, thus exposing a worldwide rift in the philosophy of the current world order. The Lead Up Israel claims that…
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Nigerians underrated the man who Forged his birth certificate. Forged his school certificate. Forged his identity and name And nothing happened. We underrated a man who got away with paying people to impersonate as bishops and pastors. Got away with drug cases even in the US. Got away with Muslim/Muslim ticket. Got away with ethnic bigotry. And we did nothing. We underestimated a man who pocketed the media for years and controlled the narrative. Pocketed Lagos for over 20 years and decided who governs her. Controlled APC and brought in Buhari to rule after he has even given up. We…
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The day I met Gregory Sallust, everything changed. It was in my first year in secondary school, and somewhere, I stumbled on a work of fiction called “Faked Passports,” by Dennis Wheatley. His Sallust was a British spy who was on the run, his plane having been shot down in Nazi Germany. People—particularly spies on the run—I would learn, need creative ways to survive. Sallust had an additional reason, as is often the case in espionage matters: a beautiful woman who, in his case, was in the hands of the Nazis. I followed sleeplessly as Sallust ran through disguises and…
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Who is the man who today sits atop the presidency of Nigeria? What is his name? Who are his parents? Who are his childhood friends? What was his childhood like? What primary school did he attend? Where did he attend secondary school? Or, the university? Is he a criminal? Is he a serial forger? On account of the above, can we trust him? Can he be trusted with the destinies of over 200 million Nigerians? Can the rest of the world trust him as the embodiment of Nigeria? Last year, I wrote about the history of certificate forgeries and identity…
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Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” led by Hamas’ Military Chief Mohammed Deif. On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “State of Readiness For War”. Israel has now officially declared war on Palestine. Military operations are invariably planned well in advance. Was “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” a “surprise attack”? Did Netanyahu and his vast military and intelligence apparatus (Mossad et al) have foreknowledge of the Hamas attack? U.S. intelligence say they weren’t aware of an impending Hamas attack. Was a carefully formulated plan to wage an all out war against Palestine envisaged prior to the launching of “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm”? We bring to attention of…
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Double Standards Should Have No Place in International Relations The verbal battle for Palestine erupted once again during the opening session of the UN General Assembly, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting his skewed version of the current situation and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas describing the reality. Once again, Netanyahu projected an image to impress the few in the vast auditorium who were prepared to listen to him. In 2012, he presented a cartoon of a bomb to justify military action against Iran’s civilian nuclear programme. He claims Iran intends to build an atomic bomb to drop on Israel. He adopted this ploy…
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Israel has launched an invasion (October 7, 2023) of the Gaza Strip. As outlined by Felicity Arbuthnot with foresight almost ten years ago in a December, 30 2013 article, “Israel is set to become a major exporter of gas and some oil, if all goes to plan”. In the light of Netanyahu’s October 7, 2023 declaration of war against the people of Palestine, Israel is intent upon occupying the Gaza Strip, while also triggering the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland. Israel is set to become a major exporter of gas and some oil, if all goes to plan. The giant Leviathan natural gas field, in the…
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In Ilesa, Osun State South West, Nigeria on October 15th 2021, the wild bull of constitutional, ideological roaming cows in Nigeria that was claiming lives, wrecking havoc and displacing communities was tamed prophetically. By a simple step of obedience; the tearing of our article of bondage. A very ridiculous thing to do, but it has to be and I am glad that God found a man to do it, before the gathering of available Kingdom remnants who believed in the prophecy of Pa Sydney Granville Elton. Pa Elton was a British Born Citizen who, “japaed” from London to Nigeria in…
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The Infamous “Oded Yinon Plan”. First published on March 1st, 2013 Update and Analysis On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.” which wasled by its Military Chief Mohammed Deif. On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “State of Readiness For War”. Israel has now (October 7, 2023) officially declared an illegal war on Palestine. The current Netanyahu government is committed to the “Greater Israel” and the “Promised Land”, namely the biblical homeland of the Jews. Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing ahead to formalize “Israel’s colonial project”, namely the appropriation of all Palestinian Lands. His position defined below consists in total appropriation as well as the outright exclusion of the Palestinian people from their homeland: “These…
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The weaponry used to attack Israel may have originated from Afghanistan or Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed Washington must work with Israel to probe the origins of the US-made weaponry, used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the ongoing attack against the country, Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday. The congresswoman alleged the weaponry, apparently used by Hamas, might have originated from Ukraine or Afghanistan, and the seized pieces must be tracked to determine their source. “We need to work with Israel to track serial numbers on any U.S. weapons used by Hamas against Israel. Did they…
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Almost fifteen years ago in December 2008, Israel invaded Gaza under “Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009)”. The following article was first published in January 2009 at the height of the Israeli bombing and invasion under Operation Cast Lead. Author’s Note and Update Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.” which wasled by its Military Chief Mohammed Deif. On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “State of Readiness For War”. Israel has now (October 7, 2023) officially declared an illegal war on Palestine. Military operations are invariably planned well in advance. Was “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” a “Surprise attack”? Did Netanyahu and his vast military-intelligence…
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U.S. Journalist, J. Palmer Exposes Chicago State University Corruption & Tinubu’s Forged Certificate
Actually raises some thought-provoking points below:
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Fellow Nigerians, once again, this is not the best of times in our dear beloved country, Nigeria. After we had thought, gladly and gleefully, that no government could be worse than the recent Buhari administration, we are now confronted by yet another monstrosity. In less than two months in power, Tinubu’s government started collapsing whatever positive legacy Buhari left behind. Yet, we would have assumed and expected a President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be far better prepared and more visionary than Buhari and his lacklustre team was. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case. While I’m not about to give an…
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In commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. This article was first published in September 2010. Highlights Introduction The Pakistani military regime played from the outset in the late 1970s, a key role in the US sponsored military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan. In the post-Cold war era, this central role of Pakistan in US intelligence operations was extended to the broader Central Asia- Middle East region. From the outset of the Soviet Afghan war in 1979, Pakistan under military rule actively supported the Islamic brigades. In close liaison with the CIA, Pakistan’s military intelligence,…
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Patrice Lumumba became a martyr of African independence. But what are Lumumba’s “political afterlives” nearly sixty years later? On January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba, the Congo’s first Prime minister, was assassinated, together with his friends Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito. Lumumba had made powerful enemies in Brussels and Washington. And the Belgian and American governments were directly involved in his assassination. Lumumba had been a champion of Pan-Africanism and African nationalism. After his death, he became “Africa in its entirety,” as Jean-Paul Sartre wrote at the time. What is Lumumba’s “political afterlife” nearly sixty years later? In Belgium, several cities have recently renamed streets…
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The life of Lumumba advisor, Andree Blouin, offers lessons about the historically racialized and sexualized representations of women of color in politics. Fifty-nine years ago today, on January 17, 1961, Congolese prime minister and independence leader, Patrice Lumumba, was assassinated by firing squad. In the months leading up to his death, the world’s attention was riveted on the Congo as a crucial arena in which Cold War politics were to be played out. European and American media coverage of the “Congo Crisis” revealed a fascination with Lumumba and an attempt to cast him as an authoritarian ruler. The Guardian, for example, ran a headline describing…
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Judging by the high spate of insecurity, collapsed economy, endemic corruption in public affairs, among several other vices pervading the country at the time President Mohammadu Buhari left office on May 29, 2023, Nigeria can be rightly said to have drifted inexorably into a failed state. All over the country, especially in the North and the Southeast, kidnappings, killings and bloodlettings of horrifyingly unimaginable proportions had become standard daily occurrences of communities. While internecine genocide, communal killings and banditry were going on in villages and towns unabated, highways had been taken over by armed robbers and kidnappers. Almost on daily…
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The reality is, critical analysis of the documents released points towards the following: Tinubu utilized someone else’s identity and transcript to gain admission. The questions as to whether he attended CSU Personally or if he paid a proxy to attend on his behalf only to show up at important/critical events is a question the upcoming FBI investigation will unveil. However what is not in question is that notwithstanding the methods he used for attendance, HE DID NOT GRADUATE FROM CSU! Walk with me! An analysis of the documents released and labelled 0017, 0018, 0026, 0027, 0028, 0029 and 0032 by…
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Many Nigerians Seem to be confused on this Chicago University certificate Scandal. These are the facts. President Tinubu submitted a Chicago State University certificate to INEC as a qualification to run for president on February 25, 2023. He did not submit any primary or secondary school certificates. He only submitted a certificate from Chicago State University. Atiku Abubakar went all the way to Chicago State University to verify the certificate submitted to INEC by President Tinubu. The president did all he could to block the release of his certificate and other academic details to Atiku but failed to stop it…
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It is a fact that in general terms, the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria, unlike their contemporaries, do not place high premium on the monarchical system of government, hence the common saying that Igbo people do not have or repect kings. This is because they are by nature, Democratic Republicans as aptly captured in THINGS FALL APART, the Magna Opus of late Professor Chinua Achebe, an African author whose books have been most widely read throughout the world. Ndigbo are undoubtedly very intelligent, and enterprising but highly individualistic to the disadvantage of their collective interests and aspirations. Simply put, they lack…
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Perspective: A Registrar of Chicago State University, Caleb Westberg, on Tuesday, swore under oath that President Bola Tinubu attended and graduated from the institution in 1979. Westberg also admitted that the admission letter issued to the Nigerian President evidently proved he was a male and attended the school between 1977 and 1979. He said: “There were materials in Mr. Tinubu’s records that show he was a male in the application to CSU. Mr Tinubu identified himself as a male. His letter of admission identified him as a male. It says: ‘Dear Mr. Tinubu’” His testimonies were contained in a deposition…
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Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has criticized President Bola Tinubu after the Chicago State University released his academic records. Ezekwesili said Tinubu should have saved Nigeria from embarrassment by voluntarily asking CSU to publish his academic records. She noted that such would have been less traumatic and exemplary. In a post on X, the former minister lamented that Nigerian leaders detest transparency. According to Ezekwesili: “How so much easier it would have been for Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to have saved the country and people the embarrassment of this Chicago State University -CSU court case by instantly and voluntarily asking…
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Before Nigerians will be treated to the true account of President Bola Tinubu’s journey in the United States, following the decision by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation—FBI, to release information about him in its database, it will be very important for him to tender his resignation and apologize to Nigerians for presenting a forged certificate to the Independent Electoral Commission—INEC. Nigerians are still in shock after the records released by Chicago State University showed that the certificate President Tinubu has been parading was forged. Also, records from the US based institution revealed that Tinubu who was admitted into…
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Introduction In a world far from ideal, the choices we face in politics are sometimes stark and unenviable. Democracy demands that we, the people, make decisions that shape our collective destiny, and at times, we find ourselves at a crossroads, asked to choose between candidates with glaring flaws. Today, we delve into the thorny terrain of selecting between an incompetent candidate and one with a criminal history for political leadership. It’s a dilemma that has plagued nations and stirred impassioned debates, and in this editorial, we aim to shed light on the complexities of this choice. The Competence Conundrum The…
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Kiev is concerned it will not be able to pay its civil servants in November if the US stops sending money, the outlet has reported The Ukrainian government could face a shortage of money and be unable to pay salaries if the US Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing both Ukrainian and American officials, the outlet noted that a sudden halt to funding could raise discontent in Ukraine and put pressure on President Vladimir Zelensky. The Ukrainian government will reportedly have to decide what services and…
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US officials have warned lawmakers that budget restrictions may hamper both the US and Ukrainian militaries The Pentagon has warned Congress that it does not have adequate funds to replace weapons sent to Ukraine, prompting concerns about Washington’s ability to adequately resupply its own troops, Associated Press reported on Monday. In a letter sent to congressional leaders and obtained by the outlet, the Pentagon called on lawmakers to replenish funding for Ukraine. The request comes days after a last-minute budget deal was struck to prevent a disruptive shutdown of the federal government, but did not contain additional funding for Kiev…
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The Republican is the first holder of the office to be voted out by his peers in the institution’s 234-year history The US House of Representatives voted 216 to 210 on Tuesday to oust California Republican Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Throughout his short tenure, McCarthy has faced persistent opposition from the right for compromising with Democrats on government funding and aid to Ukraine. Florida Republican Matt Gaetz introduced a motion to oust McCarthy on Monday, two days after McCarthy rallied GOP lawmakers to pass a bill funding the US government until November 17. Gaetz and a cohort of hardline…
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The first-of-a-kind dethroning of a US House speaker shows that Americans don’t want to write blank checks for Ukraine In a vote of 216-210, Republicans voted with 208 Democrats in the US House of Representatives to regime-change one of their own — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). McCarthy had tried appeasing the establishment over Ukraine funding while also paying lip-service to the populists to whom he owed his job as House speaker – and has just been rewarded with the honor of being the first dethroned speaker in US history. It’s a victory for the average American — unless you’re an…
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Exactly 10 years ago today, early in the mornings of October 3rd 2013, the world woke to the gut wrenching news that a ship with over 500 migrants aboard, which had taken off from the Libyan coast city of Misrata, headed for Italian port city of Lampedusa, had capsized, with majority of the passengers feared drowned. As dawn broke and the day got brighter, the magnitude of the disaster became evident to the ships that had hearkened to the distress calls, and soon enough the shock waves went global. The migrant ship had totally sunk, 155 survivors had been rescued, and…
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With the release of his academic records by Chicago State University (CSU), the identity crisis that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has created for nearly three decades since he started his journey in public life and aspiring for political office is mercifully coming to an end. The papers that have been seen so far don’t look good. The educational records are indeed replete with very unpleasant information, as predicted by his lawyers in their appeal against the release of the documents. The September 6 order requiring the handover of his academic records to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was delayed for a…
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After all eyes on the Chicago judiciary, what next at the Supreme Court when fraud and forgery are reconfirmed? I awoke at 4am in Washington only to find that US District judge Maldonado had already uploaded her judgment ordering the release of Tinubu’s university records online. BVAS upload did not fail, she didn’t have to wait till Monday to read it in open court, and her judgment is not invalid because it was not physically printed like a ballot. Firstly, this is how Justice works efficiently in the US with technology and secondly this shows the industry and urgency of…
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At the beginning, Maroko was a sub-city within Lagos. It was peaceful and very popular. The places now called Oniru Royal Estate, and some parts of Victoria Island and Lekki Phase 1 were formerly known as Maroko and it was inhabited by mainly low income earners. Over 300,000 people inhabited Maroko then. Maroko prided itself with over 150 streets and houses owned by ten thousand landlords. Though, once in a while, its residents experienced ocean incursion, the surge never carried even the least domestic animal (fowl). The people were happy and contented. The plot to take Maroko But research shows…
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By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 23 November, 2020) The Fulani have many intriguing proverbs. ‘If a man says he will swallow an axe, hold the handle for him.’ That is one of the proverbs. If you want to understand the full import, then listen very well to Alhaji Buba Galadima who professes to be Buhari’s enemy. He was in the news a few days ago responding to the call for an Igbo president for Nigeria in 2023. He declared that the South East could produce the next president but the person would not be ‘Igbo…
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First published on Facebook 9th November 2015 It is imperative that I begin by making my personal position clear on the issue of Biafra and the creation of a sovereign state for the Igbos. I must say that I am one of those who strongly believe that the long term strategic interest and wellbeing of Igbos will be better served within a united, equitable and just Nigerian state. Accordingly, efforts should be put in place by all well-meaning Igbos aimed at enthroning these necessary unifying virtues in Nigeria. I must also not fail to add that I cannot speak for…
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Don’t follow this process below, it’s too cumbersome. It’s been done in even as little as 20 minutes before. However, you must be prepared to wake up and start the meeting by 5am – usual impeachment time that never failed. Constitutional Steps to Impeachment The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended provides for the removal of a state governor in Section 188 as follows: (1) The governor or deputy governor of a state may be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) Whenever a notice of any allegation in writing signed…
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The biggest conspiracy against the growth and dominance of Africa and Africans is not the work of Bill Gates, Monsanto, 5G, the Coronavirus or imperialists or colonialists. It is not a right wing conspiracy, or a left wing conspiracy, neither is it a grand plan of Israel or even the Middle East. Africa’s biggest problem is its leadership. No world leader, or richest man in the world will suffer through vaccines or killing many of his own people or use electromagnetic waves to kill us. And let me tell you why: THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For every day that we live, our compromised…
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Baroness PatriciaScotland QC,Commonwealth Secretary General,Marlborough House, Pall Mall,London SW1Y 5HY,United Kingdom October 1, 2023 RE: NIGERIA SHOULD BE SUSPENDED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES & FOR EROSION OF DEMOCRATIC GAINS THROUGH A FRAUDULENT ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL. Dear Baroness Patricia Scotland QC Madam SG, I am a member of the Commonwealth. An Investigative journalist, a Pan African by birth, an international activist, an international watchman who defends MILLIONS OF THE VOICELESS CITIZENS. Therefore, what happens in any Commonwealth nation affects me. I was born in Uganda and I reside in United Kingdom the Headquarters of the Commonwealth; therefore, a better…
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A flashback. Fellow Nigerians, the moment of truth is nigh. We are at a critical moment – another opportunity to seize back the country from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its merchants of anarchy and grotesque self-entitlement. Failure to get it right for the third time in a row will cause the entrenchment of wuruwuru anda stinking culture of impunity in this land of our fathers. There is a grim sense of foreboding that this could happen. However, it will be imbecilic for a nation craving sanity to elect one who is a peril to democracy and the state’s institutions. The road ahead is going to be very difficult…
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Fellow Nigerians, let me tell you from the outset and without equivocation that I voted “against” the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25th presidential election. And if the opportunity arises again, I will repeat the same thing, whether in the rain or in the scorching sun. It was a promise I made to myself that I cannot in good conscience vote for a man who represented and still represents all the character attributes that generations of our forebears preached against. Yes, I couldn’t turn a blind eye to all the corruption and vices…
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While countries around the world are increasing their military cooperation with Kenya due to its strategic location, the UK’s position is becoming precarious due to the crimes of its soldiers In August, the Kenyan government launched an inquiry into allegations of misconduct by the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), whose soldiers have been accused of murder, sexual abuse, and damaging land. It’s the first time the British Army’s activities are being examined in such a way since 1963, when Kenya gained independence from the UK. The inquiry is led by the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Defense, Intelligence and…
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Where witches contend and exchange punches, mere men do not stand by to watch. But part of the job of a journalist is to see and report; sometimes he runs commentaries on bouts – not minding if the pugilists are gods or principalities. There is an ongoing offshore Bola Tinubu versus Atiku Abubakar rumble-in-the-jungle, a perfect heavyweight bout between power potentates. These two used to be very good friends and political soul mates. But Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar were also allies and in-laws. Yet, when it was time for Caesar to confront Pompey by crossing the Rubicon in…
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Contentment is the grace to stand up from the dinning table and look away from the food tray when your belly is full. But the Nigerian public official, although filled and belching with excess, would still hide stolen meat within the corners of his mouth at a dinner, stuff fried rice into his socks, and try to shuffle moinmoin into his shoes. Madness you say. But who else would steal 80 billion Naira except a mad fellow. I am no longer numbed at the numbers stolen in Nigeria but I am terribly saddened by the titles of the pen robbers.…
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Nigerians can make fun of anything. In Nigeria, there is a model of the Toyota Camry car that is derisively referred to as “BIG FOR NOTHING!” A reviewer stated that that brand of car is called “Big for Nothing” because “it is a Camry whose interior is considered unnecessarily spacious and filled with ‘nothing”. Nigeria, the most populous black country in the world with a landmass estimated to be a total area of 923,770 km² (356,669 mi²) and a total coastline of 853 km of cannot afford to be a big for nothing country. Nigeria is richly blessed with human…
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Introduction A lot has been happening in the most populous Black Country, Nigeria and the West African sub-region, even though the Covid-19 pandemic across the world seeks to hide it. A conflict started over three hundred and twenty years ago, and has continued, with occasional interregnum. During that era, the Ottoman Empire held sway large chunk of territories in three continents. A group of the nomadic Fulani tribe, originally found in today’s Guinea set out from Futa Jallon, and tried to emulate the Turks. Whether they succeeded or not is very glaring for all to see today. However, on which…
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“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.”— Justice William O. Douglas Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government.…
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“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its citizens. It is there to protect, defend and even enhance our freedoms, not violate them. Unfortunately, although the Bill of Rights was adopted as a means of protecting the people against government tyranny, in America today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned. In the 22 years since the…
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Over the past 4 decades, there has been a major increase regarding wage inequality and unequal property ownership occurring mainly in the Western countries. This relates to the neoliberal era launched by US president Ronald Reagan (1981–89) and his ally in London, prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–90). Neoliberalism has in effect meant large-scale exploitation by Western elites of the general public. There had long been income inequality in the US, but during the last 40 years it has grown wider there than in any other country. For example in 2013, the chief executives of 350 US companies earned on average $11.7 million that year,…
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Former president George W. Bush has returned to the spotlight to give moral guidance to America in these troubled times. In a statement released on Tuesday, Bush announced that he was “anguished” by the “brutal suffocation” of George Floyd and declared that “lasting peace in our communities requires truly equal justice. The rule of law ultimately depends on the fairness and legitimacy of the legal system. And achieving justice for all is the duty of all.” Bush’s declaration was greeted with thunderous applause by the usual suspects who portray him as the virtuous Republican in contrast to Trump. While the media portrays Bush’s pious piffle…
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Initially published in 2005, posted on March 15, 2016 Author’s Note This essay is an updated version of my original piece, ‘Frauds-R-US‘, written for ‘Devastating Society’, edited by Bernd Hamm, Pluto Press, 2005. Unfortunately, due to space restrictions, I had cut down the size of this essay for the book version. WB INTRODUCTION That a family with so many skeletons in its collective closet could have produced two presidents of the world’s most powerful nation should have every last one of us wondering whether the world has gone completely mad. Perhaps it has. This may be the lesson we need…
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Of relevance to an understanding of America’s insidious role in supporting Nazi Germany. This article was first published in March 2016. “A famous American family” made its fortune from the Nazis, according to John Loftus documented analysis. The Bush family links to Nazi Germany’s war economy were first brought to light at the Nuremberg trials in the testimony of Nazi Germany’s steel magnate Fritz Thyssen. Thyssen was a partner of George W. Bush’s grandfather Prescott Bush: From 1945 until 1949 in Nuremberg, one of the lengthiest and, it now appears, most futile interrogations of a Nazi war crimes suspect began in the…
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First published on February 11, 2021. Among the Nazis’ first actions after taking power was to dismantle the German trade unions and labour power. By March 1933 the first concentration camp was erected at Dachau, soon to be followed by others, where numerous communists, socialists and other undesirables were interned. The German masses were thereafter transformed largely into devoted followers of Hitler, subjected regularly to Nazi propaganda; much of the techniques of which Gauleiter of Berlin Joseph Goebbels had learnt in the 1920s from Edward Bernays, the influential American propaganda merchant. The Third Reich’s destruction of the left, along with Hitler’s stated intention…
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US Investments in Nazi Germany. Rockefeller Financed Adolf Hitler’s Election Campaign First published in May 2016. Incisive historical analysis. Of relevance to an understanding of Nazism and the war in Ukraine From World War I to the Present: Dollar denominated debt has been the driving force behind all US led wars. Wall Street creditors are the main actors. They were firmly behind Nazi Germany. They financed Operation Barbarossa and the invasion of the Soviet Union. The Rockefellers funded Hitler’s election campaign. Wall Street also “appointed” the head of Germany’s Central Bank (Reichsbank). Standard Oil of New Jersey provided crude oil to Nazi Germany throughout WWII. Without the U.S.…
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Profits über Alles! This carefully researched article by Canadian historian Dr. Jacques Pauwels was first published 19 years ago on 8 June 2004. Pauwels historical insight is of relevance to the ongoing war in Ukraine. It provides us with an understanding of the historical roots of Nazism as well as the emergence (in the wake of World War II) of contemporary forms of Neo-Nazism which are tacitly endorsed both by US-NATO as well as powerful Big Money corporate interests. According to Pauwels: “World War II is widely celebrated as a “crusade” in which the US fought unreservedly on the side of democracy, freedom, and justice against dictatorship.” While America…
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The Congress has reached a compromise plan, averting a shutdown The US House of Representatives and the Senate both approved a stopgap spending bill on Saturday. The resolution keeps the government open for the next 45 days at the current spending level, and adds billions of dollars in funding for US disaster relief – but excludes new aid to Ukraine, despite President Joe Biden’s request. The so-called ‘continuing resolution’ was passed in a 335-91 vote in the House and sent to the Senate just a few hours before the shutdown deadline. The House then adjourned until Monday, meaning the lawmakers did…
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Nigeria is in the throes of a deep international image, domestic and regional crisis, bleeding profusely on both national and international stages. It is a nation held in disdain presently at the international stage; its economy in shambles, and its people hungry for change. Presently, a dollar is ano over a thousand naira. Even institutions like Chicago State University find themselves on the precipice of disrepute, teetering on the brink of losing international credibility and accreditation, all due to the wake of destruction left by Tinubu’s unwavering pursuit of his questionable presidency. This perilous journey, fueled by one man’s relentless…
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The Buhari administration planned to set up 40 parboiled rice processing plants at the cost of $326 million, but the project was not executed because China’s Exim Bank did not release the loan for it. Each time Clever Amada, a rice farmer in Bayelsa State, needs to use the mill, he travels to neighbouring Delta State, and sometimes as far as Ebonyi, to use private mills.That would not have been his fate had the plan by the Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2016 to set up 40 parboiled rice processing plants been executed. But the $326 million project did not see…
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Nigeria gained pseudo independence from British colonial rule on October 1, 1960. In 1963, it supposedly became a republic. Since then, it has been assumedly a sovereign nation with its own government with limited ability to make progress due to very bad leadership. Nigeria has faced various avoidable challenges and issues over the years, not limited to political instability, corruption, nepotism, tribalism, bigotry, economic stagnation, serious internal and external security concerns as well as overall mediocre visionless leadership and governance. So, while Nigeria is technically independent, its journey as a nation has been marked by hard-knock state of affairs which…
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I speak as a Nigerian. That it took the courageous activism of HE. Abubakar Atiku to force the discovery of information concerning the President of Nigeria is a disgrace to our national institutions. As a nation, we have a full retinue of staff at the Department of the State Security, the National Intelligence Agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Embassy of Nigeria with the full complement of staff in Washington DC and the Nigerian Judiciary that have variously ruled on matters concerning President Tinubu’s academic qualifications. Yet, we can not have a definitive conclusion about whether he has the…
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Where are the heroes? Who were they? When did we grow heroes? How did we grow them? At what point in our historicity did we grow men and women who were ready to give their all for the good of all? Did we ever have such men and women in the saddle? Were those we call our ‘heroes past’ not all pretenders to the pristine values of leadership? Were they true Patriots? Were they Selfless? Were they Statesmen? Were they Pan-Nigerian? Were they Pan-Africans? Were they superior to the nuances of Creed and Clan? What were their heroics? After 63…
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Dear Chief Tinubu, The back page of your The Nation of Tuesday 12 March where one of your Rottweilers under the forged name “Segun Ibirogba” wrote “Odumakin’s anxiety over vanishing feeding-bottles” has un-paused the button on this serial. I have always wondered why these intellectual almajiris around you always attack me under fake names. It is either they are afraid of me or they don’t believe in you to risk their names doing the dirty job for you. Well, we know many of them hold worst views about you than us but for the free money they have been accustomed…
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Tech companies are developing and deploying artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems that deceptively mimic human behavior to aggressively sell their products and services, dispense dubious medical and mental health advice, and trap people in psychologically dependent, potentially toxic relationships with machines, according to a new report from Public Citizen released today. A.I. that mimics human behavior poses a wide array of unprecedented risks that require immediate action from regulators as well as new laws and regulations, the report found. “The tech sector is recklessly rolling out A.I. systems masquerading as people that can hijack our attention, exploit our trust, and manipulate our emotions,”…
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Forming a stable government is always a long and drawn-out process, and periods of extreme upheaval are to be expected. In Africa, there have been countless coup d’état, or government overthrows — many in recent history. The following represent 10 of the most recent and influential coups d’états in recent African history, and allows us further insight into many African regimes. Central African Republic: March 24, 2013 Michel Djotodia, a leader of the Muslim Séléka rebel coalition, successfully overthrew then-president François Bozizé in December of 2012. A peace agreement followed, naming Djotodia the first deputy prime minister for national defense, but…
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When it comes to investing in foreign countries, political instability is considered one of the leading indicators of risk. Some of the following leaders were democratically elected. Others took power in coups, only to die in subsequent coups. Dozens of countries across the globe have presidential assassinations in their histories. Countries of the African continent are no exception. The following are 12 African countries with leaders who were assassinated, sometimes plunging the countries into civil wars. Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso (1987) Thomas Sankara seized power in a popular coup in 1983 in an attempt to break the country’s ties to its French colonial power. He gave…
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Africa is renowned for having some of the longest serving presidents in the world. Some rose to power through coups while others took over from their fathers in monarchies such as Swaziland. There are also those who hold the distinction of ruling for the shortest time. Most of them ousted from power through coups, while some were peacefully forced out of office. Some of the shortest ruling leaders in Africa include: Gen. Murtala Ramat Mohammed, Nigeria (1976) Gen. Mohammed was made head of state following the overthrow of Gen. Gowon in July 1975. In February of the following year, however, Mohammed was…
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