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Russian Wagner mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has hailed Niger’s military coup as good news and offered his fighters’ services to bring order. Reports reveal that Prigozhin has remained active even after allegedly leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month. A voice message on Telegram app channels associated with Wagner which
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Niger’s coup leaders during a meeting with ECOWAS delegation on Thursday Niger Republic coup leaders on Thursday revoked a raft of military cooperation agreements with France. The decision that could drastically reshape a fight against Islamist insurgents in the region after the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum last week. Like recent coups in neighbouring Burkina
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I don’t believe that Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against Niger Republic. If he does not know, at least the Realists in his team must have worked out the implications by now. It has grave religious and ethnic downside. There is a school of thought encouraging him to go on
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The military government of Niger Republic has cut off ties with Nigeria, its former colonial ruler France, Togo, and the United States. Spokesperson for Niger’s coup leader Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said this in a national broadcast on Thursday, according to Radio France International. According to him, “The functions of the extraordinary
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Russian President Vladimir Putin invited African leaders and ‘non-Western friends’ to his hometown, St. Petersburg which hosted the second Russia-Africa summit from July 27-28. In the past three years, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has visited several African countries. Lavrov has used the shuttle diplomacy in African capitals to build support and strengthen further political contacts in preparation for
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22 October 2019 The roughly three dozen African heads of state who will travel to Sochi later this week to attend the first-ever Russia-Africa Summit realize that the comprehensive expansion of relations with the Eurasian Great Power gives them a competitive edge in the New Cold War and can help them thwart the many plots
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Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent This year’s 60th anniversary commemorations of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963 are occurring at an important inflection point in international relations. Africa and its people were essential in the rise of western colonialism and imperialism
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Niamey will respond to any “aggression” by the West or ECOWAS, the generals said Niger’s National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland has denounced a military pact with France and warned neighboring African states not to intervene in its affairs, according to AFP. The junta assumed power in a military coup last week. In a televised
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23 November 2022 Why do Americans hate Putin? Tucker Carlson thinks he knows. Here’s what he said: “… Democrats in Washington have told you it’s your patriotic duty to hate Vladimir Putin. It’s not a suggestion. It’s a mandate. Anything less than hatred for Putin is treason. Many Americans have obeyed this directive. They now
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26 May 2017 TIME Magazine’s Bill Powell is a gifted journalist. Anyone who reads the LinkedIn recommendations for the former Newsweek bureau chief will assuredly be impressed. Dozens and dozens of senior editors and journalistic colleagues are there, as are people like Dorinda Elliott, who is the Editorial and Communications Director at Harvard’s prestigious Paulson Institute. Yes, Bill
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27 December 2014 The Role of National Public Radio (NPR) On Friday, December 26th, National Public Radio aired two superbly done pieces of anti-Russia propaganda, which could as well have been written by the U.S. CIA, or by Voice of America, it was so skillfully deceiving. One of these propaganda-pieces, on “Morning Edition,” presented Eleanor
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The US president’s son did not pay tax on $4.4 million earned from foreign sources in 2017 and 2018 Court documents stemming from Hunter Biden’s failed plea-bargain deal on federal criminal charges have revealed that US President Joe Biden’s son brought in income of more than $4.4 million, mostly from China and Ukraine, while paying
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The country will not submit to threats, no matter where they come from, the junta’s president has said Supporters of Niger’s ruling junta gathered in the capital, Niamey, on Thursday to protest sanctions imposed on the country in the aftermath of last week’s coup, as well as to oppose foreign meddling. The mass rally is
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Italy is walking a fine line in the African nation, Antonio Tajani has revealed The government in Rome has no evidence of Moscow’s involvement in the military coup in Niamey, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told the daily La Repubblica on Thursday. The turmoil in Niger took both the US and France by surprise, he also
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Special counsel Jack Smith did not seek pretrial detention in the latest round of charges against the ex-president Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony charges related to his contesting the 2020 election results on Thursday. The former president, joined by his attorneys in a Washington DC courtroom, pleaded not guilty
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In the era of American unipolarity, the states of Africa were exposed to the West. Poor, desperate, and unstable, many African nations were forced to rely on their former colonial overlords as well as the US, for various forms of assistance. This was especially true during the ‘war on terror’ era, when Islamic insurgencies threatened
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1. A leader is a servant to all. If you don’t have the heart to serve others without looking for a reward, you are not yet a leader. 2. If you can’t withstand criticism and can’t withstand and survive the havoc of hate speech, you are not yet a leader. 3. If you don’t have
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, some analysts alluded that Africa was the beautiful bride and price for the war. The invasion was to have implications for African stability. Before the Ukraine invasion, a renewed scramble for Africa had started with deepening military and business interests from China and Russia in Africa. Mali, Burkina
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General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup last week, visited Mali on Wednesday, according to the Mali presidency, amid speculation of a possible interest in the Wagner mercenary group, which has a presence in the country. Mali’s transitional president, Assimi Goïta, hosted Mody and a large Nigerien military delegation
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First published on February 14, 2015 The objectives of the US military presence in Africa are well documented: counter Chinese influence and control strategic locations and natural resources including oil reserves. This was confirmed more than 8 years ago by the US State Department: In 2007, US State Department advisor Dr. J. Peter Pham commented on AFRICOM’s
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The weaponization of US currency has pushed many nations to look for alternatives, a top banker has said Alternative payment mechanisms in mutual trade will be addressed at the ongoing Russia-Africa summit, one of Russia’s top bankers said on Thursday. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the event in St. Petersburg, Andrey Kostin, the
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The continent will be part of a multipolar world with completely new economic relations, Igor Morozov has told RT The unipolar world is collapsing and a multipolar world is being formed with the participation of Africa, where a newly-minted middle-class will drive consumer demand in the near future, the head of the Coordinating Committee for
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The five emerging nations already outpace the G7 in economic growth, Aleksandr Babakov claims Russia together with fellow BRICS members and other African countries is discussing the creation of a new global currency that could challenge the US dollar’s dominance and become analogous to the euro for non-Western states, State Duma Deputy Speaker Aleksandr Babakov
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It’s full-blown fake news to claim that Niger is now a global epicenter of terrorism, but the MSM is expected to maximally amplify this false narrative in an attempt to scare the public into supporting the planned NATO-backed Nigerian-led ECOWAS invasion of that country. This approach risks discrediting itself, however, if it triggers the wrong
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The continent is developing at a much faster pace than the West, Konstantin Kosachev has said Russia is trying to forge ties with Africa because it holds a lot of potential and is in a good position to shape the future of mankind, Konstantin Kosachev, the vice speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, said
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The foreign minister insisted “pressure” must be put on Niamey’s coup leaders to restore democracy, but ruled out a military approach Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has warned against Western military involvement in Niger, which is now under the control of a junta following a coup last week. “I think we must put pressure on
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The Ukrainian leader’s constant demands and unwillingness to heed Washington’s advice has reportedly angered officials on several occasions Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s conduct is a source of annoyance in Washington, CNBC reported on Wednesday. Zelensky angers his American backers by ignoring their orders and issuing ever-greater demands, anonymous officials told the network. Zelensky lashed out
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Before the region became the center of Ukrainian nationalism, local Russophiles were annihilated in some of Europe’s first concentration camps Galicia, a historical region in the West of Ukraine, is currently the center of the country’s nationalist movement. However, things were once very different. A little over a hundred years ago, representatives of opposing Russophile
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This week marks a sad anniversary which is significant, instructive, and unfortunately, topical One hundred years ago, on August 1, 1923, the All-Ukrainian Executive Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic) adopted a joint resolution on the beginning of the process of Ukrainianization. It sounded quite positive: ‘On
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The Brazilian president has voiced concern over the apparently “imminent extradition” of the WikiLeaks co-founder to the US Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the detention of Julian Assange as an attack on democracy and freedom of the press. The WikiLeaks co-founder is set to make a “final” appeal to the High Court in
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The WikiLeaks founder is facing 175 years in prison if convicted of espionage charges A delegation of Australian lawmakers called for the United States to end its attempts to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange during a meeting with US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy in Canberra on Tuesday. The ‘Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group’ informed Washington’s
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that the WikiLeaks founder caused “serious harm” to US national security US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed that Australia has raised the case of Julian Assange’s continued prosecution, but declared that Washington will not cease seeking the extradition of the former WikiLeaks boss and intends to try him for
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Anthony Albanese has said that his government “remains firm” in demanding that Washington drop its case against the WikiLeaks founder Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that he would continue to press the US to cease its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has rejected previous
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The former US president has been charged on four counts relating to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election Former US President Donald Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury regarding his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday. The Republican 2024 frontrunner faces four charges: Conspiracy to defraud the United
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Tory MPs are urging a “bespoke response” to the visa scheme expiration More than half of the Ukrainians who came to Britain on a refugee resettlement scheme will have to leave by September 2025 unless the government acts now to give them long-term “clarity,” several Conservative members of Parliament and NGOs said on Wednesday. An estimated 182,100
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It’s expected that maximum pressure will be exerted on Nigeria by the West behind the scenes over the coming week ahead of ECOWAS’ ultimatum expiring. France and the US recognize the threat that the patriotic military coup in Niger poses to their hegemonic interests, which is why they’re ready to pull out all the stops
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Ever since the Nigerien military under the command of General Abdourahamane Tchiani took power on July 26, there has been an exponential increase in tensions between Niamey and its former colonial masters in Paris. This has gone to the point where France is now seriously considering invading the West African country. The exploitation of “former” French
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The most important line of the movie is “God’s children are not for sale”. Sound of Freedom is a movie based on the true story of Tim Ballard, a government agent who quits his job in order to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. Directed by Alejandro Monteverde, Sound of Freedom is not your typical
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The reaction to the unprecedented indictment of President Trump was predictable. Most of Trump adversaries responded with unrestrained jubilation. The former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey reacted to the news with delight. Yes, this is the former head of the foremost law enforcement agency in the U.S. What a fall in standards.
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Russia’s Wagner Group has intervened in the affairs of several African countries, providing military and security support while expanding Moscow’s influence across the continent. The Wagner Group, a thousands-strong private military force, has in recent years become one of Russia’s most influential foreign policy tools. It has played a significant role on the battlefields of
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March 26, 2022 Days after reports detailing a failed assassination attempt on the Ukrainian President surfaced, Kyiv’s top intelligence agency again claimed that mercenaries hired by Moscow continued their hunt for Zelensky and other high-ranking politicians. The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense revealed this in a Facebook post on March 20. “Another
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Oct. 2, 2007 Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1996, by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private investors. On Sept. 16, 2007,
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Reports suggest that Western weapons sent to Ukraine are being redistributed to terrorists around the world, particularly in Africa. According to the interim President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, Western military equipment ends up in the hands of African terrorists instead of supplying Ukrainian forces, thus generating instability and insecurity for Africa, and further increasing
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4 November 2022 Russia’s ambassador insists he has evidence of UK aiding a Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s fleet in Black Sea Diplomat Andrei Kelin has said Britain is involved ‘too deep’ in the Ukraine War and warns of consequences Russia said it lodged a ‘strong protest’ over Nord Stream and Black Sea attacks which
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Congress and the courts have shirked their duty, letting bureaucrats make and interpret the laws. There are two competing conceptions of American governance: the version students are taught in the classroom, and the one that exists in the real world. Grade-school civics teaches that Washington is designed to operate under a system of checks and
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Child trafficking and exploitation reaches into the highest levels of authority, both secular and religious. No, thankfully the malady has not yet overtaken the entirety of the West, but it certainly has seized hold of the element within it that sets the tone and shapes minds. The precise matter that currently exercises the establishment is
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Nineteen months after the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, many people are still wondering: what is the war really about? Ukraine considers it exclusively defensive against Russian aggression. For the Western bloc (as they inconsistently try to demonstrate) the war is a defense of Western values and countering the military threat from Moscow.
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The West African bloc has a history of successful military interventions to restore constitutional order within the region.A Nigerien soldier with ECOMOG, the military arm of the Economic Community of West African States, adjusts a rocket launcher in the village of Lomo Nord, in central Ivory Coast, February 14, 2003 [Issouf Sanogo/AFP] On July 26,
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The strategy to increase President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s (PBAT) legitimacy by lobbying to make him the chairman of The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) might backfire if he doesn’t skillfully navigate the drifting of the treacherous Niger Republic time-bomb with wisdom and discernment out of the Bermuda Triangle. It’s so unfortunate that the
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One of the coup leaders claims Paris has sought and obtained permission to “intervene militarily” in the country’s political crisis Niger’s deposed government has authorized France to conduct strikes on the presidential palace in order to release President Mohamed Bazoum, the military junta that seized power last week claimed on Monday. The junta had earlier
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Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Niger head of state has banned Uranium and Gold Exports to France, Forges Alliance with Russia” The junta in Niger announced that it was suspending the export of uranium and gold to France with immediate effect, APA reports citing BBC. Niger is the world’s seventh largest producer of Uranium. Niger accounts
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‘No Trust or Confidence in a Unitary System of Government’: Lt.-Col. Gowon’s Broadcast on the Assumption of Office, 1 August 1966 This is Lt-Col. Y. Gowon, Army Chief of Staff, speaking to you. My fellow countrymen, the year 1966 has certainly been a fateful year for our beloved country, Nigeria. I have been brought to the position
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Burkina Faso and Mali have denounced the ECOWAS sanctions against the junta in Niamey In the first-ever joint communique on Monday, the military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso warned the West and other African states against intervening in neighboring Niger. Bamako and Ouagadougou would consider any such move as an attack on their own
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When Zik, the spirit man, left Onitsha province, Awka District, to Umuahia and appointed Dr. M. I. Okpara as the premier and late Dr. Akanu Ibiam as the Govenor of Eastern Region of Nigeria, people did not have much qualms about Ibiam. After all, they said, the post of a Governor was a ceremonial one.
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In Three Years (July 2020-July 2023), Deployed Criminal Security Forces And Other Government Extortionist Agencies Seized N2.2 Trillion ($2.7B) From Easterners At Gunpoint As Against N600B ($800M) Collected At Gunpoint By Non State Criminal Entities Involving: Police/Military Roadblocks N670B, Police Custodial Extortions N200B, ‘Crime Proceeds’ Converted By Police N60B, Squandered Govs’ Security Votes N400B, Extortions
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Mr Ekpa is a Nigerian-Finnish citizen who has been linked to the growing insecurity in the region. Leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Nigerian government of sponsoring Simon Ekpa to cause unrest in Nigeria’s south-east Mr Ekpa is a Nigerian-Finnish citizen who has been linked to the growing insecurity
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DNA which stands for Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid, is defined as nucleic acid that contains the genetic code. If you have SEX with a man, his DNA lives in you forever. Workman noted that a research by university of Seattle USA has proven that:- There is now a greater understanding of why God asks us not to
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When a dog wags its tail, it is no news, but if ever a tail is seen wagging the dog, then that becomes the greatest news item the world over. The reason is simple, the dog, (with its body mass constituting more than 99.9% of itself, less the insignificant percentage left to its tail), obviously
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In July 2013, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then Egypt’s army chief, sacked his benefactor and Egypt’s first democratically elected president, President Mohammed Morsi, in a military coup, installed himself as military ruler of the country and suspended the country’s constitution. 11 months later, at the end of May 2014, the General proclaimed himself the elected ruler
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A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has delivered judgement in Favour of the widow of late Igbo leader and Ikemba Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and her Children in the case involving the management and control of some of the assets of Ojukwu Transport Ltd( OTL) the family company of which her husband was
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Former Minister of Power and Chairman Geometric Power Group, Prof Bart Nnaji has said that the 188-megawatt Geometric Power Plant in the Osisioma Industrial Layout, Aba, Abia State, will commence electricity generation within two months. Starting with one of its four General Electric brand turbines, the second will come on stream once the performance of
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“If you want to stop a coup, remove the cause.” – Brigadier (later General) Murtala Mohammed (1938-1976) in September 1974 These are not the best of times for democratically wired Nigeriens. What are the real issues? While only time will tell, when parrots jabber, eagles are quiet. Perhaps why when many Nigerians became agitated over
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“…..Oh, those Russians.” – Last stanza of Rasputin track featured in Boney M’s album, Nightflight To Venus (1978) The French are landlords in West Africa but President Vladimir Putin’s Wagner Group are increasingly challenging them. Virtually every coup crime scene in the Sahel has Russian fingerprints. Hear, the reaction to President Bazoum’s removal by the
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I grew up in Owerri Nchi-Ise to see every Owere man or woman as a brother or sister. This was in the early sixties. My schoolmates at Township School Owerri were practically family members as we ate at each other mother’s kitchen after school. We had few non- indegenes living in Owerri. We were bonded
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Earlier this month I reported that my Medicare account has been billed by three separate labs for expired Covid tests sent to me as “totally free, paid for by the Government. Please Do Not Return.” “Paid for by Government” means paid for by Medicare. I now have 24 expired Covid tests for which Medicare has paid. Since reporting
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“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 Hit the ground running was the advice given by most of our erudite young columnists as soon as Tinubu was declared winner of the February Presidential Election. Apart from the fact that it was neither original nor new, few of the purveyors of that
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On Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, I was at the University of Ibadan where I delivered a public lecture titled “The task before Nigeria’s 16th Head of State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu” at the 31st Anniversary of the Resurrection Morning Star Society, Chapel of Resurrection of the university. Following is an abridged version of the lecture: “Tinubu
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For the first time since Independence in 1960, Nigeria’s economy expanded slower than its population between 2015 and 2020. Nigeria’s GDP per capita declined by 0.02 per cent, 4.16 per cent and 1.78 in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively; in 2018, 2019 and 2020, it declined by 0.68, 0.38 and 4.57 per cent respectively. Nigeria’s
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“Friends speak the truth to each other. Good friends speak the bitter truth” – Israel’s President Herzog, in address to the US Congress, July 19, 2023. Herzog stunned the US Congress (National Assembly) by confessing that his country is now practising the same apartheid for which South African whites were globally condemned in the last
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State Department inspectors have flagged concerns about the billions sent to Kiev The US is struggling to keep track of billions of dollars it has sent to Kiev since February 2022, the effectiveness of which may be reduced by government and private corruption in Ukraine. This was the most recent finding of the US State
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The former US president suggested that Joe Biden is not fit for purpose in his role as Commander in Chief Former US president Donald Trump took aim at Joe Biden at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday, branding his successor in the White House “the most corrupt president in American history.” “We have somebody that’s
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Gems have up to now been largely spared from international restrictions Sanctions on exports of Russian diamonds that have been debated by the G7 countries for more than a year may send gem prices soaring globally, CNBC reported on Friday, citing analysts. So far, importing Russian rough diamonds has been banned by the US. At
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The trade in precious stones has so far avoided sanctions The EU wants to tighten economic sanctions on Russia by imposing further restrictions on trade in precious stones. According to a statement from the European commissioner for financial stability, Meirid McGuinness on the website of the European Parliament, Brussels is looking for ways to restrict
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State companies should develop joint standards in the gemstone mining industry, the head of Alrosa says Russia and Africa account for more than 90% of the global diamond mining market and should develop a joint roadmap for sustainable business development, the head of Russian mining giant Alrosa has said. Pavel Marinychev urged countries and producers
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Those who think Simon Ekpa is working to get Nnamdi Kanu released are deliberately being naive at best and moronic at worst. The reason you have his supporters believing that destroying the Southeast and killing and maiming Easterners will force the FG to release a man they are holding in far away Abuja is the
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“For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy-making arm of the government.” Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd U.S. President,(1945-1953), (in an editorial titled “Limit CIA Role to Intelligence“, The Washington Post, Dec. 22, 1963, p. A11). [The
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A new report finds that DOD uses ‘security cooperation’ programs for ‘secret wars,’ recommends that Congress rein them in. U.S. military forces have been engaged in unauthorized hostilities in many more countries than the Pentagon has disclosed to Congress, let alone the public, according to a major new report released late last week by New York University
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Military leader of the CNSP calls for change in the domestic and foreign policy of the landlocked West African state. A new leader has emerged in the uranium-rich West African state of Niger just two days after the elected head-of-state, President Mohamed Bazoum, was toppled by his special forces. The presidential guard on July 26 took
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There is this allegory or tale that in the animal kingdom, the tortoise, reputed to be very mischievous, stole from every other animal. The tortoise acted with impunity and went scot-free each time he was confronted by his hapless victims. On a good day, basking on the euphoria of his previous successful escapades, the tortoise
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African populations are eager for partners and reform in the international system, the United States should embrace change. When Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a swing through east and southern Africa last week, his agenda was unsurprising. He sought to evade isolation by shoring up relations with Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, signing a flurry of agreements aimed
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There are basically two economies in the world and every nation on the face of the earth fall under either of them. These are: The rich and prosperous nations of the world belong to the Knowledge Economy while the the poorest and poverty stricken nations of the world belong to the Religion Economy. The Knowledge
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Tinubu’s macroeconomics gets a reality check from Nigeria’s micropolitics. This time last month, the Bola Tinubu administration was riding a wave of popular approval. Following his inauguration on May 29, the new president hit the ground running with a string of measures and pronouncements that seemed to indicate that he had a clear vision for his presidency.
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The Israeli parliament’s new legislation limiting Supreme Court oversight of government policies has raised alarm over deepening societal divisions and potential democratic backsliding. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed the first part in the planned overhaul of the country’s judiciary system. What does this new legislation do, and why is it so controversial? The Knesset
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AI is about to revolutionize “US efficiency” with devastating social consequences. With AI (supported by other technologies), 30 % of hours currently worked across the US economy could be automated. See the McKinsey Study 12 million Americans will lose their job within the next 6-7 years. A “stimulus” package in itself will not fix the problem, because “stimulus”
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On July 26, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held high-level defense talks with his North Korean counterparts. In a clear message to the United States, Pyongyang is also conducting a series of ballistic missile tests that serve as a warning to Washington DC’s belligerence. Namely, the US is escalating tensions with everyone in the area, including by
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Our enemy that shills for ‘the science’ and digital ID passports Each day brings with it its measure of joy or travail. The noise of life hums along and practicalities absorb the attention of most of us, enough so that the profundity of alterations introduced by the covid operation may not quite be appreciated. Indeed,
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If the truth be told, we are getting sick and tired of Zelensky who runs the “cease-pool” of corruption, tyranny, delusion and death in Ukraine. This clown – and that’s what he is actually trained as – just can’t seem to stop stridently demanding money, arms and support from the rest of the world and
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The weaponization of US currency has pushed many nations to look for alternatives, a top banker has said Alternative payment mechanisms in mutual trade will be addressed at the ongoing Russia-Africa summit, one of Russia’s top bankers said on Thursday. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the event in St. Petersburg, Andrey Kostin, the
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The continent will be part of a multipolar world with completely new economic relations, Igor Morozov has told RT The unipolar world is collapsing and a multipolar world is being formed with the participation of Africa, where a newly-minted middle-class will drive consumer demand in the near future, the head of the Coordinating Committee for
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Cooperation with African countries has been growing rapidly despite difficulties on global markets, Russian president has said A transition to national currencies in bilateral trade between Africa and Russia would further boost cooperation between the two, which has seen rapid growth despite outside pressure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Even with economic
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Abdourahamane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guard, has been designated president of the newly formed military council Niger’s presidential guard chief, General Abdourahamane Tiani, who masterminded the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum this week, has declared himself the new national leader. Abdourahamane, also known as Omar Tchiani, appeared on the state TV channel Tele
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Foreign powers used Ukraine to target Russian statehood, the president claimed Western countries have spent years steering Ukraine towards a conflict with Russia, as they planned to use Kiev as a tool to undermine Russia’s national security, President Vladimir Putin claimed on Friday. He argued that Russia’s retaliation, including its ongoing military operation in the neighboring
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Moscow can’t accept having a hostile military bloc in the former Soviet republic, the Russian president said The prospect of Ukraine becoming a member of NATO is an existential threat to Russian national security and will not be tolerated, Russian President Vladimir Putin told representatives of several African countries on Friday. In the document that
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The expansion of maritime logistics is necessary to cater for growing trade, according to the customs service Expanding transport links between Russia and Africa is among the priorities for the development of mutual trade, the Russian Federal Customs Service said on Thursday. According to the service’s interim head, Ruslan Davydov, up to 95% of trade
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The Role Model of Our Generation After Two World Wars Time is again “out of joint” (Shakespeare) as it was before the First and Second World Wars. Yet it seems that we citizens again do not know what to do in this incendiary situation. Above all, the intellectuals among us have a much greater responsibility
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A major peace publishing event across cultures: The cover story of the esteemed “China Investment” Magazine’s July 2023 edition Can you imagine a leading economics, finance and investment magazine in the Western world publishing a 30 A4-page (10,000 words) article about the future peace and security world order – a think-piece consisting merely of concepts,
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Issues surrounding corruption in the Judiciary in Nigeria has been a matter of concern for many for a long time and I will like to shed some light on what is going on. As a Judge, I have many friends in the Nigerian Judiciary at all levels I will be revealing facts many may not
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Since the 1990s, the United Kingdom has been one of the staunchest supporters of Albanian expansionism (mostly fueled by their unrelenting narco-terrorist tendencies). At the time, London sent its intelligence services to Albania where they worked closely with their American, German and other NATO counterparts to set the stage for a terrorist insurrection in the southern Serbian
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One of the perennial questions which have plagued theology, religion, and humanity in general for millennia is the seeming lack of a positive correlation between righteous living and prosperity. Were it even so simple as there being absolutely no connection between one’s behavior and one’s prosperity (or the lack thereof), the dilemma would not be
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The Russian president has addressed the continent’s leaders on the eve of a major summit in St. Petersburg The African continent is becoming one of the pillars of a new multipolar world, and Russia will do everything in its power to help it prosper, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. In a welcome address to
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