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Pipeline leak reportedly lasted for several days and contaminated a river in oil-producing Niger Delta Nigerian authorities have reported a new oil spill at a Shell facility in the Niger Delta, which they say has contaminated farmland and a river, disrupting livelihoods in fishing and farming communities. The spill came from the Trans-Niger Pipeline operated by the British multinational oil and gas company, which runs through communities in the Eleme area of Ogoni land in Rivers State, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) told Associated Press. It was detected on June 11 and lasted for more than…
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If Kiev wants 1991 borders, it needs to talk to Moscow, Beijing’s ambassador to Brussels has said China’s ambassador to the EU, Fu Cong, has told several media outlets that Beijing is open to any border solution for Ukraine that is a result of negotiations, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. “I don’t see why not,” Fu told several outlets earlier this month, when asked if China could endorse Kiev’s claim to Ukraine’s 1991 borders. “We respect the territorial integrity of all countries. So when China established relations with the former Soviet Union, that’s what we agreed,” the diplomat added. “But as I said, these are…
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If things continue as they are, Moscow will have no choice but to use the ultimate weapon This month, there has been an active debate in Russia about the possibility of Moscow preemptively using nuclear weapons. Which would be at variance with the established doctrine. It began after the publication of an article by Professor Sergey Karaganov, which prompted a wide response from the domestic expert community. While Karaganov has been advocating relaxing the rules, others have different opinions: for example, Fyodor Lukyanov thinks the West cannot be ‘sobered up’ by using the bomb, and Ilya Fabrichnikov believes Russia should not ‘take NATO’s bait’ and unleash…
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Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are people who hold a public function and as a result present a higher risk of being involved in bribery and corruption. Offshore leaks have revealed time and again that PEPs use British finance and British offshore jurisdictions to launder their wealth, hide their wealth and re-invest that wealth back into the global financial system. London is the place where they buy property, where they take legal action against their critics and where they live when they fall from grace. Behind Closed Doors investigates three developing world families which have for decades been at the heart of…
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This article examines the likely trajectory of the Ukraine war moving forward. I will address two main questions. First, is a meaningful peace agreement possible? My answer is no. We are now in a war where both sides – Ukraine and the West on one side and Russia on the other – see each other as an existential threat that must be defeated. Given maximalist objectives all around, it is almost impossible to reach a workable peace treaty. Moreover, the two sides have irreconcilable differences regarding territory and Ukraine’s relationship with the West. The best possible outcome is a frozen conflict…
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The Transfer of Crimea from Soviet Russia to Soviet Ukraine, 1954 Crimea was part of Russia from 1783, when the Tsarist Empire annexed it a decade after defeating Ottoman forces in the Battle of Kozludzha, until 1954, when the Soviet government transferred Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republics (RSFSR) to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkrSSR). The transfer was announced in the Soviet press in late February 1954, eight days after the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet adopted a resolution authorizing the move on 19 February. The text of the resolution and some anodyne excerpts from the…
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Gillian Keegan called for a return of ‘common sense’ to the classroom UK Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has called for British students to be able to decide their own gender pronouns and to “socially transition” with parental consent, promising long-awaited guidance on gender and transition issues is coming soon. The government will be publishing gender-identity consultation guidance before the end of summer term, Keegan pledged, in an op-ed for the Telegraph on Saturday, stating that the material will be age-appropriate while “ensuring [parents’] voices are central to decisions being made about their child in school.” The announcement followed reports that…
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The former US president has pulled further ahead of his Republican rivals since being charged by the Department of Justice Donald Trump’s lead over his nearest Republican opponent for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination has nearly doubled since the former US president was indicted on federal charges earlier this month, a new poll has shown. The NBC News survey, released on Sunday, shows that Trump is the first choice for 51% of Republican primary voters, compared with 22% for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and 7% for former vice president Mike Pence. Trump’s 29-point lead over DeSantis compares with a 15-point margin…
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The Serbian President believes that the PMС Wagner insurrection was stopped thanks to a strong reaction from President Vladimir Putin Foreign intelligence services likely played a role in the failed Wagner PMC coup attempt in Russia on Saturday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has claimed. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the mutineers as traitors whose actions could play into the hands of Moscow’s adversaries. In an interview with Serbia’s Pink TV channel on Sunday, Vucic stressed that Belgrade does not support coups in other countries as a matter of principle. “We didn’t support it in Turkey or Russia, we wouldn’t support…
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The international community must help decrease tensions between Washington and Beijing, the French president says Tackling the main problems faced by humanity will be “impossible” without cooperation between the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. In an interview with CNN on Monday, Macron stressed the need to reduce conflict, to enable countries work together on major challenges. “For me, the top priority of the global agenda is trying to fix the existing crises, fighting against the inequality and poverty, and fixing climate change and biodiversity… I would add to this building a common regulation on AI,” he argued. Those are “the…
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Beijing has backed Moscow’s efforts to maintain national stability in light of the aborted rebellion Beijing fully supports Russia’s efforts to stabilize the situation in the country following the aborted insurrection by the Wagner private military company, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has stated. The ministry posted a response on its website on Sunday after journalists requested a statement on China’s official position on the matter. “This is Russia’s internal affairs,” a spokesperson for the ministry said. “As a friendly neighbor and a comprehensive strategic partner of coordination in the new era, China supports Russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity,” the…
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Yesterday I posted a video discussion that Larry Sparano and I had about the alleged “Russian coup.” See this. Looking back at our discussion, I am satisfied that we did a good job given the unresolved situation about which there was not much information. I am addressing the “coup” again because there is a great deal to be learned from it that is not being learned. It is discouraging to see that the Russian media is as capable of creating false narratives and setting them in stone as Western presstitutes. The Russian media has set in stone the narrative that Prigozhin, the…
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With so many people dead and injured from the Covid mandates and injections, medical journals that published BS science to support the genocidal agenda, are scrubbing the record to hide their guilt. Here is a brief but important alert from Dr Scott Jensen, a long-time family physician, and former Minnesota State Senator for Carver County. The original source of this article is Dr. Mark Trozzi Copyright © Sen. Scott Jensen and Dr. Mark Trozzi, Dr. Mark Trozzi, 2023 For media inquiries: publications@globalresearch.ca
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More and more, Western media outlets seem discredited due to their own propaganda acts. On June 24th, news around the world were marked by reports on the situation in Russia, due to a mutiny organized by the head of the Wagner Group PMC, Evgeny Prigozhin. A day earlier, the ex-restaurateur claimed to have started a “march for justice” to Moscow, with Wagner’s troops occupying military facilities in the city of Rostov. The objective would be to achieve changes in the Russian governmental structure, mainly in the Ministry of Defense, given the public disagreements between Prigozhin and Minister Sergey Shoigu. On the 23rd,…
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Decisive Victory for the USA and Global Elites? Click to download the audio (MP3 format) Science fiction can involve extra-terrestrial species interacting with human beings, space exploration, time travel, telepathic development, and parallel universes. When the subject turns to the question of artificial intelligence (AI), speculation and advanced research seem to be merging in the imagination of our time. GPT 4 and the soon to be released GPT 5 will give potential abilities in economics, education, and multiple other areas a massive boost. How might this new tech feature affect international relations? [1] Would it make a difference if one…
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Part One: The Road To War For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I have worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying war, but of understanding what led us to it. [….] Let’s try to examine the roots of the [Ukrainian] conflict. It starts with those who for the last eight years have been talking about “separatists” or “independentists” from Donbass. This is a misnomer. The referendums conducted by the two self-proclaimed Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in May 2014, were not referendums of “independence” (независимость), as some unscrupulous journalists have claimed, but referendums of “self-determination” or “autonomy” (самостоятельность). The qualifier…
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First published on December 5, 2022 The “New World Order” (NWO) is a social engineering project aimed at reshaping human civilization on Planet Earth in its every aspect, to suit the selfish interests of a small group of billionaires obsessed by greed for power and profit. But also – and no less so – obsessed by their fear of violent hungry and deprived masses ransacking and destroying their properties. And eager to display how superior they are to 99.99 % of their fellow humans – and their ability to beat both Nature, the Universe, and Divine Consciousness at the eternal game…
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Treason by Any Other Name Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind—Yevgeny Prigozhin has become a witting agent of Ukraine and the intelligence services of the collective West. In the span of less than 24 hours, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the public face of the Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor with shadowy ties to Russian military intelligence, has flipped the script of this ashes to diamonds tale, transforming an organization that had, through virtue of its impressive battlefield performance, become a legendary symbol of Russian patriotism and strength, into a discredited band of disgruntled traitors seeking the violent overthrow of the…
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Judge Napolitano interviews Scott Ritter on recent developments in Russia, following the insurgency of the Wagner Mercenary Group directed against President Putin. According to press reports, the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: “Ordered his troops to march towards Moscow to seek “revenge” after accusing Russia’s military leadership of killing his forces. On Saturday night, the country’s first armed coup in decades appeared to come to an abrupt end, with Prigozhin announcing that his troops would return to base to avoid “Russian bloodshed”.. According to Scott Ritter: SR: “This is a concerted effort between Wagner, the Ukrainian intelligence service, and their Western sponsors … Prigozhin is working on…
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“as a concerted effort between Wagner, the Ukrainian intelligence service, and their Western sponsors … Prigozhin is working on behalf of foreign intelligence Services carrying out their tasks. That task is to collapse the government of Vladimir Putin. I personally believe that he won’t succeed. But that’s what’s happening this morning” It is worth noting that the Wagner Mercenary Group’s Insurrection was initiated barely a week following Vladimir Putin’s statement at the Saint Petersburg Peace Summit with African Leaders (June 18). At this important venue, President Putin provided details on how the West had obstructed the implementation of Ukraine-Russia Peace Negotiations in Istanbul held in…
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What Evgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) really wanted to achieve with his short-lived “rebellion” is unclear as of now. A mutiny – for what? To create havoc in Moscow? To please the West? To prepare for Regime Change – against his boss, President Putin, who gave him the mandate to help fight the Ukraine aggression against Russians, mainly in the Donbass Region, with a mercenary army. Is that Prigozhin’s purpose? All of that seems to be a mystery and up to speculation. But it appears to be over now. Thanks to a resolution negotiated by Alexander Lukashenko,…
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World War III has already begun. You simply aren’t being told this because your government and dishonest media outlets are dedicated to keeping you in the dark. After all, they want to use the remaining time to stockpile food, ammunition, medical supplies and precious metals for themselves, and this can only be accomplished by withholding the truth about the situation for as long as possible. The President of Serbia may be an exception to this, as he is now publicly warning that the world is about to experience a “great world conflict” that will likely begin in the next two…
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It is astounding that Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is still so relevant across the globe at 65 years of age. Things Fall Apart was first published on June 17, 1958, by William Heinemann, London, and contains only 50,380 words, but it has packed more influence all over the world than many fatter novels written by masters and wannabes of all races and creeds. I cannot count the number of the editions of Things Fall Apart i have owned all through the years. My long-standing plan had been to write a short story inspired by Things Fall Apart, or…
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On 17 July 2012, Peter Obi, then governor of Anambra State, swore in five new commissioners. One of them was Chike Okoli, whom he assigned to the Ministry of Science and Technology where he would serve as commissioner until the expiration of Mr. Obi’s governorship tenure in March 2014. Two months later, around 21 May 2014, Chike set out from the state capital in Awka to Nanka, his village in Orumba South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. He never got there. Somewhere in Agulu, not far from Nanka, Chike’s car was reportedly intercepted by men in a sports…
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Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil, was this month elected as the next chief of the New Development Bank. Once known as the BRICS Development Bank, and seen as an effort to rival the Bretton Woods system with its pillars in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, much discussion in the West has examined the possible political and ideological motivations behind Rousseff’s appointment as president. Yet this focus has overshadowed much more significant concerns – the current state of the New Development Bank, the duties of the NDB president, and also the challenges that await the institution in the…
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As Saudi Arabia prepares to potentially join the BRICS, there is much to consider in terms of the impact on the country’s economy. While some may view this as a simple geopolitical move, it could have significant economic implications for the region and the world as a whole. First and foremost, it is important to understand the economic power of the BRICS nations. Together, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa represent 40% of the world population and 25% of global GDP. If Saudi Arabia were to join this group, it would not only significantly increase the size and influence…
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Ukrainian negotiators would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals would require a referendum in Ukraine. Introduction At Saint Petersburg (June 19, 2023), President Putin revealed details concerning a draft peace agreement signed in Istanbul by Kiev and Moscow in March 2022, “initialed by a leader from the negotiation group of Kyiv who even signed the document of ‘security guarantees of Ukraine’. The Istanbul peace initiative from the very outset was the object of US-NATO sabotage. Former UK PM Boris Johnson was dispatched on a special mission to Kiev: “The media had already started to announce the probable success of…
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News outlets in the US and UK are portraying the insurrection as an existential threat to Vladimir Putin As news of the attempted armed coup by the Wagner private military company filtered out to the West, newspaper columnists and pundits rushed to predict the downfall of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government, a military victory for Ukraine, and an uncertain end for Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin, often an open critic of the Russian Defense Ministry, claimed on Friday that the Russian military had shelled one of his group’s bases. He then ordered troops loyal to him to move towards Rostov-on-Don, a…
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Intransigence and protecting the status quo is deliberate, Dmitry Maksimychev believes The West is robbing developing countries and African nations in particular, Russia’s envoy to Kenya, Dmitry Maksimychev, told RT in an interview released on Monday. It is intentionally preserving price disparities to ensure the situation doesn’t change, he claimed. Maksimychev said commodities produced in Africa “are priced much lower than the end product, which is often made in the West from the commodities imported from the developing world.” The West isn’t giving Africa a chance to accumulate enough capital for industrialization and economic growth, he said. One example of “daylight robbery” cited…
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We were told that after the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, the seaports in Nigeria were temporarily closed. The closure of seaports as was reported then, was primarily due to the need to assess and rebuild infrastructure that had been damaged during the war. The conflict had caused significant destruction to various sectors of the Nigerian economy, including transportation and trade infrastructure. The closure of seaports we were made to understand was a part of the overall process of post-war reconstruction and rehabilitation in Nigeria. The government at the time said they needed to evaluate the…
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The West African country’s government says the move reflects its status as a sovereign state Niger’s parliament adopted a new national anthem on Thursday, more than 60 years after independence, in an effort to rid the country of the vestiges of French colonialism. A bill to change the anthem to ‘The Honor of the Fatherland’ from the French-composed ‘La Nigerienne’ received overwhelming support from lawmakers, according to Anadolu, citing a parliamentary radio station that broadcast the debates. Former Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou initially announced the decision to alter the country’s anthem in 2019, in response to criticism that some of…
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A criminal investigation has been opened into Evgeny Prigozhin for calling for an armed rebellion Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered an address to the nation amid a coup attempt by the private military company Wagner. He described the mutineers’ actions as “backstabbing” and called for unity. Late on Friday, PMC Wagner’s boss Evgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian military of striking his group’s base – something the Defense Ministry has strongly denied. Russian authorities, in turn, have launched a criminal investigation into Prigozhin over staging an armed insurrection. Importance of unity President Putin argued that “Russia is today waging a…
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Four out of five UK residents want closer ties with the EU, according to the Tony Blair Institute A growing number of Brits think the UK was wrong to leave the EU, according to a new poll from the Tony Blair Institute that was timed to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum. Based on a survey of 1,525 adults, the poll found that more than 50% of respondents regret Brexit, and only 34% still believe that exiting the bloc was a good decision. Moreover, 78% of the respondents believe that the UK should have a closer relationship with the…
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The businessman behind the private military company has been accused of “rebellion” against Moscow Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group private military company, has been accused by the government of staging an armed insurrection. The charges were brought late Friday night after Prigozhin accused Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, the chair of the Russian general staff, of serious crimes. Prigozhin claimed to have ordered troops loyal to him to move towards Rostov-on-Don, a major city in southern Russia. Security measures were also reportedly beefed up in Moscow.
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Evgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is a “stab in the back” amid the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has said President Putin delivers an address to the nation © Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov The attempted insurrection by the chief of the Wagner private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, amounts to a betrayal of Russia and its people, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation on Saturday morning. He also vowed that the country’s law enforcement agencies will take decisive actions to restore order. In a televised speech, Putin appealed to Russian service members and those “who have been drawn into this criminal…
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Ramzan Kadyrov has denounced Evgeny Prigozhin as a traitor, while vowing to do his best to restore order The insurrection by Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin is a “hideous betrayal” and should be quelled in order to protect Russian unity amid the conflict in Ukraine, the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has said. In a post on Telegram on Saturday, the Chechen leader offered a scathing rebuke of the head of the private military company, denouncing his actions as “a knife in the back” and “a real military mutiny.” Kadyrov stated that an armed conflict is not the time for personal grudges, saying “the rear…
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“Turbo cancer is something that wasn’t there, and all of a sudden, it’s everywhere. So it goes from being in one spot to [being] everywhere all at once.” “So many doctors” have approached renowned pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole reporting the same unprecedented findings that he’s seeing. That is, cancers taking off or coming back “like wildfire” or occurring in young cohorts at rates never seen before. Video Player Here’s what those doctors (and others) are observing, per Dr. Ryan Cole: During the International COVID Summit, Dr. Cole polled attendees by a raise of hand if they knew someone who was diagnosed with cancer after…
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The 10th Nigeria National Assembly was inaugurated last week. I wish its members a productive session. The 9th, headed by Ahmad Lawan, was a disaster. In his care, it had no idea what the legislative arm of government was, so it became an extension of the confused executive. Last week, Lawan, baited by former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha at the transition to the 10th, provided a startling reminder of just how unfortunate Nigeria was to have had him in charge of the Senate: he tried to justify taking the seat of the man who had won his constituency, a…
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Owerri—The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, yesterday, called for the arrest of the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, over alleged audio tape statement in support of “full Islamic rule” in Nigeria. The Intersociety led by Emeka Umeagbalasi, spoke with newsmen in Owerri, about El-Rufai’s alleged audio clip, among others. Intersociety linked it to what they called a crime against humanity, genocide and incitement. According to the group, “The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law has fully earned the enviable and unrivalled position as Nigeria’s “Nostradamus.” This is to the extent…
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Mallam Nasir el-Rufai is an unrepentant religious bigot; a militant Islamic supremacist, who believes Islam is superior to Christianity and should be privileged in national leadership. He doesn’t just hold these views, he actively pursues them. As governor of Kaduna State for eight years, until May this year, El-Rufai ran an Islamic government, with a Muslim-controlled administration, despite the state’s large Christian population. Now, out of office, he prides himself on installing a successor on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, and entrenching Muslim dominance of Kaduna State governance. More significantly, El-Rufai boasts of foisting his Kaduna State Muslim-Muslim leadership model on Nigeria,…
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In policy analysis and governance, low-hanging fruits or quick-wins are used to refer to decisions or actions that can be taken by new leaders because they are expected to have the highest potentials of achieving desired goals, with the least negative consequences. Either the context or other circumstances would have prepared them to be relatively easy to take as decisions or to simplify implementation. New leaders or administrations build momentum or positive impressions by taking such decisions, particularly if they have devoted quality time and other resources in understanding policy and governance environments. Their major drawback is that they raise…
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It is well known that the Abacha dictatorship—spurning widespread local and international appeals for clemency—hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa, the renowned writer and activist for minority rights and environmental justice, on 10 November 1995. However, General Sani Abacha and Ken Saro-Wiwa shared a much longer history that dated back to the late 1970s when they both lived, as neighbours, on Nzimiro street, Port Harcourt. In the agonising months leading up to the execution, Ken Wiwa unsuccessfully tried to mobilise international intervention to save the lives of his father and fellow Ogoni activists—Baribor Bera, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbokoo, Barinem Kiobel, John…
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An influx of refugees resulted in 1.3% growth of the country’s population last year, the federal statistics service has reported The German population surged by a whopping 1,122,000 people in 2022, which constitutes 1.3% annual growth, the federal statistics service, Destatis, has reported. The increase was mainly due to the large number of refugees from Ukraine. Destatis recorded 0.1% growth in the previous year, the statement released on Tuesday noted. Immigration into Germany stood at 1,455,000 people last year, compared to 329,000 in 2021. The nation’s total population reached 84.4 million by the end of 2022. Ukrainians have become the…
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The U.S. government isn’t protecting us from threats to our freedoms. “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” — Friedrich Nietzsche We’re not dealing with a government that exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness. Rather, we are the unfortunate victims of the diabolical machinations of a make-works program carried out on an epic scale whose only purpose is to keep the powers-that-be permanently (and profitably) employed. Case in point: the FBI. The government’s henchmen have become the embodiment of how power, once acquired, can be…
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US intelligence now claims that joint spy facilities on the island were just the beginning Beijing and Havana are in negotiations to establish a military training facility in Cuba, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing current and former US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Talks about the base on Cuba’s northern coast are “at an advanced stage but not concluded,” the WSJ claimed, based on what the officials described as “convincing but fragmentary” and highly classified US intelligence reports. One current and one former official said the facility would be part of ‘Project 141’, a Chinese military initiative to…
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REUTERS/Esa Alexander Speakers Michelle Gavin Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Ebenezer Obadare Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Presider John Campbell Former Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria (2004–07)Corporate Program Virtual Meeting CFR experts discuss Nigeria’s recent general elections, including the significance of voting delays and polling station attacks, the domestic policy challenges facing the new leader, and what the outcome could mean for political and business relations between the United States and Nigeria. CAMPBELL: Thank you. Good morning.…
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It’s fascinating to see how Russian war correspondents are now playing a role similar to the former political commissars in the USSR. President Putin’s meeting with a group of Russian war correspondents and Telegram bloggers – including Filatov, Poddubny, Pegov from War Gonzo, Podolyaka, Gazdiev from RT – was an extraordinary exercise in freedom of the press. There were among them seriously independent journalists who can be very critical of the way the Kremlin and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) are conducting what can be alternatively defined as a Special Military Operation (SMO); a counter-terror operation (CTO); or an “almost war” (according…
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Most people agree that we are closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Some would even argue that we are closer now than we were in those fateful days, when Soviet missiles in Cuba almost triggered a nuclear war between the US and the USSR. In those days we were told that we were in a life-or-death struggle with Communism and thus could not cede a square foot of territory or the dominoes would fall one-by-one until the “Reds” ruled over us. That crisis was very real to me, as I was drafted…
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There is a revealing difference between the peace proposals for the Russo-Ukrainian War that come from the Global South and peace proposals that come from the NATO-aligned West. For starters, no peace proposals have come from the West, while several have come from the Global South. But when the West talks of a negotiated settlement, they insist on Russia losing the war, granting the essential concessions first and only then negotiating the enforcement. The Global South just wants the killing to stop: first stop the war, then negotiate the settlement. The West has made its position clear at every stage:…
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Absolutely stunning, An Astute Intelligence Op. A Russian Jew transformed into a Nazi? See the video below. Zelensky is Jewish. He supports the Nazi Azov Battalion, the two Nazi parties, which have committed countless atrocities against the Jewish community in Ukraine. He belongs to a Russian-Jewish family. He was brought up as a native Russian speaker, who until recently was not fluent in Ukrainian. And now this Jewish-Russian proxy president wants to “ban everything Russian”, including the Russian language, the Russian media, the teaching of Russian in the schools. He has been instructed by Washington to lead Kiev’s Neo-Nazi government, which…
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The Democrats and Donald Trump reminds me of a bad horror movie, where the hapless protagonists only make the monster stronger with each attempt to eliminate it. So goes the Democrats’ endless attempts to finally rid America of the “scourge” of Donald Trump. Thanks to the Durham Report we now know they started even before Trump was elected president. Hillary Clinton’s campaign – with the full knowledge of the candidate and the sitting president, Barack Obama – cooked up a “dirty trick” to portray Trump as an agent of Russia in their effort to deny Trump the White House. When that didn’t…
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The post below is from africanagenda.net, reporting on a punchy fifteen minute speech by Kenyan President, William Ruto, to the African Union Parliament on the disrespectful manner African leaders are treated by the developed sector. (See video). Below that, is a two minute clip of President Ruto discussing the need to conduct trade outside of the dollar denominations. Lawrence Freeman is a Political-Economic Analyst for Africa, who has been involved in economic development policies for Africa for over 30 years. He is a teacher, writer, public speaker, and consultant on Africa. He is also the creator of the blog: lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com. Mr. Freeman’s stated…
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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding the indictment of former President Donald Trump: This day will go down in infamy. The unprecedented and corrupt indictment of President Trump is built on sand and is brazen election interference. It is an indictment about nothing. Biden’s further transforming of the FBI and Justice Department into political enforcers in order to jail his leading political opponent could lead to the end of our constitutional republic. The indictment has followed years of prosecutorial misconduct, harassment, and abuse victimizing Trump. Not only is Trump innocent but he is a crime victim. Joe…
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American political conflicts increasingly resemble the power struggles that are routinely visible in banana republics. The unprecedented indictments of Donald Trump in New York and Florida portend a future marred by lawfare as Democrats seek to use the justice system as a means of ensuring political supremacy and Republicans respond in kind. The Democrats want to permanently remove Trump from the political scene by locking him behind bars for the rest of his life. In American politics, involvement in a sexual scandal was typically enough to remove a prominent politician from power, as in the cases of former Senator Al Franken, former members of Congress Blake Farenthold,…
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The situation on the ground is going well for Moscow, but an escalation from the West could push the Kremlin to the extreme June 16, 2023. President of Russia Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. © Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov President Vladimir Putin was asked again last Friday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum about Russia’s nuclear strategy. Recently, Moscow began to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. Meanwhile, domestically, a public debate has started over the possibility of a first use of nuclear weapons against NATO in the context of the ongoing proxy war in Ukraine.…
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It is quite possible that before now not many people have taken time to seriously consider it, but there is no doubt that governing a state in the south east has over the years been reduced to one of the most unduly simplified jobs in town, which does not even require an average intelligence or any special qualities to perform. Or, put another way: the overly simplistic interpretation most of our governors have given their jobs has so much reduced it to such a very unchallenging assignment that it no longer requires any special preparations or endowments to execute; in…
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One of the most critical economic partners of Russia amid the unprecedented Western economic sanctions from Washington and the EU over the Ukraine war has been the Indian government of BJP leader Narendra Modi. In the past several years Modi, playing a delicate balancing act between alliances with Russia and also with the West, has emerged as a vital trade partner of Russia amid the sanctions. Despite repeated efforts by Biden Administration and UK officials, Modi has refused to join sanctions against Russian trade, above all oil trade. Now a series of suspiciously-timed and targeted events suggest that there is an…
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In 1948, Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, thought of the best way to protect his country’s security information from invasive media toxins. He summed his strategy up in one short sentence: “Take the thief and make him guard.” But a thief would remain a thief even if he is made the chief hunter. A maxim of the Yoruba drives this home: Twenty years after you’ve made the palm wine tapper king, he still won’t stop casting furtive glances at the neck of the palm tree (Bi ó lé l’ógún ọdún táa ti fi ad’ẹ́mu j’ọba, kò ní yé ọrùn…
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It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. With historical foresight pertaining to the dangers of a Third World War, this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was first published on March 15, 2014 in the immediate wake of the US sponsored EuroMaidan Coup d’état. On March 5, Ukraine’s Putsch “Prime Minister” Arseniy Yatsenyuk, arbitrarily sacked three senior Defence Ministry politicians, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Oleynik, with Deputy Defense Ministers Vladimir Mozharovskiy and Arturo Francisco Babenko. According to Itar-Tass (6th March 2014) they had drawn Yatsenyuk’s ire by expressing: “sharp criticism over giving…
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CIA Director, William Casey is reputed to have said to Ronald Reagan ‘We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the American public believes is false.’ Fast forward thirty years, and there’s no piece of fiction the masses will not swallow. From Woke to COVID to the war in Ukraine, people no longer make their own ideological pilgrimages to the truth – the truth is served oven-ready by their political betters. Nowadays, there’s little distinction between the two hemispheres: reality and illusion. It’s not so much that people have been robbed of their ability to decipher between these two, it’s that facts have been…
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These youngsters are now on another level. What won’t they do to ‘bute ike’. Now eggs are being broken on their heads and blood sprinkled on them by Ezemmuo (hopefully not human blood). It has not occurred to the boys that allowed themselves to be filmed in the viral video where I munched these pictures from, that even Ezemmuo himself that wants to ‘bunye ha ike’ has not ‘bute ike’ himself. His surroundings would have told a different story if he has. What a pity! Society as a whole should stand up against these digital ‘dibias’ that are leading young…
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29 OCTOBER 2018 On Tuesday, as the Nigerian government commenced payment of the pension of retired employees of the defunct Nigerian Airways, members of the House of Representatives passed a resolution to investigate those indicted for looting the resources of the fallen national carrier. After weeks of verification, the government eventually cleared about 6,000 former employees to be paid from the N45 billion earmarked for the purpose. The former employees have not been paid their entitlements since 2003 when the airline went belly up. The House resolution to identify those indicted by the white paper with the aim of ensuring…
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“Does anyone believe American propaganda anymore?” This is the question of investigative journalist Matthew Taibbi. We can offer no answer of course. Yet we hazard the number of those who do dwindle daily. You recall the dynamiting of the Nord Stream 2 energy pipeline. Through this underwater tube Russia funneled natural gas to Germany. Last September it took the blasts. Who was to blame? Official fingers pointed directly toward the Russian hellcat, Putin. Why this fiend would wreck the thing… thus denying him vast quantities of lucrative energy sales… and impairing his nation’s economy… we have always found mysterious. Yet…
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Here is the front cover to the 16 June 2023 issue of America’s The Week magazine: And here are headlines and some ’news’ reports from earlier times, going back more than ten years, and they’ve all consistently been false: Prospect magazine, America, 20 March 2012 Macleans magazine, Canada, 6 February 2014 Forbes magazine, America, 19 March 2018 Meduza, Latvia, 4 March 2022 Colombo Telegraph, by exiled Sri Lankans in London, 16 October 2022 Foreign Affairs magazine, America, January 2023 Financial Review newspaper, Australia, 24 February 2023 Since the most influential of those is Foreign Affairs, I shall here present excerpts from that ‘news’-analysis and commentary: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in…
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“The ferocity of the confrontation in Ukraine shows that we’re talking about much more than the fate of the regime in Kiev. The architecture of the entire world order is at stake.” Sergei Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence. Here’s your ‘reserve currency’ thought for the day: Every US dollar is a check written on an account that is overdrawn by 30 trillion dollars. It’s true. The “full faith and credit” of the US Treasury is largely a myth held together by an institutional framework that rests on a foundation of pure sand. In fact, the USD is not worth the paper it…
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The growing US-China rivalry and Russia-Western allies’ geopolitical tension have shaken the international peace and security system’s foundation and significantly shaped Russia’s diplomacy with Africa. While that seems to be the general trend across the board, the Federal Republic of Nigeria is also getting highly renewed attention from Moscow. Historically Nigeria, like a number of African states, has had relations from the Soviet times and still maintains traditional relationships after the Soviet’s collapse in 1991. Nevertheless, it is interesting to explicitly note that a new wave of democratic change has also blown all over Africa. We can convincingly point to…
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Rep. Lauren Boebert has accused the president of willfully allowing an “invasion” by illegal immigrants A US lawmaker filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on Tuesday alleging that his southern border policies make him unfit for office. The motion, filed by Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, charges Biden with abuse of power and dereliction of duty in “presiding over an executive branch that has continually, overtly, and consistently refused to enforce the Nation’s immigration laws and secure the southern border.” Boebert told Fox News that she encouraged her party, which currently has a majority in the House…
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Many countries are choosing alternative payment instruments and boosting non-dollar holdings within reserve assets, Janet Yellen acknowledged US sanctions are pushing many countries to seek alternatives to the dollar for settlements, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted during her annual appearance on Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss the state of the international financial system. Asked about the risk of de-dollarization, Yellen acknowledged that the use of the dollar in the global economy is diminishing. “It’s not surprising that countries that are fearing they can be affected by our sanctions are looking for alternatives to the dollar. It’s…
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President Biden was “not involved” in the decision to indict Trump with federal crimes, his spokeswoman said The White House has denied that President Joe Biden had weaponized the government to prosecute his chief political opponent, former president Donald Trump, for alleged Espionage Act violations. “He was not involved. The president has been very, very clear: the Department of Justice is independent,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her regular briefing on Tuesday. Prominent Republicans, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have accused Biden of “weaponization” of US law enforcement in order to go after his rival. Biden has insisted that…
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Warsaw does not want to “prevent the Czechs from being able to drive their cars,” Mateusz Morawiecki has said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has defended state-owned energy firm Orlen’s move to increase shipments of Russian oil this month despite Warsaw’s tough stance on abandoning imports from Moscow, the outlet Notes from Poland reported on Monday. A Unipetrol oil refinery in the Czech Republic, the country’s sole crude processing plant, which is 100% owned by Poland’s Orlen, will boost imports of Russia’s flagship Urals blend, Reuters reported last week. Prague, which is seeking to secure more oil amid concerns…
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The French president would be the first Western leader to sit in on the gathering of emerging economies French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in Pretoria, French newspaper L’Opinion reported on Monday. Macron’s recent attempts to win over his African counterparts have fallen flat. Macron raised the possibility of attending the summit during a phone call with Ramaphosa earlier this month, L’Opinion stated, citing sources in the Elysee palace. According to one “well-informed” source, Ramaphosa was non-committal. “Presence at this summit was mentioned during the conversation between the two leaders,…
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Ankara believes Stockholm must do more to address its concerns, the media outlet has said Türkiye is unlikely to signal its readiness to agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO at an upcoming meeting of officials from Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland later this week, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Ankara believes that Stockholm needs to do more to comply with its conditions ahead of the bloc’s summit in July, according to the outlet. Representatives of the three nations will meet in the Turkish capital on Wednesday to discuss the Swedish NATO bid. Last summer, the two Nordic nations agreed to…
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I was born into a strict Catholic and prayerful family. My parents raised me to put absolute trust in God almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, according to the teachings of the Bible. I fear no other gods, and I genuflect for no being in total submission. Out of courtesy and in obedience to social obligations, I bow to heads of religion and communities, as society expected. I know practically nothing about Igbo deities and cosmology. Two weeks ago, while waiting for my appointment with Tesco Supermarket promoters who want to distribute our Larsor Seasoning and also the new…
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Unknown to the people who currently run Nigeria, the country as presently constituted is living on borrowed time and if the structure is not tinkered with, it will only be a matter of time before it cataclysmically implodes. Alarms have repeatedly sounded and have only been greeted with deaf ears, however, this pretense can only be sustained for a while and this is something the present crop of Nigerian leaders must be made to come to terms with. Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria is an amalgam of many ethnic groups forcefully or deceptively joined together for the administrative convenience of the…
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First published on February 6, 2023 On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were located in the vicinity at the time and kept a record of the shelling as it took place. What the OSCE discovered was that the bombardment dramatically intensified as the week went on until it reached a peak on February 19, when a total of 2,026 artillery…
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The resurgent Nazism in Ukraine poses a threat to all of Europe “Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History”, writes the New York Times. Many of the Ukrainian soldiers — trained by NATO and equipped with increasingly powerful weapons systems such as the German Leopard tank — wear Nazi emblems on their uniforms. “Ukrainian Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems – comments the NYT – risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate. It is not just about images, however. In Ukraine – where all political parties…
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Who are the Beneficiaries of American wars? Introduction Since WWII, there were 32 American military conflicts involving dozens of countries. Some of these military conflicts have lasted for over twenty years and some others are still continuing. In other words, the U.S. is a country of perpetual war. War is terribly destructive human activity. Millions of human beings have been sacrificed. Tens of trillions of dollars worth of housing, school, factories, hospitals and other infrastructure facilities have been destroyed in the countries which have been the target of American military attacks. The perpetual war has destroyed the very foundation of…
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The restructuring discourse and debate has now been on-going in Nigeria for about a decade. Here in this piece, I simply want to argue that it’s in the best interest of Nigeria, and of Igbos, broadly defined to include “peripheral Igbos” or “fringe Igbos”, to carve out of Nigeria an independent, sovereign nation for all Igbos and only Igbos, and to do this peacefully. The reason such a nation should be created is to solve the Igbo Problem and Paradox. What then is the Igbo Problem and Paradox? It’s the fact that Igbos have been extremely unjustly treated, or, if…
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It is difficult to control a crowd of slaves in a slave farm but the slave master knows what to do. He targets a few slaves and makes them happy, at least, relatively happier than their counterparts. Make a few slaves happy and they will be loyal to you. They will be happy to defend you with their lives. They will go any length to do so. Yes! They will defend you at the expense of their own. They will forget that they are slaves too. They will fail to see that they are also having the short end of…
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TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023.
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It is quite possible that before now not many people have taken time to seriously consider it, but there is no doubt that governing a state in Nigeria has over the years been reduced to one of the most unduly simplified jobs in town, which does not even require an average intelligence or any special qualities to perform. It is quite possible that before now not many people have taken time to seriously consider it, but there is no doubt that governing a state in Nigeria has over the years been reduced to one of the most unduly simplified jobs…
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Exclusive Documentary With Athan Nneji Achonu, the Labour Party Governorship Candidate in Imo State. Achonu speaks in an interview with a special edition tagged ‘Against All Odds’, where he makes deep revelations with considerable focus on his early life, how he lost his arm, his business, political ideologies, leadership and his vision for Akuruoulo and Imo State. @ Athan Achonu Media Centre
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FEMI FALANA, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just to subsidize fuel but also provide funds for development. A company, Continental Transfert Technique had been hired by the Ministry of Interior to collect the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien Card (CERPAC) Fee of $2,000…
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As important as this story stands in the history of our nation’s struggle for democracy it is a shame that not many of our teenagers know much about it. There is no better day to put the story out than today the 12th of June. On October 25, 1993. Four dissatisfied Nigerian teenagers hijacked a Nigerian Airways airbus A310 that was flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted the plane to Niamey, Niger Republic.They were dissatisfied by the annulment of June 12 elections by the military Head of States, Gen Ibrahim Babangida. The young Nigerians, Richard Ogunderu was 19, Kabir…
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Dear Mr. President, I listened to your Democracy day speech. With due respect your speech fell short of my expectation. The Nigeria that you have inherited as President is different from the Nigeria of Abiolas June 12. In Abiolas June 12 Nigeria, Nigerians were not divided along religious or ethnic lines like today. Nigerians irrespective of ethnic lineage voted freely in Lagos and other states without fear of molestation and intimidation. I remember that NRC lost in the Government House polling booth Owerri not minding that the Governor in Imo, Evan Enwerem was in NRC. No voter got molested for…
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A key utilitarianism principle is that “actions are correct only if they ensure happiness and wrong or bad if they produce unhappiness.” After almost sixty three years of independence, Nigeria’s condition is very pitiable, if not a huge joke. Nigeria is in a quagmire akin to where many people are sleeping in an air-conditioned facility at night. A good number of these persons are feeling extremely cold while a few feel extremely hot. Who should accommodate the other? How does the host regulate the temperature in that facility? The host must find a way to resolve this dicey problem lest…
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Nigerians on Twitter Accuse Tinubu of Tribalism, For By passing Brilliant Dr. Kingsley Obiora, who graduated best overall student in his class both at University of Benin and University of Ibadan. Anyone who knows Dr. Obiora especially at University of Ibadan, including his professors, will tell you he is not from this planet. He is the deputy governor heading economic policy and research and the only deputy governor with Phd. Tinubu not only bypassed the most qualified academically Dr. Kingsley Obiora, he also bypassed the most senior deputy governors Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad and Mr. Edward Adamu, to appoint a…
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I believe this is out in the open. I pray the government could muster the will to control these leakages. THE REAL SUBSIDIES ARE NOT FOR THE POOR, BUT THE RICH. _BY_ FEMI FALANA, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just to subsidize fuel but…
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Those who had read the history of wars or who had studied about wars, would not find it difficult to conclude that, for the eight years of General Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency, it was a continuation of the civil war against the people of the South East. But Undeclared. And it’s a common knowledge that, actions speak louder than words. From May, 2015 to May, 2023, Buhari fought the second Civil war against the lgbos, meticulously, but lost both in the short run and in the long run. ln the final count. He woefully lost in the final analysis. At the…
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I just found out that Robert Hanssen, a notorious double agent, passed away on Monday. Hanssen holds a place among the most infamous double agents in history. He worked for the FBI and secretly leaked classified information to the Soviet and Russian intelligence services from 1979 to 2001. Shortly after joining the FBI in 1976, he began seeking ways to offer his services to the Russians. He successfully made contact in 1979 and continued until 1981. After a three-year hiatus, he resumed his activities in 1985, which persisted until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. When the dust…
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The British royal has claimed illegal media tactics damaged his relationships with Prince William and then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy Prince Harry has become the first British royal in more than 130 years to take the witness stand in court, testifying in a case in which he claims UK publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) invaded his privacy to report dozens of damaging stories based on illegally obtained information. The Duke of Sussex testified in London’s High Court on Tuesday and Wednesday, alleging that MGN’s Daily Mirror newspaper and other publications used voicemail interception and other unlawful information-gathering tactics to uncover private information between 1991…
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Any moves on the Zaporozhye NPP will be met with a “harsh response,” Moscow has said Moscow will retaliate against any attempts by Kiev to endanger the critical infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant or the city of Energodar, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. “Russia will respond extremely harshly to any attacks by Ukraine on the ZNPP, critical infrastructure facilities – including the station’s power supply lines – and, of course, Energodar, where the employees of this facility and their families live,” Zakharova told reporters during the daily briefing. Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir…
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IN 2016, Alhaji Aliko Dangote got $2b dollars allocation from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by processing form ‘A’ for intangible goods. He got the dollars at the cheapest rate, moved it out of the country to buy equipments to establish factories in other African countries, and there was no earthquakes under his feet. The smart man simply round-tripped with the dollars and made several more billion dollars from it and averted his gaze cheerfully. Those at the apex bank in charge of business racketeering got their fair shares of the luscious sleaze in percentages, dusted their foots and moved…
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“Corruption is paid by the poor”—Pope Francis I have been teaching post graduate students Public Policy and Governance for the last few years. I have found that the segment of the course that deals with decision-making and the policy environment excited all my classes over the years. In particular, we have ended all sections of the course dealing with policy making and governing through crises with the conclusion that character of the leadership, as well as the nature of the crises, are the two basic factors that determine some form of success or failure, yet they are not easily amenable…
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Do not forget quickly that we started this conversation by arguing with facts that the Great Zik of Africa and Nigeria’s all time legendary political evangelist, was the most beautiful, attractive and colorful political machine ever manufactured by the Igbo country and by extension, Nigeria. Even Zik himself confirmed this fact when he said “I am the most beautiful pride in Nigerian politics”. All the stabilizing factors that essentially fabricated as well as coupled Nigeria to be one today were manufactured and calibrated by Zik. Number one, both Awo and Ahmed Bello, in 1945, moved for Nigeria being divided into…
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It is an indisputable fact that Zik was the cornerstone upon which Nigeria’s independence was built and established. Achebe even indicated that “The father of African independence was Nnamdi Azikiwe”. “Zik brought new ideas to Nigeria’s independence struggle”, Awo declared. Adamu Ciroma said this about Zik, “He was different from other politicians of his age because no matter your age, he treated you as a friend”. The late fiery lawyer and human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi, dismissed Awo as father of tribalism, went against Bellow as Islamic fundamentalist and tackled Zik as a conformist, a compromiser who was always unstable.…
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Obviously, the first sign of acute malady in Zik’s idea of One Nigeria was the December 12, 1959 parliamentary elections, staged by the exiting British colonial masters to usher in independence – a new Nigeria. In the elections, the North refused to change the name of its party from Northern People’s Congress, NPC, to Nigerian or National People’s Congress. That was a serious indication that showed the North was not prepared to be a part of the emerging Nigeria. Yet, the Great Zik ignored such an early dangerous warning, on the grounds that America where he was coming from, suffered…
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Other nations are also growing tired of Washington’s orders, the top diplomat has claimed Russia is at the forefront of a global rebellion against US hegemony, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking on a visit to Tajikistan on Monday, Lavrov stated that Russia’s diplomatic corps is increasing its global engagement after a period of disarray that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. “Over the last couple of years, we have been returning to Africa [and] Latin America. A determination has accumulated never to accept the ‘rules’ that Washington is imposing. Its role is diminishing, slowly but surely. An…
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