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The Human Rights Campaign claims the lives of gay and trans people are in danger as a result of recent legislation The advocacy group Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for “LGBTQ+ Americans” on Tuesday, arguing that an increasingly adversarial legislative climate had put the lives of those in the community in danger. Citing “an unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year,” the group’s president, Kelley Robinson, insisted laws such as Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill – officially titled the Parental Rights in Education Act – amounted to “real, tangible and dangerous”…
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The White House – which has also been accused of the attack – refused to say whether it tried to stop the alleged plot American spies knew for months that Ukrainian state operatives planned on destroying the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing leaked Pentagon documents. While the report implicates Kiev in the act of sabotage, it does not disprove the theory – put forward by journalist Seymour Hersh – that the US took out the pipelines. The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were destroyed in a series of near-simultaneous explosions…
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An envoy of Pope Francis visited Kiev in search of ways to end the conflict The only end to the conflict that Kiev considers acceptable is the Ukrainian “peace formula,” President Vladimir Zelensky told the Holy See envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi in a meeting on Tuesday. “Ukraine welcomes the willingness of other states and partners to find ways to achieve peace, but since the war is on our territory, the formula for achieving peace can only be Ukrainian,” Zelensky said after meeting the papal emissary in Kiev. Zelensky added that he discussed the situation in Ukraine and the humanitarian cooperation with the Vatican “within…
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G7 Running on Empty The G7 is in a limbo. Right now, the G7 is all about US asserting control of the other six to follow a full anti-China line. The rest of the World won’t care about G7 until the US can start a big move to “unify the world” against China. The US got the rest of G7 behind it in Ukraine – the use of Russia as boogeyman achieved that. France, Germany, UK, and Brussels all wanted not only Russia kicked out of Ukraine, they wanted Russia permanently frayed to a degree that even Finland could turn…
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Shoe-Horning US Allies into “De-Risking” Sanctions! Officially, it is ”acknowledged” by the US and the EU that it is “not possible” to decouple China. Neocons don’t think so. It may be costly to decouple China, but definitely not impossible. And Neocons don’t care about heavy costs, not even for their own Western societies. That is the Blinken concept of “Trade Denial” from Blinken’s 1987 book “Ally vs. Ally”. The cost paid by trade denial for the West’s own societies will be worth it to bring down the enemy. The US enemy back in 1987 was the Soviet Union, today it is China.…
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One of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage and wisdom and hitting the ground running as the 16th President of Nigeria, has been his announcement that “fuel subsidy is gone”. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023, he did not state how but within 24 hours, his rather speculative declaration was given effect. Oil marketers and managers at fuel stations adjusted their operations, shifting prices per litre of petrol upwards. By the following day, the NNPC Limited, the country’s sole supplier of finished product had announced a new template…
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I would like to make an attempt to explain to our community and particularly to young parents why and how the African child has been systematically mis-educated in the western world during the last 500 years, so that they can better understand the root causes of some of the aberrations and self destructive forms of behaviour they see in our community and to help them realize that if they want a brighter future for their children and for our community, then it is imperative that they no longer leave the education of their children solely in thehands of the western…
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We don’t behave like them because Europeans did not tamper with their normal behaviour patterns in order to subjugate them and use them to further Western interests. How do you think they were able to conquer Africa and bring us to the West to be their servants so that most of us today only want ‘to live in peace and harmony with our enemies?’ Do you think it was by whispering sweet words in our ears? It was by exterminating 600 million Africans and turning us into abnormal human beings. That is the price that our ancestors paid and our…
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The real tragedy is that this distorted African story that generations of black children were forced to memorize, continue to be taken literally by millions of African people around the globe, who have spent their entire lives waiting for this ancient Superman named Jesus Christ to burst through the clouds and deliver them from evildoers. The tragic irony is that today it is African people, the victims, who are keeping this religion which was forcefully imposed upon our children during slavery, alive. They are its most fanatical adherents in contrast to their oppressors own people who have long since stopped…
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In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about the end of western civilization and we have all heard conservative and right wing politicians in the West lamenting the loss of western values. But what is Western civilization? What exactly are Western values? If you have travelled across Europe as I have, you will see walled cities, military forts, canons, pistols, guns, all manner of swords and statues of war heroes. In short, you will see an arsenal of weaponry and materials for waging war. In my opinion, war is not what most people imagine when they think…
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Now that we know that African people were brought to the West exclusively to work and serve whites, and not to “live in peace and harmony” with them, where did the rationale behind the education of black children come from? After Europeans had succeeded in making our ancestors almost as ignorant as the animals they said they were after years of chattel slavery, some of them began to realize that in order to further their commercial interests, it was better for the ‘negroes’ to have at least a minimal amount of education. A few continued to believe that “negroes should…
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I would like to make an attempt to explain to our community and particularly to young parents why and how the African child has been systematically mis-educated in the western world during the last 500 years, so that they can better understand the root causes of some of the aberrations and self destructive forms of behaviour they see in our community and to help them realize that if they want a brighter future for their children and for our community, then it is imperative that they no longer leave the education of their children solely in the hands of the…
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Monday Lines It was quite nice seeing President Bola Tinubu as he waltzed into the chambers where he met security chiefs last Thursday. “Morning,” he greets the chiefs. “Shall we sit or…” They murmur. His gaze is fixed on his guests. What are they saying? “Eh?” He asks; they murmur. “We just sit?” The president asks again. “Yes, sir,” one of them finally answers. But Tinubu did not sit as ‘instructed’. Where he comes from, you don’t enter a river without greeting the crocs and the frogs of the deep. The Yoruba man stretched out his hand for a one-by-one…
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I am shocked that the Igbos are not speaking up at the apparent siege laid on their land by uniformed person of different categories. They range from Army, Navy, Police, Civil Defence, Customs, FRSC, etc. My journey had taken me by road from Isele-Mkpitime, where I had gone to pay tribute to a Nigerian icon, Chief (Dr) P.K.C. Isagba, the Odogwu of Isele-Mkpitime. He was one of the first Nigerians to believe in my ability as a young fledgling lawyer. I had been handling his cases whilst at Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s Chambers. When I left as Deputy Head to set…
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HIDDEN TEACHINGS of the Bible That Explain Manifestation, Consciousness and Oneness (POWERFUL Info!)
Here Jesus says, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘look, the Kingdom of God is in the sky,’ then the birds will get there first. Gospel of Thomas (Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin) These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. Jesus said, “Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered.” …
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Tribunal Takes Decision On Competence Of Rhodes-Vivour’s Petition The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned till final judgment its ruling on an application filed by the Governor of Lagos State and his deputy challenging the entire petition filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s candidate, in the March 18 election. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Arum Ashom also adjourned till final judgment, a similar application filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking to strike out the petition, at this preliminary stage, for being incompetent. At the proceedings of the panel on Saturday, Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
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For taking the bull by the horn on May 29th during his inaugural speech, I am honestly delighted and convinced that Nigeria will experience an era of governance of common sense and empathy in the coming years under his leadership. For that immediate action I pray to Almighty God to to guard his decisions and direct his footsteps towards similar national challenges that have bedevilled and defied genuine national solutions due to greed, political, ethnic and religious considerations by past leaders aided and confused by the cabals of that government. A Daniel may have come at last. Painfully and regrettably,…
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Conversations with Fidel Castro. The Threat of Nuclear War is Real. “The imminence of a dangerous and probable war that could very rapidly evolve towards a nuclear war” This text was originally published in November 2010. Introductory Note and Update Fidel Castro was both an incisive analyst as well a powerful voice against nuclear weapons. In the light of recent developments in Ukraine, Global Research is reposting this article first published in November 2010 which includes Fidel’s statement on the dangers of nuclear war, which are now imminent in relation to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Today, the dangers of military escalation…
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I still insist that the Great Zik of Africa and Nigeria’s all time legendary political evangelist, still remains the most visionary leader/ politician ever to have emerged from the Igbo country. Nigeria’s sociopolitical, cultural as well as sports and even economic revolution had their sparkle the moment Zik returned to Nigeria from Ghana in 1937. Nationalism and statesmanship blossomed the same way journalism grew with new idea and styles. Everything about Nigeria’s journey to independence was practically centred on Zik. Even his arch business rivals, political opponents and nationalistic enemies attested to this fact. The Yoruba legend and one of…
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New research suggests that men should sit down to urinate rather than stand up. In a YouGov study on male urination habits, a renowned urologist asserted that sitting down is more hygienic and healthier for men’s bladders. Most men stand to urinate, but this may not be the healthiest way. According to Gerald Collins of the Cheshire’s Alexandra Hospital Department of Urology, sitting down is the most efficient way for men to urinate. The latest result of male urination habits came from a survey that included more than 7000 men from 13 countries. The result was 40% of German men reported “always”…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA). Ribadu was picked ahead of two other candidates that were being considered for the top security job. Ribadu who is widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s experienced individuals in the field of security and law enforcement. The two other candidates that were also considered are former Minister of Interior and ex-Chief of Army Staff, retired General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau; and the current Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. The NSA serves as the principal adviser…
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On the fraud called fuel subsidy removal, this was what the renowned professor of economics said during Obasanjo regime: Prof Sam Aluko RIP:I was in Iraq before Hussein was killed by the Americans. Every Friday, Hussein will say ‘this oil is a natural resource from God, it is a God’s gift and we are making a lot of money from it, all the Iraqis should buy free fuel every Friday.’ He did not say they are going to remove subsidy. Instead of our government to do something similar, they are only oppressing us with the oil. I think it is…
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It’s either President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his inner circle didn’t read my April 29 column titled “Six Agenda Items for Tinubu’s Success” or they did but dismissed it as the impractical, high-flown, indulgent musings of an idealistic diasporan Nigerian. The fifth item on my list concerned petrol price hikes amid the current agonizingly biting poverty in the land. I wrote: “I know that there is now an artfully manufactured consent, particularly among the gilded classes in Nigeria, about the undesirability of ‘fuel subsidy.’ I don’t care what it’s called, but any policy (call it deregulation, subsidy removal, appropriate pricing,…
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Devaluation of a currency refers to a deliberate downward adjustment in the value of a country’s currency relative to other currencies. This differs from Depreciation which is a fall in the value of a country’s currency due to the forces of demand and supply of countries’ currencies. The effects of devaluation on economic growth can vary in the short run and the long run. The short run is a period too short to vary all factors of production; in the short run, at least one factor (land) is fixed. The Long run is a period in which all factors are…
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Kissinger is one of the most important voices in U.S. foreign policy. He is a hardliner and undoubtedly a war criminal. He was directly involved in the 1973 coup d’état in Chile and also in the brutal Vietnam War. Therefore, he is anything but a pacifist, on the contrary. Yet, on key geostrategic issues such as China and Ukraine, he is on a different wavelength than the current warmongers within the U.S. elite. It is useful to consider the arguments of this important dissenting voice within the establishment. Towards a confrontation between the US and China? On the occasion of…
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On May 30th, Newsweek headlined “Russia ‘On Course’ for NATO Conflict, Commander Says”, and reported that Karel Rehka, the Commander of Chechia’s Armed Forces, said that, “We view war between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance as the worst-case scenario, but it is not impossible,” Rehka said. “It is possible.” Russia, the commander added, “is currently on a course towards a conflict with the Alliance.” … NATO deterrence, he added, is the solution to show Moscow that “it’s not worth it because it just can’t succeed” in defeating its Western rivals through military means. The West’s unquestioned assumption is that Russia is…
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Kampala has been threatened with sanctions by Western nations over its new anti-LGBTQ legislation Uganda students from 13 universities gathered in front of the country’s parliament on Wednesday to express their disapproval of US President Joe Biden’s stance on Kampala’s new anti-LGBTQ legislation, local media reported. Biden called the law a “tragic violation of universal human rights” and called for its repeal, adding that Washington would consider all aspects of its engagement with the country in light of the move. The Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 mandates life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of engaging in same-sex sexual activities. It also…
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My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home At the end of April, my daughter Victoria and I departed New York City’s JFK airport, ultimately bound for the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the first destination of what would be a 26-day, 12-city tour of Russia. While the official purpose of the visit was business (I was promoting my book, Disarmament Race, which has been published in the Russian language by the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house), the unofficial – and for me, most important – purpose of the visit was…
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Nigerians have long harboured a robust scepticism towards their leaders. Now they have gone one better. Many doubt that the man sworn in as president this week is their leader at all. In an open letter to US president Joe Biden, Chimamanda Adichie, the feted author, spoke for millions when she cast doubt on the result of February’s presidential election in which Bola Tinubu was declared winner. Adichie castigated the Americans for endorsing the result. There is no proof that the election was stolen — or bought. But there are plenty of grounds to suspect a result that is being…
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This video makes whole lot of sense. There is no way the Nigerian government can claim to be subsidizing every litre of petrol consumed in Nigeria by almost N400! The DSDP arrangement is trade by barter – NNPC sells crude oil to the designated refineries across the globe at an agreed price and gets back the equivalent in refined products. So where is the payment coming from? And where is the subsidy? That is why I have always maintained that stopping the subsidy payments should not translate to increase in the price of products. The DSDP, properly applied, should lead…
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This is the week of May 30, the date of the official declaration of the former Republic of Biafra: the Land of the Rising Sun, in 1967! Substantially andto date of May 30, 2023, the Igbo and millions of other Nigerians believe the full and honest lessons of the events from the historical and brutal events before, since and after 1967 have not been fully understood and learned. Robert Heinlein, the late American author, cautioned that: “A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.” I think Biafra holds a duality of meaning to the Igbo, other Nigerians…
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Fuel Queues are already everywhere in Abeokuta, a direct response to President Bola Tinubu’s message yesterday. Even as at last week, most filling stations started closing up. They must have had information on what was coming and you can always trust them to exploit every situation. I dont know much about financial matters and I don’t argue about things in which I lack complete knowledge. I will simply state MY UNDERSTANDING of the issues and allow you guys to educate me. Wada M Wali I know or believe you are an expert on this matter so please let’s talk about…
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Rising vigilantism in Nigeria reflects public cynicism about law enforcement and the judicial system. Last month, some students of Obafemi Awolowo Hall, a student residential hall at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, set upon one Okoli Ahinze, a final year student of the university’s Department of Civil Engineering, and beat him to death. Mr. Ahinze’s assailants had unilaterally accused, tried, and found him guilty of stealing a mobile telephone belonging to another student. Reports of the incident were received by the university community and the general public with a mix of anger and horror. The university authorities ordered an immediate investigation into…
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Up against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria. Twice in the past two-and-a-half years, it had seemed all but certain that Bola Tinubu would be denied the object of all his political labors. The first time was in October 2020 when some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos took out their frustration with the Nigerian political establishment on investments and properties believed to be owned by Tinubu, including Television Continental (TVC), The Nation newspaper, and Lagos Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island. Such was the ferocity of the attacks—and the ostensible damage to Tinubu’s reputation— that there…
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When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy for peace in Ukraine with the wealthy Western G7 countries that are militarily allied with Ukraine and have so far remained deaf to pleas for peace. But it was not to be. Instead, the Global South leaders were forced to sit and listen as their hosts announced their latest plans to tighten sanctions against Russia and further escalate the war by…
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Liberal Democrats shamefully all voted for the “Countering Malign Russian Influence Activities in Africa” Act—seems like relic from bygone era During the Cold War, the U.S. government invoked the pretext of Russian interference to justify a range of crimes, including the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, the overthrow of Pan-Africanist hero Kwame Nkrumah, the arrest of Nelson Mandela and intervention in the Angolan civil war. Just when we thought that that era had passed, the House of Representatives on April 27 passed the “Countering Malign Russian Influence Activities in Africa” Act by a 415-9 vote. The bill in part would direct the U.S. Secretary…
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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 due to the highly profitable character of the Atlantic Slave Trade over a period extending from the 15th to the 19th century. In the beginning decades of the 21st century, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) are seriously threatened by…
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Part I We are looking for two smoking guns now in connection with Russiagate. Today’s Part I will show Hillary Clinton herself sat atop a large-scale conspiracy to use the tools of modern espionage to create and disseminate false information about Trump. Part II to follow will show the FBI was an active participant in that conspiracy. In summer 2016 Hillary Clinton’s private email server and her improper handling of classified information was the political story. Consensus was the election was Hillary’s to lose, that her opponents in general and especially the Trump clown show, could not stop her. Despite the MSM’s heroic…
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Russiagate: The Smoking Gun. “The FBI was an active participant in the conspiracy to destroy Trump.”
Part II Part I of this article showed a conspiracy to smear Donald Trump with false allegations of collusion with Russia took place, with Hillary Clinton at its head. Part II today will show the FBI was an active participant in the conspiracy to destroy Trump. The facts are not in dispute. We are left only to decide if the FBI acted incompetently and unprofessionally, or as part of a conspiracy. The first part of the smoking gun may have been hiding in plain sight for some time now. In June 2018 Inspector General for the Department of Justice Michael Horowitz released…
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The long awaited US Justice Department “Russiagate” report by Special Counsel John Durham exonerated President Donald Trump from false charges and performed the important public service of making law and order conservatives aware that their beloved FBI is a criminal agency that created a false narrative for the purpose of discrediting President Trump and preventing him from reducing the dangerous tensions between the two main nuclear powers by normalizing relations with Russia. Trump’s intent would have taken away the Russian enemy necessary to the budgets and power of the US military/security complex. Durham names former Acting Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok,…
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Donald Trump calls Russiagate a “hoax” but it is in fact much worse. The manufactured scandal was part of successful efforts to intimidate, to censor, and to discredit opposition to state narratives. Russiagate is used to make the case for the proxy war in Ukraine. Here in the US it plays a role in subjugating the Black liberation movement. It is the 21st century version of COINTELPRO. “trenches of ideas are more powerful than weapons.” (Jose Marti) “…the American public was scammed.” (Donald Trump) Six years and millions of dollars later, the “Durham report” released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of…
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The Durham Report fails to identify the ringleader of the Russiagate fiasco, John Brennan. It was Brennan who first reported “contacts… between Russian officials and persons in the Trump campaign”. It was also Brennan who initially referred the case to the FBI. It was also Brennan who “hand-picked” the analysts who cobbled together the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) which said that Putin was trying to swing the election in Trump’s favor. And, it was also Brennan who hijacked the “Trump-Russia-meme” from the Hillary campaign in order to prosecute his war on Trump. At every turn, Brennan was there, massaging the intelligence,…
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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan‘s discussions in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman coincided with the Arab League foreign ministers’ decision to end the 12-year suspension of Syria from the League. Since Syria’s return was mooted many months ago, US President Joe Biden and senior officials had repeatedly expressed rejection. Therefore, the move amounted to a slap in the face for his administration by Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, which sought to achieve this objective before the Arab summit in Riyadh on May 19. While in Riyadh, Sullivan was meant to discuss Syrian normalisation along with peacemaking in Yemen and the…
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In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the United States was facing after a century of international dominance was “relative and not absolute, and is therefore perfectly natural; and that the only serious threat to the real interests of the United States can come from a failure to adjust sensibly to the newer world order.” Since Kennedy wrote those words, we have seen the end of the Cold War, the peaceful emergence of China as a leading world power, and the rise of a formidable Global South.…
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The strengthening of ties between the BRICS bank and Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest oil producer, is undesirable for the West as it again signals another advancement in the de-dollarisation of the global economy. In the last week of May, Saudi Arabia held talks to join BRICS’ New Development Bank as its ninth member, a decision that is not only economic but also with political motive. Saudi Arabia’s benefit from joining the NDB is clear, given the potential for increased trade, especially Saudi exports. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s largest oil suppliers, and BRICS countries produce many different goods. Therefore, such…
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America Still Prefers to Speak Softly But Carry a Big Stick A calamity of even greater cataclysmic proportions and consequences is either soon to break out in the war in Ukraine or sanity somehow finally will prevail against all odds, with all the combatants suddenly finding a way to end the conflict without continuing to kill themselves and, in the process, potentially all the rest of us. America’s Neo-Con radicals and their allies in the world can feel the war slipping out of the grasp of their control, even in spite of the gross billions of taxpayer monies stolen from the citizenry…
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Independent medical scientists who are not dependent on a Big Pharma salary or research grant, a minority of medical scientists as Big Pharma reportedly is the source of 70% of medical research grants and provides support to friendly medical schools, have provided conclusive evidence that the Covid-19 “vaccine” is responsible for many deaths and health issues. The unprecedented phenomenon of vaccinated children dying in their sleep, of athletes and entertainers dropping dead on the field and stage, along with the same happening to people in all ages of life is being dismissed by the medical establishment at work covering up for itself…
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Disease X, “represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease.” Hot on the heels of the Covid Emergency being declared over, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) issued a call for eternal vigilance against future viral invasions forecasting that “future outbreaks of ‘Disease-X’ are inevitable.” Echoing this Cassandra-esque pronouncement WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at the recent 76th World Health Assembly, warned of lurking pathogens “even deadlier” than Covid-19. Amidst this latest flurry of fatalistic prognostications it’s worth asking a few questions: Who is CEPI and what is this amorphous ‘Disease-X’? Who is CEPI? Advertising…
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Adverse Events Compiled by Pfizer: Can you trade in death and disease and be on the stock exchange as a legitimate institution of capitalism? Pfizer Appendix 2.2 Cumulative and Interval Summary Tabulation of Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events from Post Marketing Data Sources BNT162-B2 Date Compiled over period: December 19, 2021 to June 18, 2022. These were not provided to me by Pfizer but through a source at the EMA (European Medicines Agency). I have no reason to doubt this document. Treat it as you wish. Assuming this source through the EMA is providing an accurate document and it sure…
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A BBC News investigation found out that the vote for Bola Tinubu in Rivers State was six times larger in the officially announced results compared with the BBC’s polling station count while Peter Obi’s votes had been cut in half. President-elect Bola Tinubu is facing legal challenges. A BBC investigation has found evidence suggesting some results from Nigeria’s presidential election may have been manipulated. The BBC has uncovered significant anomalies in Rivers state, a key battleground, although not sufficient to change the overall national outcome of the election, which took place in February. There are also questions over the identity…
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At the tail end of the electioneering campaigns, harping on religion started losing steam and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku came up with a masterstroke. If you recall, Atiku ran a lacklustre campaign and feelers had it that he has a last minute joker. How Atiku hijacked the cabal and used the Presidency is still a mystery. He successfully maneuvered the cabal and they introduced Naira redesign policy. They deliberately made the currency so scarce that even elites don’t have access to it. They accompanied Naira scarcity with fuel scarcity. Atiku relied solely on the Northern votes to win the Presidency and…
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Immediately Bola Tinubu emerged as the candidate of APC, the kingdom of darkness roared in anger. Places that were hitherto churches turned to covens. Pastors turned to sorcerers. Prophecies turned to Baba Ijebu permutations. House of prayer turned to political podium where curses are issued on per minute basis. There was pandemonium in hell. They amplified the fact the Tinubu is a Muslim and labeled him an islamist. Some people said he will pick a Muslim running mate so that Christians can be completely alienated from Nigeria. They deliberately forgot that Tinubu’s wife and kids are Christians. They also deliberately…
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I am not a fan of Olusegun Obasanjo and will never be his fan, but Obasanjo has a special grace reserved for men of destiny. It was Gen Hassan Katsina that first discovered this uncommon grace in Obasanjo. In her book titled “Bitter Sweet”. Obasanjo’s first wife and the mother of Iyabo, Mrs Oluremi Obasanjo, wrote that she was with Obasanjo at the Airport in Kaduna in the 60s when Gen Katsina propetically whispered to her that she should take a good care of Obasanjo because God has set him aside to play prominent roles in the life of Nigeria.…
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The undermining of the rule of law and corruption of the judiciary are two of the saddest results of corruption and bad government in Nigeria. In this article I will look at the contribution of the legal profession to the decay we endure in Nigeria. I went to school in the 70s and 80s with some people who have become senior lawyers and judges in Nigeria today. One thing that was common with many of them, was that they were very bad in mathematics and showed very little interest in science In fact, some of them did say that they…
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The man in the picture below, Igwe Walter Amobi, birthed the Amobi dynasty which dominated the traditional rulership of Ogidi throughout the 20th century. Walter Kwọchaka was born in the middle of the 19th century to one Abraham Amobi who was an early convert to Christianity when the CMS missionaries first showed up at Ọnịcha in the 19th century. Thus Walter Amobi was educated and raised as a Christian. As an adult living in Ọnịcha, he made a living as a butcher and was prosperous and popular. Though a non-indigene, he was active in the Palace Council of the Obi…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has rejected the new pump prices for petroleum products announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), saying it was against the interest of deregulation.The Labour movement noted that the oil giant couldn’t be talking of deregulation in one breathe and Price fixing in another. The NNPCL on Wednesday jerked up the pump prices of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol (PMS) by over 200 per cent bringing the price of fuel to between N488 and N557 per litre. The NLC argued that the decision to announce a new pump price regime was against…
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Despite the promise of technology and new legislation, Nigeria’s tightly contested elections have resulted in growing mistrust and revealed deepening divides. EXPERT COMMENT31 MARCH 2023 Idayat HassanDirector, Centre for Democracy and Development Dr Alex Vines OBEManaging Director, Ethics, Risk and Resilience; Director, Africa Programme In Nigeria’s previous elections, votes were largely split between two parties – the APC of outgoing President Buhari and the PDP that held power from 1999 to 2015. This time, the 25 February vote saw four different presidential candidates win majorities at state level. President-elect Bola Tinubu received the least number of votes, and lowest winning…
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In the good old days, when Ezeship was by merit and popular will, Ndi Eze had influence and authority. As true custodians of the culture and identities of their communities, they ruled with the fear of God. They were strong advocates and defenders of truth and justice and usually stood up for them and other natural principles not minding whose ox was gored. They were exemplary and lived above board. Their lifestyle earned them loyalty and deep respect from their subjects. When they speak their words not only had the force of law, but were potent as well. When an…
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How do you miss someone who was barely available? Rather, how do you miss someone who showily made a mess of almost everything that came his way, supposedly his idea of serving you? President Muhammadu Buhari failed so woefully, yet he boasts about his achievements by comparing his abysmally woeful performances with non-existent low standards. He was absent, not just physically. There were moments he was physically present and they made no useful contributions to our lives. While we wish he could leave us alone, he was the one to complain about the demands of office and wished time flew…
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For all Nigerians, this is a time for deep reflection. It is also a time to re-examine our assumptions, even as we reaffirm our hopes. Let us calmly review our aspirations, in order to recalibrate our expectations and pin down the causes of our missed opportunities and disappointments. We stand at that critical moment in time when, as a people, we must collectively come to grips with the reality of our injured destiny as well as the reasons for that injury. It is for us to reassess our plight as a young democracy and identify clear pathways to a better…
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In the days after the Russian military was reported to have put an end to the two-day-long incursion of Russia’s Belgorod region, more and more information has come to light that proves the openly neo-Nazi character of the forces involved. According to the Kremlin, a substantial military operation, involving the army, the air force and the national guard, killed 70 members of the far-right extremist Russian Volunteer Battalion and the ultra-nationalist Legion for a Free Russia after over 24 hours of fighting. Hundreds of buildings were reportedly destroyed in Russian villages during the attack, which included drone strikes, US-produced armored…
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First published on March 12, 2022, this incisive article by Mario Dinucci has been the object of censorship. Today, the dangers of military escalation are beyond description. What is now happening in Ukraine has serious geopolitical implications. It could lead us into a World War III scenario The writings of Manlio Dinucci are subject to censorship by Il Manifesto Below is Manlio Dinucci’s Response On March 8, after having briefly published it online (see link), the Manifesto’s editorial staff made the column The Art of War disappear overnight also from the paper edition, because I had refused to comply with the Ministry of…
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Pork producers have been using customizable mRNA-based “vaccines” on their herds since 2018, without telling the public All customized mRNA “vaccines” are untested. Only the mRNA platform itself has been approved According to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, “there are no current mRNA vaccines licensed for use in beef cattle in the United States.” However, a lobbyist for the association claims to have “double-vaccinated” his own herd with an mRNA “vaccine” against bovine respiratory disease Iowa State University began trialing an mRNA “vaccine” against bovine respiratory syncytial virus October 1, 2021 Missouri House Bill 1169 would require labeling of products…
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There’s soon going to be another reason to either choose vegetarian food options or get your meat from local, trusted sources: mRNA vaccines are about to be heavily implemented across the meat industry, with cattle, chickens, pigs, goats and other livestock targeted for regular mRNA injections. As we’ve seen with human beings, mRNA injections can: Hypodermic needles, it turns out, aren’t the only way these mRNA instructions can be introduced into the human body. They can also be swallowed, or they can enter through skin contact. Merely handling raw meat contaminated with mRNA products is likely the equivalent to being exposed…
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Bill Gates’s past with Jeffrey Epstein is again boiling to the surface. It was already known that Gates had connections to the accused sex trafficker and convicted pedophile. In fact, Gates’s wife previously said this was a key reason she divorced him. But the new evidence is exposing even more. Not only is it now apparent that Gates met with Epstein more than was previously thought, but it also appears that Epstein had tried blackmailing Gates over an affair with a Russian bridge player. Mila Antonova was an associate of the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, documents have suggested A…
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It’s unclear whether the former British PM’s words changed the Republican frontrunner’s mind Boris Johnson met with ex-US President Donald Trump and tried to convince him of “the vital importance of Ukrainian victory,” a spokesperson for the former British PM told reporters on Friday. Trump has refused to endorse Kiev’s military goals, calling instead for a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Russia. Johnson had dinner with Trump on Thursday, his spokesperson told multiple US and UK media outlets. “Boris Johnson MP met President Donald J. Trump to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the vital importance of Ukrainian victory,” they said. Johnson has…
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The story of the now 100-year-old German-born thinker who had a profound affect on the foreign policy of his adopted country A spy, a playboy, the holder of a doctorate, a diplomat, one of the most prominent political figures of the 20th century, and the man who defined American foreign policy during the Cold War. On May 27, 2023, Heinz (or Henry) Alfred Kissinger, a former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, turns 100 years old. Possibly the best-known US diplomat of his lifetime, he is the man to whom America owes its policy of ‘detente,’ the rebuilding of…
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The Turkish leader vowed to protect “sacred” family values in his victory speech on Sunday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who portrays himself as a defender of traditional Islamic values, has once again labeled the opposition as ‘LGBT’, and insisted that liberal Western ideology will never infiltrate his ruling party or its nationalist allies. Türkiye’s Supreme Election Council confirmed Erdogan’s decisive victory over Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Sunday evening. In the run-up to the election, Erdogan repeatedly accused Kilicdaroglu and his allies of being pro-LGBT, and voiced similar charges in his victory speech in front of a jubilant crowd in Istanbul. Listing off the…
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The Turkish president vowed to open a gas hub following the Russian leader’s suggestion Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to complete a gas distribution hub to pipe Russian natural gas into Europe via Türkiye. Erdogan said that the project, first suggested by Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be built with Russian assistance. “We will strengthen Türkiye’s position as an international hub even further,” Erdogan said in a speech on Monday. “Actually, Mr. Putin mentioned again the creation of the hub in the region of Thrace in Türkiye in his congratulatory message. We will do that together with them. There will…
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The legislation conflicts with international treaties and requires “urgent” judicial review, the UN Human Rights Office has insisted Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law what activists have called one of the world’s harshest pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 has prompted the outrage of international human rights organizations and activists who say it must be reviewed. The bill, which was approved in March, originally proposed 20 years in prison for merely identifying as LGBTQ, but the president returned it to parliament in late April for revision to ensure it does not “frighten” those who need “rehabilitation.” “We have heeded…
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11th January, 2012 As Nigerians gathered with family and friends to celebrate the New Year, the federal government was baking a national cake wrapped in the scheme that would instantly make the New Year a bitter one. Barely had the public weaned itself from last year when government dropped a historic surprise on an unsuspecting nation. PPPRA issued a statement abolishing the fuel subsidy. By this sly piece of paper, the federal government breached the social contract with the people. This government, which owes its very existence to the people’s desire to be governed by someone more humble than elitist,…
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In 2015, a day before the election that brought President Buhari to office, I made a last-ditch effort to warn Nigerians about the impending doom of electing a man whose leadership credentials were uninspiring and laden with evidence of failure. I published “The Death of the African Big Man” on March 28, 2015, Presidential elections. The article generated virulent attacks from the All Progressives Congress (APC) mob, whose major defining quality was an inability to reason. In the article, I argued that Gen. Buhari did not possess the acumen, intellect, energy, and managerial capacity to run the modern, large, and…
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A U.S. default would send a shock through the global economy and risk the credibility of the U.S. dollar. It would also alarm U.S. allies while presenting a gift to its adversaries. President Joe Biden put the debt ceiling drama front and center in his State of the Union address for all the world to see—and the world was watching. The Biden administration is looking for a “clean” increase in the debt limit—one with no additional provisions—while a small, vocal, and shockingly influential subset of House Republicans appear willing to risk default on the U.S. national debt to force large, but unspecified,…
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Washington’s obsession with crushing Russia has dismantled its Middle East agenda Prioritizing efforts to weaken Moscow, Washington has let slip its grasp elsewhere and failed to wake up to the multipolar world it now finds itself in. Once the undisputed hegemonic power in the Middle East, thought to be indispensable for the security and success of a range of regional leaderships, the US has been fading into the background to the benefit of its adversaries. As armed conflict erupted between NATO-backed Ukraine and Russia in February of 2022, the Joe Biden administration in Washington decided to throw its weight behind…
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A former White House official has acknowledged the reality of growing resistance to the country’s imperialism. Meanwhile, after the Eastern Bloc collapsed in 1989 and the Soviet Union fell in 1991, the US saw the opportunity to reassert Western dominance of the world largely unchecked. While the US referred to its goal as Pax Americana, its methods had little to do with peace and everything to do with war. Thus, Washington wasted no time in invading and attacking other countries from Panama (1989), to Iraq (1990), Serbia (1999), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq again (2003) and Libya (2011). This does not even…
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Ukraine’s Neighbors Push For Zelensky To Pursue Peace As Millions Of Displaced People Flow Into Europe Last Saturday the Washington Post published an exposé of classified American intelligence documents showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, working behind the back of the Biden White House, pushed hard earlier this year for an expanded series of missile attacks inside Russia. The documents were part of a large cache of classified materials posted online by an Air Force enlisted man now in custody. A senior official of the Biden administration, asked by the Post for comment on the newly revealed intelligence, said that…
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Kissinger at 100: How his ‘sordid’ diplomacy in Africa fuelled war in Angola and prolonged apartheid
Historians say the involvement in Africa of the former US secretary of state, who is 100 this week, drew the US into Angola’s war and aided apartheid after the Soweto uprising The men who sat down for dinner at the Hotel Bodenmais in West Germany on 23 June 1976 were exclusively white, although the issue to be discussed was the path to majority black rule in Rhodesia. At the table was John Vorster, prime minister of apartheid South Africa. With him were ambassadors, diplomats and security officials. Pride of place, however, was reserved for the US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger,…
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Soon after Cecil Rhodes showed up on the diamond fields of South Africa in 1871, he seized on the business concept that still drives the diamond industry worldwide: monopoly. Forsaking prospecting, he bought a steam-powered pump for sucking water from flooded diamond mines. It was the only such pump in South Africa. Faced with severe flooding, the small mine operators soon ran out of cash to pay their sole pump supplier. So they sold their mining claims to Mr. Rhodes, the founder of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, a British diamond trader who emigrated to South…
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Major US credit agencies have been accused of bias when it comes to assessing non-Western economies The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states should establish a rating agency to provide adequate assessment tools for the region’s growing economic activity, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The proposal was made during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow on Thursday. Currently, the market for international credit ratings is dominated by three US-based agencies: Moody’s Investor Services, Standard and Poor’s (S&P), and Fitch Group. Countries outside the West have accused them of economic and political bias when it comes…
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On Friday, members of the Arab League welcomed the Syrian regime back to the organization. Representatives from several Arab member states shook Syrian leader Assad’s hand and gave him, a “warm” reception according to several news outlets. Syria was suspended from the league in 2011, but on May 7 in Cairo the league agreed to reinstate the Assad regime. This represents a reversal from years of isolation placed on the regime, and a break with US policy which remains staunchly opposed to Assad. Indeed, the League’s rapprochement with Assad should be seen as a repudiation of US policy, and especially as a…
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Russia’s defense minister has claimed that Western countries are trying to prolong and escalate the conflict Western countries are forcing Kiev to present tactical successes on the battlefield regardless of the cost to human lives and “pumping” the country full of weapons and fighters, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has claimed. Speaking at a meeting of the council of defense ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Minsk on Thursday, the Russian minister said the value of the West’s military-technical assistance to Kiev has already exceeded $65 billion and that more than 2,500 foreign mercenaries are currently taking part in military operations…
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Russia has always given priority to enhancing cooperation with African states, the president said The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has invited African leaders to St Petersburg in July for the second Russia-Africa summit, calling the event an opportunity to expand Moscow’s cooperation with African nations. “I am sure that the second Russia-Africa summit … will make it possible to define new tasks for expanding our country’s constructive cooperation with African partners in the political, trade, economic, scientific, technical, humanitarian and other fields,” Putin said in a statement on Thursday. The president expressed his congratulations to the African Union (AU) on…
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The Ukrainian intelligence service is making multiple attempts to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. A high-ranking official admitted to actively plotting the Russian leader’s assassination after a recent drone attack on the Kremlin. “Putin is noticing that we are getting closer and closer to him,” Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, told Welt in an interview. He added, Putin is number one on the kill list “because he coordinates and decides what happens.” The Ukrainian intelligence official claimed his agency had failed to kill Putin because he “stays holed up.” Skibitsky suggested another attempt could be made soon as the Russian leader “is now…
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The phenomenon of colonialism created the Africa Day 60 years ago. And Africans always remember May 25th, a momentous occasion observed with receipt of friendly messages from across the world. While its primary continental goals include ‘sustainable peace and development’, and ‘unity in diversity’, these still remain integral challenges. Despite recognising the significance of some achievements during the past 60 years, Africa extends far beyond. The African Union itself said in an official statement posted on its website that “celebration of the 60th anniversary is an opportunity to recognize the role and contribution of the founders of the continental organization…
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Whichever way one games it out, there’s close to no chance that Kiev’s counteroffensive will meet the Western public’s expectations absent some black swan event, which means that Biden will be running for re-election with two losses under his belt in Afghanistan and Ukraine. It’s difficult to imagine that Americans will give him and his team another four years in office after they humiliated the US so badly, but tens of thousands more might still die before these warmongers are removed from power. Senior Ukrainian presidential advisor Mikhail Podolyak told Italian media that his country’s much-hyped counteroffensive already began a few days ago, which is curious…
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Are Ukraine’s neo-Nazi divisions deploying NATO-supplied chemical weapons? A recent report published by the Russian Federal News Agency suggests that NATO is preparing wide scale use of chemical weapons against civilians in Donbass and in ongoing military campaigns. The news agency spoke to the advisor of the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Jan Gagin. According to the article during the defence of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Ukraine used drone-delivered ammunition containing toxic substances. The neo-Nazi ‘Birds of Madyar’ air reconnaissance team were identified as deploying these weapons. Since April 2023, Ukrainian-manufactured Teren 6 gas grendades have also been delivered by UAVs. Jan Gagin stated: The enemy…
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Russians are proverbially slow to react, but when they do get started … it is prudent to be careful. We have been wondering what Russia’s war crimes Investigative Committee was doing since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine and what legal instruments it was prepared to use in the pursuit of its objectives. The answers to these questions even now are not entirely clear, but at least some encouraging news has recently emerged on the legal front. Readers scarcely need to be reminded of the political weaponisation of the International Criminal Court [ICC] which took place in March 2023,…
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At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. At this moment, Russia is more isolated from the West than it has ever been, quite possibly in history. As just one example, while V.I. Lenin was able to famously travel from Finland via train to St. Petersburg, even during the height of WWI, the train from Finland to Russia ceased operating after…
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On May 29th, a certified drug dealer and the head of the mafia that has held Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, in a suffocating grip, will be inaugurated as President of Nigeria. It is a pity the late Africanist, Stephen Ellis, who has devoted so much time to researching and writing about the unholy alliance between state actors and criminal gangs in both South Africa and Nigeria won’t be alive to witness the entire criminal takeover of the state itself. In the 1990s, Ellis systematically showed how all state actors in South Africa got entangled with, legitimized, armed, and collaborated with…
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The much talked about Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals (the single largest refinery in the entire world and the most consequential single project in recent times) has now been built. The colourful decoration and ribbon at the frontage of the said subject of a multibillion-dollar Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning contract is now cut by President Muhammadu Buhari; signaling its official commissioning and possible commencement of operations. Mr. Dangote himself, has gone on to say that the first petrol product will be ready by July and the NNPC boss, Mr. Mele Kyari, saying categorically that the NNPC Ltd will supply 300,000…
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What many don’t know is that the man with money can still be a slave, so long as he remains enslaved by a poverty mentality Money is a vital component for any activity in an economy because nothing can be done without money; therefore, it is safe to say that political activities cannot be executed without money. However, when money becomes superior to quality leadership, this can lead to a breeding ground for corruption. Money politics is a political system in which a politician is being supported by its party members in return for financial support. All over the world,…
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Within the Muhammadu Buhari household, Aisha, the wife of the president and outgoing First Lady, must be the most avid supporter of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. She has been a consistent supporter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, party chieftain right from the moment in about 2016 when Tinubu started having trouble with some members of Buhari’s close circle of relatives and political associates led by the reclusive Mamman Daura. Members of the Buhari inner cabinet had with some measure of success pushed Tinubu out of their circle and denied him access to the president shortly after his inauguration in…
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