The 2025 US Air Strikes On Iran: Strategic Errors,Sunday, June 22, 2025
On June 21, 2025, the United States initiated airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, which President Donald Trump characterised as a preemptive measure aimed at restraining Tehran rsquo;s nuclear ambitions. This operation, undertaken without the endorsement of the United Nations or substanti ...
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Nuclear Truths And Selective Justice: The Treaty And The West's Dance With ‘HypoSunday, June 22, 2025
It is a new rdquo; word, huh? Hypocrity. Well, it is not a word in usage. But come, you must have seen its closeness to hypocrisy. OK, hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have virtues, beliefs, or feelings that one does not possess, especially when those pretended beliefs contradict one 39;s acti ... |
When Free Speech Crosses The Line: The Nwoko-Daniels Case And Nigeria’s DigitalSunday, June 22, 2025
The recent lawsuit filed by Senator Ned Nwoko and his wife, Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, against social media personality Timothy Gabriel, popularly known as ldquo;Tuma, rdquo; has once again brought into sharp focus a growing and dangerous trend in Nigeria, the reckless abuse of free speech o ... |
From Fear To Violence: Nigeria’s Descent, When Hell Invades EarthSunday, June 22, 2025
ldquo;There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick there are only two things to worry about, either you wi ... |
Stop Blaming Journalists For Everything: They’re Not Policemen, They’re Just MesSunday, June 22, 2025
In a society where the value of professional roles is increasingly misunderstood or deliberately misrepresented, the journalist has ironically become both the observer and the scapegoat. This scapegoating is not just wrong, it is dangerous. It puts undue pressure on members of the Fourth Estate and ... |
EU Created Its Own Migration ProblemSunday, June 22, 2025
Europe rsquo;s migration problem on its southern borders has been developing for decades. It has reached a crisis. In an effort to stem the flow of refugees, the EU is begun shifting responsibility to third countries ndash; primarily African states which already face instability. The clearest ex ... |
As Benue Burns: 'Enough Not Enough', Mr President, Do Something!Saturday, June 21, 2025
Once again, communities in Benue State ndash; the acclaimed Food Basket of the Nation ndash; are under attack, with death and destruction everywhere. Naturally, the survivors, from crying, moaning and wailing, will run to seek refuge and shelter in neighbouring and distant communities or internal ... |
Why Suspend An Aide For Protesting Killings The Governor Should’ve Condemned?Saturday, June 21, 2025
In a country where political insensitivity is becoming normalized, nothing illustrates this decay more than the suspension of Ukeyima John Ukmoni, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. His ldquo;offense rdquo;? For participating in a peaceful protest to c ... |
You Walk Through Doors They Died To Open: What June 19 Demands Of Every Foreign-Saturday, June 21, 2025
On June 19, across the United States, Juneteenth was once again celebrated mdash;not merely as a federal holiday, but as a living, breathing reminder of freedom delayed and dignity reclaimed. For African Americans, June 19, 1865, marks a profound historical moment: the day when the last remaining en ... |
Of Sacred Cows, Their Crop-Eating Cows, And Cowered NigeriansThursday, June 19, 2025
In Nigeria today, a tragic irony persists in the heart of our national dilemma: the lives and livelihoods of millions are routinely sacrificed on the altar of impunity. There exists a class of untouchables, metaphorically known as ldquo;sacred cows rdquo;, whose actions, no matter how grievous, are ... |