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By Osita Chidoka Any law enforcement officer, in uniform or plain clothes, represents the President and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state. To abuse such an officer is to diminish the authority of the Republic itself. Minister Nyesom Wike’s decision to personally enforce a directive at a disputed site was a fundamental misstep. In constitutional…
November 11, 2025
By Fred Chukwuelobe Once upon a time dazzling Regina Daniels and wealthy Senator Ned Nwoko were love birds. They bestrode the world and were the ultimate love birds not withstanding the age difference between them. Some saw the relationship as “child abuse” as Daniels was still a teenager and Nwoko an elder. The two cared…
November 9, 2025
Greek philosopher, Socrates, may be the most famous Western figure of his time to have swallowed the poisonous plant’s juice called hemlock. But, Africa, too had its. As he was sentenced to death in 399 BCE, Socrates was forced to drink this poisonous plant secretion which causes muscular paralysis, leading to respiratory failure. As he…
November 9, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “Are reformer-rulers jinxed? Why do they often suffer the dire consequences of the misrule of their predecessors? Sultan Tuman Bay the Second, the Mamluk reformer-ruler of Egypt; Emperor Louis XVI, the reformist Bourbon ruler of France who got caught up in the French Revolution of 1789; Mikhail Gorbachev,…
November 9, 2025
Key Takeaways Bhutan tops the global list with over 54 hours worked weekly, while the Netherlands averages 26.8 hours. Developed European countries tend to work fewer hours, while many Asian, Gulf, and African countries record longer workweeks. This visualization ranks over 150 countries by the typical number of hours worked per week in 2025. While…
November 8, 2025
President Donald Trump told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday that the U.S. is “looking at” exempting Hungary from sanctions targeting Russian oil a move that chips away at one of the few symbolic levers the U.S. still maintains over Russia’s energy exports while signaling flexibility toward an ally that’s long played both sides of…
November 8, 2025
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the Killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing’, to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities”- President Donald Trump It was this post by the…
November 8, 2025
By Farooq A. Kperogi Nigeria’s online and offline discursive arenas have been suffused with frenetic, impassioned, and intensely heightened dialogic exchanges in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” and this threat to militarily invade the country to stop what he called a “Christian genocide.” Nigerians are…
November 8, 2025
U.S. shale producers are not embracing the "drill, baby, drill" mantra because current oil prices, which hover near or below their breakeven point, do not justify accelerating production. Instead of drilling new wells, companies are boosting output through efficiency gains, consolidation, and utilizing drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) to preserve value for shareholders. Industry executives,…
November 7, 2025
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By Osita Chidoka Any law enforcement officer, in uniform or plain clothes, represents the President and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state. To abuse such an officer is to diminish the authority of the Republic itself. Minister Nyesom Wike’s decision to personally enforce a directive at a disputed site was a fundamental misstep. In constitutional…
November 11, 2025
By Fred Chukwuelobe Once upon a time dazzling Regina Daniels and wealthy Senator Ned Nwoko were love birds. They bestrode the world and were the ultimate love birds not withstanding the age difference between them. Some saw the relationship as “child abuse” as Daniels was still a teenager and Nwoko an elder. The two cared…
November 9, 2025
Greek philosopher, Socrates, may be the most famous Western figure of his time to have swallowed the poisonous plant’s juice called hemlock. But, Africa, too had its. As he was sentenced to death in 399 BCE, Socrates was forced to drink this poisonous plant secretion which causes muscular paralysis, leading to respiratory failure. As he…
November 9, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “Are reformer-rulers jinxed? Why do they often suffer the dire consequences of the misrule of their predecessors? Sultan Tuman Bay the Second, the Mamluk reformer-ruler of Egypt; Emperor Louis XVI, the reformist Bourbon ruler of France who got caught up in the French Revolution of 1789; Mikhail Gorbachev,…
November 9, 2025
Key Takeaways Bhutan tops the global list with over 54 hours worked weekly, while the Netherlands averages 26.8 hours. Developed European countries tend to work fewer hours, while many Asian, Gulf, and African countries record longer workweeks. This visualization ranks over 150 countries by the typical number of hours worked per week in 2025. While…
November 8, 2025
President Donald Trump told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday that the U.S. is “looking at” exempting Hungary from sanctions targeting Russian oil a move that chips away at one of the few symbolic levers the U.S. still maintains over Russia’s energy exports while signaling flexibility toward an ally that’s long played both sides of…
November 8, 2025
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the Killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing’, to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities”- President Donald Trump It was this post by the…
November 8, 2025
By Farooq A. Kperogi Nigeria’s online and offline discursive arenas have been suffused with frenetic, impassioned, and intensely heightened dialogic exchanges in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” and this threat to militarily invade the country to stop what he called a “Christian genocide.” Nigerians are…
November 8, 2025
U.S. shale producers are not embracing the "drill, baby, drill" mantra because current oil prices, which hover near or below their breakeven point, do not justify accelerating production. Instead of drilling new wells, companies are boosting output through efficiency gains, consolidation, and utilizing drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) to preserve value for shareholders. Industry executives,…
November 7, 2025
