In light of what we had always believed and thought of the United States as a country where no one was deemed to be above the law, the ruling that came down from one of the most powerful and most respected courts in history granting wide ranging immunity to Donald Trump looked very much like…
Dangote and Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have been in dispute in recent weeks over the refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources [Oil] Heineken Lokpobiri and other stakeholders have held a meeting with the Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote over issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery. Dangote…
I wish Biden were not running. Period. But, he is, and no one around him including his wife, his son or any other family member would dare to say anything about it to him. The reason is simple. The aura and glamor of office; Airforce One; The West Wing; The Resolute Desk; The Pomp; The…
Not since the era of the Mau-Mau in the days of the struggle against colonialism have we heard from the Kenyan people as we have authoritatively in the last two weeks. There is fire in the Safari. Young people are tired. They are demanding that government make a turn-around from catering for themselves to catering…
Hunger in the land is real. How the poor feed and what they find to feed on remains a puzzle to solve. What do the poor eat these days? What can we do about it? Are solutions beyond us? Is our desire for greed too much for us to think of how to put out…
And so, a High Court gave a ruling about a pre-election matter concerning delegates of the PDP who went to court to seek redress concerning the violation of their rights as delegates. The case which was filed in February was ruled on just last week, long after the Primaries had been held. This matter has…
For all intents and purposes, one would assume, one thing that differentiates Homo Sapiens from other species is constant improvement of the species in sophisticated thinking. That ruling was in my view, anything but sophisticated. We might as well call back King George 111 to apologize to him for launching the American revolution. SCOTUS, 2024…
Let’s circle back to the Alligator in the room. As I alluded to earlier, we do not choose our families, our families choose us. We also do not choose our countries. Our countries choose us. Nigeria chose me. I love her therefore, but my love must also give me a choice not only to love…
In the grind of the last week, Michael Cohen, the star witness of the prosecution in the case of Trump versus the People of New York in the matter of Stormy Daniels admitted to having stolen from Trump. The Jury must be confused by now already. Every member of that Jury needs to be able…
In the last few weeks, a beautiful country of beautiful people who have come to be defined by the rise of the Ayatollahs, and demonized by the West lost their President in a helicopter crash. The foggy clouds had no respect for the mighty and the not so mighty. If the weather is foggy, whether…
