Image by Getty and Unsplash+. The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power by Robert Kaplan, (Yale University Press, 2023. Pp. 135). This book by Robert D. Kaplan is essentially a concise essay and demonstrates a way of describing political theory through the lens of literary criticism. As a notable voice in modern…
The United States (U.S.) and Panama say they are working on an agreement that would give US Navy vessels free and priority access to the Panama Canal. The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said this during a visit to the Central American country on Wednesday. The Minister of the Panama Canal, José Icaza, said that,…
The United States issued fresh sanctions targeting Iran on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, two days after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. planned direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on five Iran-based entities and one person based in Iran for their…
Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has taken to social media to read the riot act to his daughter, Uloaku, on her 25th birthday, warning her of his impending decision. The thespian, in a post shared on his official Instagram page, challenged his daughter to get married at the age of 27, get a PhD, or…
For eight long years, Stephen Etule has remained behind bars in Lagos’ notorious Kirikiri Prison without trial, not for any crime committed, but simply because he couldn’t pay a N200,000 bribe demanded by the operatives of the Nigerian Police Force. Now 30, Etule was just 22 years old when his nightmare began in…
