“How are you doing?” “I am good” “I am now convinced beyond any iota of doubt that this your Republican friend called Donald Trump has something wrong with him.” “There is nothing wrong with him. Be careful what you say, otherwise we will ban you from ever entering the United States from generation to generation,…
By Abiodun Komolafe It is a settled fact that Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (July 22, 1923 – December 15, 2010) was an outstanding product of Nigeria’s pre-independence era. Enahoro moved one of the motions for independence and there’s a lot for us to look at in the context of the life he lived and the political…
OPINION By Chris Natufe The 2025 edition of Thisday Awards came with pomp and panache; but left in its wake an unexpected controversy. The remark by Mrs Maiden Ibru, the Chairman of The Guardian newspapers that Thisday is the best newspaper in the country was an indirect putdown for her paper and a huge…
Trump is preparing for negotiations with Putin over Ukraine as well as with Xi over trade and likely also Taiwan, so he’d appear weak in their eyes if he let middling leader like Petro publicly defy and even insult him without consequence. Colombian President Gustavo Petro thought that he’d rebalance lopsided relations with his returning…
By Etim Etim The 2027 political season is arriving a bit too early in Akwa Ibom State, and as usual, the starting point is mudslinging and salacious political publications targeting the incumbent governor and his predecessor. This week, an NGO, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) filed a petition at the EFCC and ICPC alleging…
