Why is America congratulating the winner of this disastrous election?
Something remarkable happened on the morning of February 25, the day of the Nigerian presidential election. Many Nigerians went out to vote holding in their hearts a new sense of … Read the rest
Hollywood actor, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock who made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
While presenting the award for best documentary, Rock joked, “Jada I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it.”… Read the rest
By Minabere Ibelema
One night at the turn of the 20th century, a woman named Carry Nation (real name) entered a pub in a town in Kansas and began to wreak havoc. With a hatchet in one hand and a … Read the rest
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a military operation in Ukraine, with explosions heard across the country and Ukraine’s foreign minister warning a “full –scale-invasion” was under way.
What do we know about the invasion so far?
The build-up to … Read the rest
President Joe Biden made an impassioned appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from war with Ukraine on Tuesday, speaking starkly of the “needless death and destruction” Moscow could cause and international outrage Putin would face.
In a … Read the rest
The UK government is urging Britons in Ukraine to leave and advised against all travel there as fears of war in eastern Europe intensify.
The advice was issued by the Foreign Office amid the huge Russian troop build-up.
US Secretary … Read the rest
Norway’s 375-year-old postal service, Posten Norge has released a festive commercial ahead of Christmas with Santa Claus getting a boyfriend.
The popular image of Mrs. Claus helping out at the North Pole has been dropped to show a more inclusive … Read the rest
Taliban
One of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked … Read the rest
The dramatic pullback in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies comes as a flurry of negative headlines and catalysts, from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to a new round of regulations by the Chinese government, have hit an asset sector that has been … Read the rest
