By Ebube Bruno ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu must have geniuses running his government. Only that can explain how federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been functioning without capital releases. Yet the ministers showed ingenuity, perseverance and loyalty by not whining about it — until, of course, they were required by law to disclose…
By Leo Igwe OWERRI (CONVERSEER) – The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) urges the governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, to call the Tigerbase police station to order following the continued persecution and harassment of Joseph Ottih and his family. Joseph Ottih is a blind man and a traditionalist from Oguta, in Imo state….
…and what it says about African music By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Yeah! Yeah! It’s actually sweet to be a Tyla or Davido fan. Or anyone’s fan for that matter. Celebrities give us something to talk about, to be excited about! As humorist Fran Lebowitz said in the 2021 American documentary series Pretend It’s…
By Victor Okonkwo (CONVERSEER) – Alcohol. That loyal friend who visits quietly, overstays loudly, and leaves you with a bill you do not remember approving. I met alcohol in college. Like many bad decisions, it arrived disguised as freedom, maturity, and social confidence. The first drink did not taste nice. Nobody tells you that. You…
By Ebube Bruno ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – On Tuesday, January 27, President Bola Tinubu was being welcomed by his Turkish counterpart at an official ceremony in Ankara when he stumbled. After walking past a line of soldiers and dignitaries, Tinubu can be seen in the official video on the Turkish president’s X account moving to his…
Federalising the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare and at least another $400 billion to complete By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – The Economist argued that the EU and the UK should meet Ukraine’s estimated $390 billion financing needs over…
By Austin Orette (CONVERSEER) – When I write about the thorny issues of Biafra, the proponents of Biafra always tell me my observation is one-sided. This makes me laugh. What have they been doing since the end of the war? They have been telling one-sided stories. I can’t help but laugh. What were they expecting…
Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Vladimir Putin offered in late September to extend the New START, which is the last arms control pact between Russia and the US, for…
By Tosin Adeoti LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – A short while back, a strange tremor ran through Nigeria’s social space. WhatsApp groups whispered of soldiers plotting to seize power. Some news blogs claimed “top military officers” had been arrested. By the end of last week, BusinessDay reported that the Defence Headquarters had issued a categorical denial. There…
Japan’s place in the United States’ Chinese Containment Coalition just rose as a result of the unexpected Sino-Indo rapprochement, before which the US wanted India to play a complementary role, so Japan is now at the forefront of this effort By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev gave an interview…
