Typically cautious Putin isn’t going to risk World War III over foreign drone companies when he wouldn’t risk it after Ukraine attacked his country’s nuclear triad with Western support last summer. By Andrew Korybko Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be…
By Awade Friday MC Mbakara my friend, this is the first time I am writing to you openly after years of us not talking with each other on the phone or even chatting on WhatsApp because I don’t want my opinion to be misinterpreted. I have been thinking about how to respond to your post…
By Sammy Etuk The growing agitation from Nsit Ibom Local Government Area over the Etinan Federal Constituency seat is not happening in isolation. It is the result of political decisions that have altered an existing zoning arrangement. For weeks, voices from the area have insisted that 2023 was their turn to produce a member of…
By Andrew Korybko The Pakistani Finance Minister announced that Saudi Arabia is extending its $5 billion deposit in their country and adding another $3 billion after the UAE demanded earlier this month that Pakistan finally repay the $3.5 billion that it was loaned in 2019. This followed Pakistan’s deployment of several warplanes to Saudi Arabia…
Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, CON, By Fidelis Egugbo To political pundits, it did not come as a surprise that the former Governor of Delta State, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, has thrown his hat into the ring to contest for the Delta North Senatorial position in 2027. For some time, there had been a strident cry from the…
By: Celestine Mel If I were appointed Chairman of INEC today, I would discharge the mandate of that office with unimpeachable fidelity, delivering a credible election without equivocation or compromise. My past or present political preferences, including any prior support for associates within the APC, would not encumber that responsibility. And if confronted with my…
By Magnus Effiong The spiritual head of a Calabar-based spiritual organisation, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Olumba Olumba Obu, has urged corrupt politicians to repent of their sins or steer clear of next year’s polls, saying their time of misleading Nigerians were over. Speaking through his Spokesman, Dr Amah Williams, during a press…
President Bola Tinubu. By Aniefiok Isat There is a chemical many local fishermen know very well — Gammalin 20. Once it is poured into the river, it works fast and effectively, killing fishes of all types. But the problem is this: it does not only kill the big fish you want to catch. It also…
Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has applauded Margaret Ochalla on her elevation to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, describing the promotion as richly deserved and emblematic of excellence in service. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Linus Obogo, Governor Otu…
The combined effect of the UAE and Saudi Arabia exerting pressure on Russia could really harm its interests. By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Zelensky dispatched drone experts and interceptor drones to the Gulf Kingdoms last month to aid them in thwarting Iranian attacks of the sort that Ukraine became accustomed to over the…
