By Brent Ramsey We already know what President Donald Trump thinks of DEI. He tried to rid the government of it in his last term and has pledged to eliminate it from the Armed Forces on day 1 of his next term. How will this be done? Reports indicate that the President has instructed his…
He should do this on his first day in office if he’s serious about implementing his foreign policy agenda. New York Times contributor Rajan Menon wrote in a mid-December op-ed that Trump is unlikely to agree to give Ukraine the security guarantees that Zelensky is demanding in temporary lieu of NATO membership. He’s apparently unaware that Trump…
By Vivek Ramaswamy The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the C-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem,…
By Margaret Akpa Esq The stress of the Christmas and holiday season often brings Financial stress, missing loved ones, and there are many common reasons why people experience what we call the “Christmas Blues.” The holiday season is often the most emotionally loaded time of the year since people are usually free from work, so…
SO, THE SKY STAYED (For Godswill Akpabio) We are now living Our dreams, Leaving Behind frustrated screams, From deliberate fools, Who are busy shuffling their hoofs. Heaven weighed our fate, So, the sky stayed. The black cloud disappeared And the bright sky reappeared. Those decisions that we made, Eventually showed in the victory parade. There…
By Aje Nla Till this very moment, no one could possibly say that this is how the OGBONI fraternity was formed. OGBONI is our own Illuminati or Mason. It was established the African way, and they were very powerful in those days because they lived by their rules and in one unity. OGBONI of today…
By Shehu Sani 1. Most public schools are free, but our young ones still don’t want to go to school. 2. Most of us don’t want our spouses to work or use their skills or talents to earn a living or contribute to the family. When we die, we leave them as helpless widows at…
By Richard Inoyo Lagos is hostile to the poor; without public accommodation and business district provisions for its poor, the State government is busy destroying shops and residences of poor Lagosians, using building permits and urban renewal as a pretext to continue the hate against the proletariat, all in an attempt to get rid of…
By Hamish McKenzie Jeff Bezos seems to relish taking on almost impossible projects. After magicking up “the everything store,” which can now get a toothbrush from the internet to my house in six hours, he founded a rocket ship company, Blue Origin, with the hope of making spaceflight so cheap that humans can live in…
The Nigerian National Assembly is a complex institution with sophisticated internal politics that often surpass those of secular politics. Its seniority system, similar to Nigeria’s secondary school hierarchy, can intimidate newcomers, making it challenging for freshmen lawmakers to navigate. Not for Peter Akpanke. Many have argued that typically, it takes a full four-year term for…
