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Schemes of Bankruptcy: The United Nations, Funding Dues and Human Rights

Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The United Nations, in turning 80, has been berated, dismissed and libelled. In September, US President Donald Trump took a hearty swipe at the body's alleged impotence. "What is t... Read More


Perfectly Appropriate: Trump, Infantino and the FIFA Peace Prize

NIGERIA, Dec. 10 -- He craves it, and, to some extent, his desire was satisfied. President Donald Trump did get a peace prize. Not the peace prize picked out by self-important Norwegian non-entities, ... Read More


The Colby Review, AUKUS and Lopsided Commitments

NIGERIA, Dec. 9 -- In one of his many cutting observations about the fallibility of politicians, H. L. Mencken had this to say about the practical sort: "It is his business to convince the mob (a) tha... Read More


"Kill Everybody": War Crimes and Pete Hegseth's Lust for Blood

NIGERIA, Dec. 5 -- Pete Hegseth, the soap opera styled US Secretary of Defense, sports a questionable sanity. His behaviour before generals is the stuff of low comedy. His mania about sending narco-tr... Read More


Experiments in Futility: Australia's Teenage Social Media Ban Approaches

NIGERIA, Dec. 3 -- The messiness of Australia's social media ban for those under 16 as part of the Online Safety Act 2021 is becoming more apparent by the day. From December 10 this year, as announced... Read More


Fossil Fuels at COP30: Sacred, Profane and Unmentioned

NIGERIA, Nov. 28 -- If the camel is a committee's version of a horse, then the concluding notes of the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) at Belem, Brazil were bound to be ungainly,... Read More


Contract Bikies and Bribed Politicians: Australia's Nauru Refugee Deal

NIGERIA, Nov. 26 -- It began with the colourful confessions of former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe. In a report published in The Age on November 8, Donohoe made salty allegations that the pr... Read More


Things Happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and Killing Khashoggi

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is at it again. Gulling, wooing, and grinning his way into the establishment of another country, he is greasing palms and making ... Read More


Chatbot Dystopia: The Quick March of AI Sycophancy

Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- We really have reached the crossroads, where such matters as having coitus with an artificial intelligence platform has become not merely a thing, but the thing. In time, mutually ... Read More


Reviving UNRWA's Remit: The ICJ, Israel and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- Few times in its history has the International Court of Justice been this busy, if ever. For anyone ignorant of the world court's existence till now, it has blanketed news coverage... Read More