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Most of the major events from last week happened at the tail end of the week and it doesn’t take a thorough examination of the details of those events to know who the winners and losers are. From the Big Brother Naija sexual assault saga to the AMVCA award surprises to President Trump’s Twitter harangue,... Read More
On Saturday, shortly after FOX news reported a dip in America’s national debt, Trump tweeted this: The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017 He did not stop... Read More
It goes without saying that Donald Trump is a different kind of leader, a President Americans never saw coming. In his tenure, things are being done differently. Major communication, complaints and policy thrusts are done on Twitter. Exhibit A Seven people shot and killed yesterday in Chicago. What is going on there – totally out of... Read More
by Yinka Adeosun Since he was sworn in on the 20th of January, 2017 as the 45th president of the United States of America, Donald Trump has left no one in doubt that the campaign promises he made were not mere puffery. He has hit the ground running in a bid to fulfilling the promises... Read More
by Tony Ogunlowo Every new President in the United States spends his first month in office getting to know and thank the people who elected him into office, talking (politely) to fellow world leaders, selecting his executive team, using the media to get his message out and starts to implement his election campaign policies. But... Read More
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by Olalekan Adigun My father, Memudu Adigun, died of stroke when I was barely two years into my secondary education. Before then, like many others at my age, I have heard stories of angels, ghosts and spirits having conversations with people. Some even claim they “see” one of their grandparents days after they were dead.... Read More
by Jideofor Adibe Virtually all the leading newspapers in the country reported on February 14 that President Buhari spoke to Donald Trump the previous day “at the request of the American President”. Several of the reports quoted the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Mr Femi Adeshina as saying that... Read More
A Tribe Called Quest did not hold back at all. Theirs was a gripping, exciting political performance, with songs like “We The People”, “Can I kick It” and “Moving Backwards.” Artistes, Consequence and Busta Rhymes kept chanting “President Agent Orange”. ATCQ shared the stage with some of the groups referenced in the lyrics (Muslims, Mexians) represented... Read More
Sure we predicted American stars getting all political at the Grammy’s tonight. What we did not see coming was this Trump dress on Joy Villa. She literally dragged “Trump” across the Grammys red carpet. Do we like it? Not sure but this one had us dazed and we suspect we will be for a few... Read More
It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country. Obstruction by Democrats! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017 President of the United States, Donald Trump, is angry that he does not have his full cabinet available so he can... Read More
It does not appear that Trump’s war with the media will end anytime soon. The New York Times newspapers came within his cross hairs again because of their coverage of Trump’s phone call with China. Here are the reactions by Americans to his tweet: The failing @nytimes does major FAKE NEWS China story saying "Mr.Xi... Read More
The populist wave that carried Donald Trump to the American presidency is a global phenomenon. Nowhere is this more apparent than in West Africa, over the past two years. The sense is the same—there is now a deep suspicion of the established economic and political order (you could add to that, media) across much of... Read More
by Ogbonna Nwuke It wasn’t really supposed to be easy either for America or for a world order that has evolved over time. The signs had been there right from the time the new sheriff in town bared his fangs on the campaign trail. Now America and a bewildered world are stuck with a situation... Read More
US President Donald Trump’s ban on 7 Muslim countries suffered a severe blow after a US federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary nationwide halt of the order. Seattle US District Judge James Robart gave the restraint order allowing citizens of the banned countries access to the US. “The constitution prevailed today,” Ferguson said, describing... Read More
by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesimi What the Mexican Wall does to a people on either side is what divisive words do. It is not more Mexican than it is American since Mexicans did not initiate the idea for the wall and largely do not favour its construction. The newly inaugurated President of the United States of America,... Read More
Donald Trump’s ban on refugees has got the US and other countries reeling. See below the retelling of a personal experience by a US soldier, @dyllyp. https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/825397560126824448 https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/825406426566713344 *tears*
This week it was hard to drown out the noise of conviction about the President’s health status coming from the Presidency but then there’s been more from others in and outside Nigeria. See our top ten quotes from the past week below: “We look forward to having a great relationship with all countries. We believe... Read More
by Umar Sa’ad Hassan President Donald Trump has promised to get Americans off welfare by rebuilding America with American labour. He has promised an end to the era where their borders were open to countries stealing their companies, making their products and destroying their jobs. America will no longer enhance foreign industries at the detriment... Read More
by Simon Kolawole Sigh. Usually, the most tricky topic for me to discuss regarding Nigeria’s nationhood is religion and ethnicity. Difficult to discuss not because I’m afraid of being verbally molested and splashed with mud, but because emotive issues hardly lend themselves to reason. Ethno-religious matters are so emotionally charged that reason is always the... Read More
Trump’s ban on refugees has generated quite some controversy on Twitter. @Rex Huppke addresses this controversy. Do see below: https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825185769937596416 https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825192083535384576 https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825193492175532033 So unfortunate.
US president, Donald Trump, is on a rampage and no one might be able to stop it. It is doubtful protests will, either. After reinstating the Global Gag Rule, which basically cuts off funding to any organisation that promotes abortion in any way, Trump has gone on to ban refugees from entering America. Imagine the... Read More
by Peregrino Brimah As United States president Donald Trump moves ahead with building the “great wall” between America and Mexico at its southern border, there is an important benefit of the wall that has little been considered: the Mexican point of view. While the border wall is mostly reviewed for its function in preventing unwanted... Read More
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It’s been a rough honeymoon week for America and it’s not even over yet. Just a day after the inauguration of their 45th President, the women (and men too) took to the streets of Washington by their thousands to protest various inequalities that persist till date and that they imagined were about to get worse.... Read More
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by Afam Ade-Odiachi There is a lot about life that is beautiful. It’s the conversations that we hear, and the stories that we tell and how different they are. There are bursts of colour, unpredictable and commanding. There are the moments that we’d rather not remember, shaping us to ends that we cannot see. All... Read More
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