In 2018, President Donald Trump made a seismic decision that reshaped U.S. foreign policy and global nuclear dynamics: he withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, negotiated under President Barack Obama. This move, described by Trump as correcting a “horrible one-sided deal,” unleashed a cascade of consequences that now threaten ...Read More
The article "The Clinton-era blunder that set the stage for today's Ukrainian crisis" by Rajan Menon, published on February 13, 2022, in Responsible Statecraft, argues that NATO's expansion in the 1990s was a strategic blunder that provoked Russia's actions, culminating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. This op-ed critically examines the article's claims, identifies factual inaccuracies, and demonstrates why these do not justify Russia's violations of ...Read More
The Nigerian naira has plunged over 60% against the U.S. dollar since Tinubu took office, with the exchange rate reaching new lows of 0.00063 naira to 1 dollar. As at yesterday, the rate has inched closer to N2000. This rapid devaluation highlights the economic turmoil confronting Nigeria.
Factors Driving Decline
The naira's slide has been attributed ...Read More
Nigeria's heavy-handed Twitter ban in 2021 provides a sobering case study of the unintended harms of knee-jerk social media regulation.
The statistics speak for themselves - Nigeria lost an estimated $500 million to $1 billion over the nearly 7-month ban. Daily losses reached as high as $6 million, with the shutdown severely impacting small businesses dependent on Twitter for commerce and customer engagement.
Given these stark economic impacts, Bola Tinubu would be wise to carefully weigh the wider costs of any proposals to regulate social media. While combating misinformation is a worthy aim, Nigeria's experience shows such efforts can easily go too far and incur harms that outweigh the benefits.
Of course, ...Read More
Ahead of decisive Nigeria's 2023 poll to be held on February 25, 2023, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has topped the search interest of the "2023 Nigerian Presidential Election", as data obtained by zeeny360.com on February 23, 2023, from Google reveal. This data is the presidential candidate search interest in various regions of Nigeria in the last 30 days.
News of a possible ban on ‘ponmo,’ or hide by the federal government broke out this week. And while some are having jitters about it, I choose to laugh out loud for various reasons.
Vanguard reported the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, saying, at the 3rd joint anniversary of Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN) and Nigeria Institute of Animal Science held at the ...Read More