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Two Global Noisemakers

Politics in several parts of the globe exists for different reasons – communism, socialism, democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, etc. and individuals who occupy political positions do so for certain purposes. In a country like Nigeria, looting of public treasury is the core and inevitable goal, no matter the individual . Its usual complement is infliction of hardship. In the case of the United States of America, especially in the case of Donald Trump, two things have been clearly established. One, Trump did everything (which could be anything) to get into the White House in order to destroy anything that has links with the name of Barack Obama. Two, he wants to make a lot of noise with a mindset that the United States is his incorporation and he is the president of the world. The noise in this case, if it is not checked by the US Congress, could lead to a global catastrophe. What specific disaster? A possible Third World War. With Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang and the continued investmen...

Psalm 23 of Nigerian Politics

To start your reading attempt of this article, you may have to switch your mind to the popular Psalm 23 in The Holy Bible because the verses below are readable in the same rhythm. Democracy is my shepherd, I shall always loot. It makes me richer than the voters; it places me above the law. It restores my position. It gives me right to oppress for oligarchy’s sake. Even though I campaign in the valleys and ghettos of hardship, I fear no opposition; for all results of elections shall comfort me. It prepares a vault of dollars on my table in the presence of the people’s cry; it anoints my foreign accounts with euro, pounds, dollars, and yen; my milk overflows. Surely, self-interest and wealth shall follow me all the days of my terms. And I shall dwell in the house of failure-politics, forever. Amen! This is the imperfect inspiration that rings without end in the minds of all failure-politicians in Nigeria. Every day, every minute, everywhere and anyhow, they recite...