Long live the fighters! Long live the Nigers! Reuters: Let’s be real. France is not a “former� colonizer – they just changed some of the aesthetics and terminology. The French have remained economically and culturally dominant in this part of West Africa since “colonialism ended� after World War II. Of course, it’s more complicated than... Read More

ECOWAS is a bunch of pussy-ass niggas. Bitch-ass won’t make no move. They talking. They ain’t doing shit. Reuters: You’re saying that, but your bitch-ass ain’t doing shit. Niger has s

Some readers might be wondering why I would immediately support coup governments in West Africa with such extreme passion. You really shouldn’t be wondering that. I support all who stand against THE BEAST. The details are really totally irrelevant to me. That said, the details tend to always back up my own positions. These coup... Read More

These Biden people have gone beyond the pale, and beyond parody. Twitter censored Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president. Nigeria responded by banning Twitter. The US government is now shilling Twitter talking points, claiming that stopping censorship is the real censorship. The State Department issued a statement demanding that Nigeria reverse the ban. “The United States condemns... Read More

I’m just glad someone in the world listens to me. (To be clear, I didn’t talk to the President Muhammed, but because I live in Nigeria, the government is familiar with the site.) CBS News: It just makes you want to punch a hole in the wall, doesn’t it? Twitter is literally being blocked because... Read More

Africa’s most populous nation has just achieved something very important. This week Nigeria’s voters handed a landslide victory to former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Equally impressive, the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, became the first Nigerian leader in 55 years to democratically cede power to his rival. President-elect Buhari, a dour, ascetic, unsmiling former general, proclaimed his... Read More

President Obama is being criticised for not joining the 40 other world leaders at the mass march in Paris in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre. But, by playing down rather than playing up the terrorist killings, Obama may have shown a surer instinct about how to deal with such attacks, however horrific, than... Read More

The kidnapping of some 200 girls in northern Nigeria has sparked world outrage. It’s a perfect media sensation: exotic locale and remarkably nasty kidnappers from a northern rebel movement, Boko Haram. I’ve long been a connoisseur of Third World nasties, starting way back in the 60’s with Haiti’s voodoo chief, Papa Doc. Most have been... Read More

One of my favorite actors, Michael Caine (Zulu, The Italian Job, Man Who Would Be King, The Ipcress File, The Quiet American) said, "Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath." That quote comes to mind when I consider the West’s efforts to keep a lid on things... Read More