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Pentagon Downplays National Security Concerns From Trump’s Diagnosis

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…and some experts say they’re probably right Top Pentagon officials on Friday morning moved quickly to dispel fears that President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis has put the United States at greater risk from attack by foreign adversaries or required any emergency shifts in the U.S. defense posture, Defence One has reported. Alarmist and inaccurate […]Continue Reading
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Ajagu in Canada initiates One Billion Souls for Christ Project1

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 Nigeria’s Apostle Ausbeth Ajagu made history in Canada recently when his Pentium Ministries, Canada launched a One Billion Souls For Jesus Project. The event, held on 5 September 2020, was a Holy Spirit communion service which witnessed prayers from numerous anointed men and women of God from various countries praying and dedicating the project to God. […]Continue Reading
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US: Six Scenarios for Military Intervention After January 20

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We have to be able to talk about the military’s political influence. BY THOMAS CROSBIE  A heated debate is unfolding over a possible role to be played by the U.S. military in safeguarding the democratic transfer of presidential power on January 20, 2021. Two retired U.S. Army officers, John Nagl and Paul Yingling, began the […]Continue Reading
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Military Role in a Likely Disputed American Elections (2)

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The Military Won’t Save Us – and You Shouldn’t Want Them To It’s deeply irresponsible, not to mention organizationally nonsensical, to suggest that Gen. Milley should evict an election-losing Trump from the White House. KORI SCHAKE and JIM GOLBY We write to repudiate the deeply irresponsible position taken by John Nagl and Paul Yingling in […]Continue Reading
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Biden’s China Policy Starts With Building a Stronger America

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BY KATIE BO WILLIAMS The candidate’s surrogates are outlining a plan to beat China’s leaders, not change them. In April, Joe Biden, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee, issued a controversial campaign ad slamming President Donald Trump for “roll[ing] over for the Chinese” in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak.  The ad cast […]Continue Reading
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Op-ed: Revolutions Happen. This Might Be Ours.

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Sometimes political orders break apart. But beware the dangers of what comes next. By Stephen M. Walt Whenever political and social upheaval occurs, William Butler Yeats’s famous poem “The Second Coming” (1919) immediately springs to mind. Are we at a moment in history where, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed […]Continue Reading
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#African Chamber Chief says #US is mistaken about #AfDB’s #Adesina

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…Calls for engagement The Vice President, Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI), Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has affirmed that the American Treasury department is mistaken about its call for a fresh probe of the President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, calling for engagement with Washington on the issue. The chamber leader in […]Continue Reading
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The George Floyd Matter and the Anglo-Americocentric Mindset in Nigerian society

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I am still trying to wrap my mind around the way Nigerians are empathising so strongly with African Americans as they protest the gruesome murder of George Floyd by the Minnesota police. Social media in Nigeria continues to buzz with emotional post and comments. Some persons have even suddenly found the poetic and philosophical sides […]Continue Reading