Nigeria At 65: Obi Decries Leadership Failures, Says ‘A Great Nigeria Is Still Possible’

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to draw strength from the resilience of the past while demanding accountability from today’s leaders, as the country marks its 65th Independence...

David Runciman: Down the Rabbit Hole

What was​ Nigel Farage before he was Reform UK, before he was the Brexit Party, before he was Ukip? Farage insists that he started out as a run-of-the-mill Tory – just another true-blue Thatcherite – until the Conservative Party’s craven attitude...

Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation

Editor’s Note: The following is the seventh in a series of articles co-published by Mondoweiss and the Transnational Institute that places Palestine in the long trajectory of anti-colonial struggles, from Haiti to Vietnam to Algeria and South...

A Great Nigeria is Still Possible

Africa STATEMENT by Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Presidential Election, on the Occasion of Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary, 1 October 2025 Fellow Nigerians, Today should be a day of joy and remembrance, a...

How covert US actions left a legacy of instability in region

Why does enduring peace remain elusive in the Middle East? Why does the climate crisis worsen despite international pledges? Why does inequality widen across the Arab world and globally, even as economies expand? Why is the populist right surging...

With corruption, bad policies, Nigeria’s future is bleak under APC – Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described Nigeria’s future as “bleak,” accusing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of corruption and pursuing economic policies that worsen hardship, insecurity, and food...

Obi: Leadership failure has derailed Nigeria’s independence vision

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says leadership failure has derailed the vision those who fought for Nigeria’s independence. In a statement on his X page on the country’s 65th independence...

Independence Day: Nigeria Has Been Greatly Diminished Under APC’s Leadership — Obi

Former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of diminishing what was once a promising nation at Nigeria’s independence. READ ALSO: Independence Day: The Worst Is Over, Yesterday’s Pains Are Giving Way...

NBS Bank Malawi lands $100 million Afreximbank trade boost

Malawi’s NBS Bank Plc has secured a $100 million trade finance facility from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to strengthen its ability to fund critical imports and expand support for local businesses. The agreement was signed during...

Nigeria News13 minutes ago Peter Obi Slams APC Over Debt, Poverty, Extravagance In Independence Day Message Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has used his Independence Day message to launch a blistering critique of the ruling All…

In a statement shared on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, Obi said the country had been reduced from a continental leader to “one of the most terrorised and unsafe nations in the world” due...

Aurelien – Starting From Zero. Finlandisation 2.0?

I’ve written several times now about the uncomfortable situation resulting from the coming defeat in Ukraine, and the unpleasant consequences for Europe that may result. I now want to make a few tentative suggestions about how it might be sensible...

Nigeria at 65: Betrayed by leadership failures—Obi

From Idu Jude, Abuja National Leader of the Labour Party Mr Peter Obi has said that successive leadership failures dashed the dream and vision of Nigeria’s founding fathers. Speaking in a special broadcast on Wednesday, October 1, to mark the...

My secret to keeping a marriage going for 30 years | The Old Guy

Joan and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in August. We got married in a civil ceremony in a 99 year old courthouse in Algiers, Louisiana by the only female circuit court Judge, Mary “KK” Norman, who retired in 2014. Inevitably, the...

Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. Here are 3 proven ways to stop it.

Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent of the city’s children with dangerously high levels of lead in their water? It was perhaps one of the few public health crises in...

Police officers who ‘called for immigrants to be shot’ exposed in sting

Police officers at a central London station allegedly called for immigrants to be shot and bragged about using excessive force against suspects in custody.The head of the Metropolitan Police has condemned the “reprehensible and completely...

How the Two-State Solution Became a “Big, Expedient Lie”

Robert Malley, a veteran US peace negotiator and the co-author of a new book that looks beyond the two-state solutionBrendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother...

NZ and Pacific nations failing to tackle human trafficking - US report

The 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report defines human trafficking broadly as sex trafficking and forced labour. Photo: Unsplash / RNZ composite New Zealand and eight Pacific Island nations are failing to stop human trafficking, a new United States...

Fabtech Technologies IPO Day 3 LIVE: Issue booked 1.32x so far. Check GMP, subscription status, review. Apply or not?

Fabtech Technologies IPO subscription status is 1.32x on day 3. The retail portion was subscribed 1.62x, and NII portion has been booked 1.08 times, Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) portion received 1.18 times bids. Employee portion...

Unmasked: Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of misogyny and racism inside Met Police

Adrian PolglaseBBC Panorama and Joseph Lee ShareSave Sgt Joe McIlvenny was filmed dismissing an alleged rape victim's testimony Serving Metropolitan Police officers called for immigrants to be shot, revelled in the use of force and were dismissive...

Starmer’s slogans over immigration mess won’t stop the boats… it’s absurd to think he will actually do anything

SIR Keir Starmer is right about one thing. Our inability to deport illegals comes mainly from our own courts, not from the European Convention on Human Rights. 5 PM Keir Starmer's sloganising over Britain's immigration mess won't stop the...