Photo credit:Modern Diplomacy For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s every move. The BBC reports that a small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”. In early December, a…
Photo credit: Daily Express Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro spoke for the first time about 24 hours after US forces seized him during an operation in Caracas. Daily Star reports that he spoke as a heavy presence of local and federal law officers surrounded him. A convoy of dark SUVs, patrol cars, and white vans departed…
Photo credit: Aljazeera A top Venezuelan official declared on Sunday that the country’s government would stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American country. GMA News Online reports that Maduro is in a New York detention centre awaiting a Monday…
Photo credit: National Insight News Some are yet to finish giving each other the traditional happy New Year greetings. Others are yet to come from the villages where they went to celebrate the new year. Some others are yet to resume duties after the holidays. This goes especially to the self employed cadre. But then,…
Photo credit: the Punch I really don’t care about the political shenanigans that have led the Kwara State government to the point of demolishing a house for the elderly. All I know is if something is bad, we shouldn’t blink an eyelid in declaring it as bad. The elderly are taken care of in saner…
Photo credit: Voice of Nigeria The Lagos state government is reportedly sponsoring the feeding of about 30, 000 people. This is in association with some partnering organizations. This is a good step. I learn it will last for the first ten days of the year. What are the cost implications? If it’s not from the…
Photo credit: Wikipedia Of course! We should rejoice, I mean, all of us. After all, Sokoto is almost in another country. In any case, other countries are there to protect us from terrorists. Even in the highest levels of authority, we are politically and morally neophytes. If it were not so, would we even dare…
