Month July 2025

Time to rescue democracy from highest bidders

Let’s be honest—Nigerians have always known that politics in this country is expensive. But even knowing that, the figures recently released by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) still managed to shock many of us. According to the report titled…

Ghana to US senator: ‘We owe you nothing’

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has delivered a passionate and uncompromising response to comments made by US Senator Jim Risch, after the American lawmaker criticised Ghana over its debt obligations and foreign policy decisions. The row began…