United Kingdom-based Nigerian, James Akinwande has bought a new pair of shoes and a wristwatch as replacements for the ones allegedly stolen from Kemi Badenoch’s brother by men of the Nigeria Police Force. In a recent interview, Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, said some police officers stole her brother’s watch and shoes. Badenoch did not indicate the year …

Kemi Badenoch’s ill-advised denigration of Nigeria has refused to go away. Her belittlement of the country of her ancestry is still generating passionate public discourse within and outside the media space, and it appears the matter will not go away anytime soon. Exasperated by Kemi Badenoch’s misguided attacks on Nigeria, Vice President Kashim Shettima recently counseled her to drop the …

Pseudo-patriots have common traits of showing off their support for their country but actually not meaning so. They merely take credits that they do not merit. The mob attack on Kemi Badenoch is one of such engagements. These characters have been on the prowl, since the inauguration of the President Bola Tinubu administration, feeding the people on propaganda or knocking …

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house… 1 Kings 18: 17 – 18. There are occasions when a writer sets out to write one thing but ends up writing another. For me, this is …

This past Monday, Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, held the fèèrè (flute) and blew it admirably. However, bystanders listening to the rhythm of his flute didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. Moyo Okediji, Assistant Professor of Art at the Wellesley College, Massachusetts, in his Art of the Yoruba Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, (Vol. 23, No. 2) described …

You must have followed the Kemi Badenoch controversy: the wily Nigerian politicians’ penchant to ride on people’s back suffered a ghastly diplomatic accident! Thinking they could use her to shine and claim undeserved credit, Mrs. Kemi Badenoch, the newly-elected British Leader of Opposition/Shadow Prime Minister, Britain’s budding “Iron Lady” cast in the mould of Margaret Thatcher, gave a top Nigerian …

Donald Trump’s election overshadowed Kemi Badenoch’s emergence as the leader of the Tory Party of Britain. Yet, no one gets the worst political job in one of the world’s oldest political parties and walks away quietly. This is especially the case when the candidate is a straight-talking, ideological woman and a child of an immigrant in a largely conservative society. …

I don’t want this country to turn into the one I ran away from – Kemi Badenoch, United Kingdom Member of Parliament The Right Honorable Kemi Badenoch, former Minister of Women and Equalities of the United Kingdom and the newly-elected leader of the British Conservative party deserves to be tarred and feathered for the sort of things she says about …

Former British Business Secretary, Kemi Badenoch has emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. The Nigerian-born is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom and takes charge of a Conservative Party reeling from its worst-ever election defeat. One of three children of …