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The Assange Case: A Flicker of Hope in the UK High Court

Nigeria, May 21 -- It was faint, but there was more than just a flicker of hope. In the tormented (and tormenting) journey the WikiLeaks founder and publisher, Julian Assange, has endured, May 20, 202... Read More


Promising the Impossible: Blinken's Out of Tune Performance in Kyiv

Nigeria, May 18 -- Things are looking dire for the Ukrainian war effort. Promises of victory are becoming even hollower than they were last summer when US President Joe Biden could state with breathta... Read More


A Brutal Punishment: The Sentencing of David McBride

Nigeria, May 16 -- Sometimes, it's best not to leave the issue of justice to the judges. They do what they must: consult the statutes, test the rivers of power, and hope that their ruling will not be ... Read More


Dodging the Issue: The Biden Administration Report on Israel's Use of US Weapons

Nigeria, May 14 -- It truly is pushing the envelope of lunacy to assume that this latest revelation was revelatory. US weapons, the wonks in Washington find, are being used by the Israeli Defense Forc... Read More


A Clubbable Admission: Palestine's Case for UN Membership

Nigeria, May 12 -- "I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it isn't quite clear to me." X, "The Jew and the Club," The Atlantic... Read More


A Modest Proposal: The UN General Assembly and Palestinian Recognition

Nigeria, May 11 -- Despite being described in some circles as such, the latest vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine's status is hardly extraordinary. For one, it does not vest the ... Read More


Forces of Impunity: The US Threatens the International Criminal Court

Nigeria, May 7 -- The International Criminal Court is a dusty jewel, a creation of heat, tension and manufacture in the international community. Various elements have gone into its creation. As with a... Read More


Nesting in Australia: Indian Spy Rings Take Root

Nigeria, May 6 -- In his 2021 annual threat assessment, the director-general of ASIO, the Australian domestic intelligence service, pointed to an active spy ring operating in the country, or what he c... Read More


Pezzullo: The Warmonger Who Won't Go Away

Nigeria, May 5 -- The compromised former top boss of the Australian civil service has the lick and smell of belligerence. Begrudgingly conceding error and when in office, a bully and meddler in party ... Read More


When Safety is a Fiction: Passing the UK's Rwanda Bill

Nigeria, May 2 -- What a stinking story of inhumanity. A country intent on sending asylum seekers to one whose residents have actually applied for asylum and sanctuary in other states. But the UK-Rwan... Read More