Nigeria, March 5 -- These are sad times. Who could have believed that after the US and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of "weapons of mass destruction" and found none, history would repeat itself as a farce?

In neighbouring Iran, 35 years after Operation Desert Storm, the US has launched a consequential war, only this time without even the formality of UN resolutions.

How brazen could it possibly get in the Middle East, especially after a fragile ceasefire since October 2025 failed to stop the killing of around 600 Palestinians by Israeli forces, further stalling the region's return to normalcy.

The devastation in Gaza has devolved into a low-intensity conflict with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians squatting in refugee camps, ...