Legislator in New Zealand on Thursday voted  to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days. The lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights. However, the protest drew global headlines provoking months of fraught debate among lawmakers about the consequences for the lawmakers’ actions and whether...

Nigeria is at a critical turning point, and the reforms under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration could not have come at a better time. For too long, our country has been weighed down by poor leadership, rising debt, and a system where the few benefit while the majority struggle. But for the first time in years, meaningful change is beginning to take shape and we cannot afford to ignore it. Here’s why these reforms matter and why every Nigerian should care. What Has Changed So Far? Why We Must Stand Behind These Reforms Let’s be honest: these reforms come with...

President of the United State Donald Trump, on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate his predecessor Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked the former president’s “cognitive decline” and casting doubts on the legitimacy of his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents. However, Biden responded in a statement Wednesday night: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.” The Justice Department under Democratic and Republican administrations has recognized the use of an autopen...

OYEBAMIJI BOYS ATTACK TINUBU Loyalists of the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have launched scathing attacks on President Bola Tinubu over the hosting of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Social media have been washed with personal attacks on Mr President with the data boys of the Ikire guber aspirant labeling the President as disloyal. The various screenshots of the attacks being shared on social media showed that those involved are mainly hardcore supporters of the NIWA chief. Even when they knew nothing about the details of the discussion during the closed door meeting in Lagos, the loyalists of Oyebamiji...