The Strait of Hormuz Crisis
By Ishola Josh Sir: The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Iran lies on the North coast, and on the South…
United States-Iran war: There is no military solution
By Abiodun Ramon Oseni One of the oldest African adages — widely shared among Nigerian tribes—holds that the best way to stop a war is not to start one. Sun…
Theatres of War, world economic order: Wither Nigeria?
By Ige Asemudara Writing On War, Prussian military theorist and General, Carl Von Clausewitz posited that war is a continuation of politics by other means. Events of history have since…
Africa Is Losing The Iran War
By Yemi Osinbajo Like wildfires, wars in the Middle East rarely remain contained. Africans have learned this lesson many times, and we are doing so once again. As missiles fly…
The Strait closed without a shot
By Stephanie Shaakaa For generations, the world assumed that if the Strait of Hormuz ever closed, it would be because someone fired the first shot. What the world is discovering…
Iran war and the economics of fuel costs
By Etim Etim We are now in the third week of the war in the Middle East, and the Nigerian economy is in trouble once again. Petrol prices are up…
What the Gulf region conflict means for Nigeria’s economy
By Tope Fasoranti The hostilities in the Gulf Region have delivered a classic terms-of-trade shock to Nigeria. Brent crude was trading at about $73 per barrel on the eve of…
The Strait that holds the world’s economy hostage
By Stephanie Shaakaa A war in Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point so critical that one misstep could rattle every economy on Earth Imagine waking…
Before You Go To War, Count The Cost
By Alabi Williams Though the Gulf countries, theatre of ongoing war between the United States and Israel against Iran, are more than 5,000 kilometers away from these shores, other neutral…