Ifeanyi Uddin
@ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social
Bolshevik | Fond of the price mechanism | Critical of the living | I also speak ill of the dead | Leader Writer/Columnist @PremiumTimesng.
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Eedi kí mu omolangidi.
Oh well...
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS says
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oh well...
"The budget was further proof of a strangely overlooked fact in British politics: Ms Reeves is a chancellor in the most economically left-wing government of the past five decades." | The Economist
Britain’s left-wing government is left-wing
An obvious fact. But still an overlooked one
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"The budget was further proof of a strangely overlooked fact in British politics: Ms Reeves is a chancellor in the most economically left-wing government of the past five decades." | The Economist
Never stop thinking.
Always in search of new ways of doing new things differently.
That’s what culture and traditions are about.
Not the calcifying uniformities that we plight our troth to and seek to guard from change.
Always in search of new ways of doing new things differently.
That’s what culture and traditions are about.
Not the calcifying uniformities that we plight our troth to and seek to guard from change.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Never stop thinking.
Always in search of new ways of doing new things differently.
That’s what culture and traditions are about.
Not the calcifying uniformities that we plight our troth to and seek to guard from change.
Always in search of new ways of doing new things differently.
That’s what culture and traditions are about.
Not the calcifying uniformities that we plight our troth to and seek to guard from change.
From The Economist's Espresso.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
From The Economist's Espresso.
It's going to be a long way back from this defeat for Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's going to be a long way back from this defeat for Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot.
With the look on the faces of the home crowd at Anfield, ought Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot to have his back to them?
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
With the look on the faces of the home crowd at Anfield, ought Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot to have his back to them?
That Virgil van Dijk mule-kick is all shades of wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
That Virgil van Dijk mule-kick is all shades of wrong.
The thing is, Virgil van Dijk thought he was in a volleyball match.
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The thing is, Virgil van Dijk thought he was in a volleyball match.
Such is the extent of the federal government's sympathy for "the families who have lost their loved ones in recent attacks on soft targets in Kebbi, Borno, Zamfara, Niger, Yobe, and Kwara States", that it repeated this phrasing in the same press statement.
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Such is the extent of the federal government's sympathy for "the families who have lost their loved ones in recent attacks on soft targets in Kebbi, Borno, Zamfara, Niger, Yobe, and Kwara States", that it repeated this phrasing in the same press statement.
Looks like the incumbent administration at the centre will grasp at any straw that's within reach at this moment.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Looks like the incumbent administration at the centre will grasp at any straw that's within reach at this moment.
Birds of Lagos (Speckled Pigeon - Columba guinea).
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Birds of Lagos (Speckled Pigeon - Columba guinea).
Birds of Lagos (Broad-billed Roller - Eurystomus glaucurus).
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Birds of Lagos (Broad-billed Roller - Eurystomus glaucurus).
Birds of Lagos (Black Kite - Milvus migrans).
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Birds of Lagos (Black Kite - Milvus migrans).
"In any other job, Witkoff might have been sacked for being irredeemably compromised.
"At any other time, this would have been viewed, universally, as a major scandal.
"But under Donald Trump, scandal isn't what it used to be." | Sky News
"At any other time, this would have been viewed, universally, as a major scandal.
"But under Donald Trump, scandal isn't what it used to be." | Sky News
Trump's peace plan had Russian fingerprints all over it - and now we know why
There must be serious questions surrounding Steve Witkoff's engagement with the Russians - and serious concerns around consequences that are potentially catastrophic, writes Sky's James Matthews.
news.sky.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"In any other job, Witkoff might have been sacked for being irredeemably compromised.
"At any other time, this would have been viewed, universally, as a major scandal.
"But under Donald Trump, scandal isn't what it used to be." | Sky News
"At any other time, this would have been viewed, universally, as a major scandal.
"But under Donald Trump, scandal isn't what it used to be." | Sky News
From the Financial Derivatives Company Limited, as of November 25, 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
From the Financial Derivatives Company Limited, as of November 25, 2025.
"For Ukraine’s partners, the taboo question now is not whether corruption is pervasive, but whether the current leadership is still part of the solution, or has become part of the problem." | Alexander Rodnyansky
Ukraine must change how it is governed, writes a former adviser
Alexander Rodnyansky laments the concentration of power in the presidential office
www.economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"For Ukraine’s partners, the taboo question now is not whether corruption is pervasive, but whether the current leadership is still part of the solution, or has become part of the problem." | Alexander Rodnyansky
Boosters of the continent who aver that credit rating agencies have it in for her ought to ask "How many economies here can abide the discipline of bond markets?"
The UK struggles with putting its budget together; we just shoehorn numbers with large rounding errors in place.
The UK struggles with putting its budget together; we just shoehorn numbers with large rounding errors in place.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Boosters of the continent who aver that credit rating agencies have it in for her ought to ask "How many economies here can abide the discipline of bond markets?"
The UK struggles with putting its budget together; we just shoehorn numbers with large rounding errors in place.
The UK struggles with putting its budget together; we just shoehorn numbers with large rounding errors in place.
"Nvidia no longer looks as invulnerable as it once did. But its strength should not be underestimated." | The Economist
Google has pierced Nvidia’s aura of invulnerability
But the search giant’s custom chips may prove tricky for others to adopt
www.economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Nvidia no longer looks as invulnerable as it once did. But its strength should not be underestimated." | The Economist
From The Economist's Espresso.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
From The Economist's Espresso.
Patrik Schick's poacher's goal steepens the gradient for The Cityzen's potential comeback.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Patrik Schick's poacher's goal steepens the gradient for The Cityzen's potential comeback.
Oh well...He did lie about the presumed benefits of a hard Brexit.
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Oh well...He did lie about the presumed benefits of a hard Brexit.
The odds of Tijjani Martinus Jan Reijnders scoring were much higher than of knocking the ball at Mark Flekken.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The odds of Tijjani Martinus Jan Reijnders scoring were much higher than of knocking the ball at Mark Flekken.
Is it just me, or has electricity power distribution plummeted under the Tinubu administration?
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Is it just me, or has electricity power distribution plummeted under the Tinubu administration?
Government as fabulist?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Government as fabulist?
Die Werkself are finding passages through The Cityzen's midfield.
Their attack has been, thankfully, not a productive.
Their attack has been, thankfully, not a productive.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Die Werkself are finding passages through The Cityzen's midfield.
Their attack has been, thankfully, not a productive.
Their attack has been, thankfully, not a productive.