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British-Nigerian and leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch, simply called Kemi Badenoch, has expressed concerns about the potential consequences of poor governance in Britain, likening them to the challenges faced in Nigeria. Badenoch made the remarks during her first speech of the year at an event hosted by Onward, a […]
Continue Reading“I find it interesting that everybody defines me as being Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with the specific ethnicity [Yoruba]. That’s what I really am. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Those were our ethnic enemies and yet you […]
Continue Reading“But she spoke the truth.” That is the most common retort among the diehard fans and devotees of Mrs. Kemi Badenoch — leader of the UK Conservative Party — who has been obsessed with saying nasty things about Nigeria since she made her way into the front row of British politics and started glowing under […]
Continue ReadingNigerians who feel slighted by UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s disparaging comments about their country are free to respond to her in whatever manner suits them. When someone like Badenoch makes denigrating comments about Nigeria, it is its people who suffer the indignity of such talk. A country might be an abstract entity, but […]
Continue ReadingThe leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents, has hit back at Vice President Kashim Shettima over the latter’s reaction to her comments about Nigeria. Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of […]
Continue ReadingVice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the newly elected British-Nigerian UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. While speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima emphasized that migrants are a vital source of life in all societies. He said: “Kemi Badenoch, […]
Continue ReadingI was quite ecstatic about Kemi Badenoch’s miraculous slaying of the Goliath of the British establishment and emerging as the head of the Conservative Party and is now leader of the Opposition. I felt disappointed by the rather lukewarm reception of this great news especially in Nigeria and Africa. I drafted this opinion piece and […]
Continue ReadingKemi Badenoch, Nigerian by birth, was recently elected Leader of the UK Conservative Party and Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition. She occupies the second highest position in the UK political world. She could become the UK Prime Minister after the next election. That is how politically important she is. She follows in the footsteps of […]
Continue ReadingThe expression, “Here we go again,” ran across my mind as I processed the enthusiastic effusions of some Africans, especially the educated elite, over Kemi Badenoch’s election as the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party. Questions, questions! What makes it impossible for some of us to develop the minimalistic ability for critical thinking despite our […]
Continue ReadingChairman and CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stated that Nigeria will not compel Kemi Badenoch, the newly elected leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, to identify with her Nigerian heritage. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed that NIDCOM has reached out to Badenoch once or twice without receiving any response from her. “It […]
Continue ReadingIn a keenly contested race, Nigerian-British Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch, simply called Kemi Badenoch, has emerged as the new leader of the UK Conservative Party. Badenoch, 44, and Member of British Parliament for North West Essex, secured victory over Robert Jenrick with 53,806 votes to his 41,388, following a months-long campaign. In her victory speech, […]
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