With so many worrisome things going on the country – a sudden jack up in the pump price of PMS from under N700 per litre to between N850/litre and N1,400 per litre depending on the area (barely a month after the hunger-driven #EndBadGovernance protest), the return of punishing queues at petrol stations and a largely despondent and cowed citizenry, it makes sense to seek escapism from it all. Coincidently, today, Tuesday, 10 September, is the day of the first debate between Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic Party counterpart, Kamala Harris. It is a debate that could potentially re-define the trajectory of the presidential race, providing another justification to ‘journey to America’.
So far the general consensus is that it will be a close race. As of 8 September, the New York Times’ national polling average had Kamala Harris ahead with 49 per cent points against Trump’s 47 per cent. Both candidates are competitive in key…
