Nigeria: From Caracas to Abuja – the Politics of Oil and Force, By Dakuku Peterside

[Vanguard] In one stroke, Venezuela has been turned into both a courtroom drama and a geopolitical doctrine. When U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on 3 January 2026, Washington did more than remove a leader it calls a narco-criminal; it tested–publicly, unapologetically–the tensile strength of the post-1945 diplomatic order built around sovereignty, non-use of force, and multilateral restraint.