Stavanger, Norway — As di world dey tangle inside who go collect di 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, one name dey shine pass: President Donald Trump. Di announcement go drop for Friday, October 10, 4:45 a.m. EDT sharp. Na wetin dem call ‘Nobel guessing game.’ (E be like say dem don set plenty people to chop popcorn as dem dey wait.)
Longtime observers of di Nobel scene no sure say Trump go win, even as im don wax lyrical about im naija-style nominations. Na which kind thing we wan hear again? Experts don talk say di Norwegian Nobel Committee dey look for how we fit build peace wey go last. Trump? Hmmm, him record get some wahala wey fit make dem rethink. E dey act as if im no fine with international agreements and climate issues. (When that one land for di committee table, e fit be say na just strike three dey fit hear.)
Despite di talk say Trump dey hustle for di Nobel spotlight since im first term, di man no fit nominate himself. But e push im chest out like say e be di only person wey fit bring peace to di world. Di last month, for UN gathering, e don tell dem say, “Everybody dey say I go deserve di Nobel Peace Prize.” But would dem born dem self dey talk am as dem dey huddle for their meeting? Na big question sha.
Make we yarn some serious matter: Trump don collect plenty nominations from people for US and even from politicians for abroad. One important one na from Rep. Claudia Tenney, who talk say him broker di Abraham Accords wey make Israel and some Arab states gree chill together back for 2020. (E no go be small thing if dem give di prize to somebody wey fit help peace reach everywhere.)
But e get as e be, nominations wey dey come this year from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and di Pakistan government no dey count again. Dem miss di deadline. Talk true: Trump don dey talk since as if him don resolve seven wars. Last week, e even dey tease di chance say e fit finish di eighth war if Israel and Hamas fit agree on im peace plan for Gaza. “Nobody don do am like me,” he boast, “but di Nobel Prize no go see me, dem go give am to person wey no do anything.”
Wetin dey happen for Gaza now? Israel and Hamas don agree to di first phase of di peace plan wey fit help ease di fighting and make dem release di remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. For di early hours of Thursday, families wey dey hold di hostage start dey chant “Nobel prize to Trump” for Tel Aviv. (E go reach when people go start dey gift award like say them dey watch Oscars.)
But experts dey remind us say di committee no go just look for quick fixes na sustained efforts dem dey carry as di main prize. Theo Zenou from di Henry Jackson Society explain say di difference dey clear between stopping di fight today and solving di wahala wey dey cause di fighting for long term. “Peace na serious matter, e no be game.”
Plus, Trump dey show clear say e no dey believe for di climate matter wey plenty people dey see as di biggest long-term wahala for peace. “Dem no go want award di prestigious prize to person wey no dey believe for climate change,” Zenou add. If we check di winners wey don collect before, dem dey person wey dey unite people. Na wetin we no fit see fit Trump.
Remember how di committee take waka face serious backlash back in 2009 when dem give di prize to Barack Obama just some small time after e don enter office? Di critics shout say di man no don do anything wey fit fetch am di Nobel. And Trump dey pattern im name dey enter loudly, which fit scatter am wey di committee no wan cave under political pressure. Nina Græger of di Peace Research Institute don drop di truth say, “His rhetoric no dey point toward peace.”
Nobel announcements don kick off since Monday with di medicine prize, physics drop on Tuesday, and chemistry for Wednesday. Di literature prize dey drop on Thursday, and di winner of economics go show face on Monday. Na di game wey dey unfold, and we go see who go take di crown for this Nobel collect!
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