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LAGOS, Nigeria – June 20, 2025<\/em> Speaking during an interview with global affairs expert Dane Waters on Tuesday, Murray-Bruce expressed fears that the world is inching toward a catastrophic war that could impact multiple regions. However, he expressed confidence that Nigeria\u2014and Africa as a whole\u2014would be spared from its worst effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re in big trouble, and as long as we have the kind of leaders we have in the world today, I see World War III coming, and it\u2019s going to be terrible,\u201d Murray-Bruce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The founder of Silverbird Group argued that Nigeria\u2019s peaceful diplomatic stance and lack of nuclear ambitions make it an unlikely target in the event of global warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNobody is going to be fighting in Nigeria because we have no territorial ambitions, we have no desire to acquire nuclear weapons, we don\u2019t want to fight anybody. We\u2019re friends with all our West African neighbours,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The former lawmaker, who represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, suggested that Nigeria could even become a haven for displaced populations fleeing the devastation of a future war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf there\u2019s a World War III and the rest of the world is destroyed, we\u2019ll be happy to welcome Americans, Israelis, and Iranians to Nigeria. But we\u2019ll make sure you all have your visas\u2014we don\u2019t want you to come as immigrants. We\u2019ll treat you well as visitors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Murray-Bruce attributed the looming threat of war to poor global leadership, noting the rise of authoritarian and reckless leaders worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think we have a lot of trigger-happy leaders across the world, and because they are trigger-happy, they don\u2019t care,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a lot of despots and crazy people. So, war is inevitable. It goes back to 1945, 1939, and 1917\u2014the First World War, Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam War. As long as we keep electing such people into leadership positions, this is what we\u2019re going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His comments come amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Iran, fueling global concerns about the potential for a wider conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ben Murray-Bruce Predicts Global War, Says Nigeria Will Remain Safe LAGOS, Nigeria – June 20, 2025Nigerian businessman and former senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has raised concerns over the possibility of a global conflict, warning that World War III may be on the horizon due to rising international tensions, increasing nuclear armament, and the presence of volatile…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,2,35],"tags":[990,989,994,988,982,993,837,992,991,987],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-world","tag-africapeace","tag-benmurraybruce","tag-geopolitics","tag-globalconflict","tag-leadershipmatters","tag-middleeasttensions","tag-nigerianews","tag-nuclearthreat","tag-silverbird","tag-worldwariii"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
Nigerian businessman and former senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has raised concerns over the possibility of a global conflict, warning that World War III may be on the horizon due to rising international tensions, increasing nuclear armament, and the presence of volatile world leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n