New Orleans on my Mind
The flight from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via the Los Angeles International Airport on the American Airline was delayed because of President Donald…
From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: An Ignominious End for Africa’s Mugabes?
Not knowing how to quit the stage when the ovation is loudest is one of the banes of African presidencies. Once they become celebrated as heroes, the power, allure, perks…
Lessons from Reno
My recent trip to the USA, between August and September 2017, springs to mind – the International Visitor Leadership Programme sponsored by the US Department of State, in which I,…
The African and Power; Power and the African
Proverbs. 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. I am neither a psychologist nor an anthropologist, but…
Fake News is not New: Pioneering African Women versus the Naked Native
Ah! A picturesque tree of old world languages…Now what is bizarre about this picture? It has left out languages spoken in Africa, where there are over 2,000 different languages still…
Why we welcome Pidgin: It is our thing
I am not sure if I should be excited about the BBC News initiative in launching a “pidgin” feature for a West African audience; or should I grimace at the…
Nigeria still longs for its own Barack Obama!
Barack Obama is the epitome of grace, graciousness, class, and humility. Given Obama’s laudable accomplishment of rising to arguably, the most significant office in the world, President of the United…
Nigerian Youth: A Reassuring Lesson from France and the Defeat of Populism in Europe
The attention of the world was on France last week. In Nigeria, for some time to come, we will subsume ourselves in the political argy-bargy of France, juxtaposing their election…
Osbornegate and Rumourmongers
On Wednesday, 12th April 2017, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting on a tip-off, found $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 hidden inside an apartment – House 6,…
On Trump’s $600m Fighter Plane Sale to Nigeria
The international media has being agog, in recent weeks, with reports that the Donald Trump administration was close to closing a mega $600M deal to permit the sale of a…