Africa

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

The urge in the beginning had been to entitle this piece “The Death of African Solidarity”. It took no time at all for me to...

South Africa: We Are All Victims

South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The country has a terrifying, soft underbelly which is now...

Manufacturers of Coups and Bandits   

Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers...

The Recorded Tragedies of the World

The history of the world has been a record of tragedies caused by the white, be they Europeans or Arabs. From our look at the...

Plus Jamais Jammeh!

Penultimate week an unpredictable political earthquake took place in Banjul, The Gambia, a tiny West African country of less than two million people surrounded...

Understanding the Life and Times of Fidel Castro

The late former president of Cuba, Dr. Fidel Castro, was a great man, a Marxist extraordinary, a human rights lawyer, a revolutionary, an anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist freedom...

The Aftermath of Donald Trumps’ Electoral Victory

When Barack Obama announced in 2012, that he would contest the American presidency, Donald Trump had the illusion that, being “white” and rich, he...

Hillary: The End of the Beginning!

Let me begin this piece by making a solemn confession: ever since Donald Trump was declared the victor of the American presidential poll penultimate...

And Racism became King

Those were the days. It was in the final days. And those days were pregnant. History has seen such days before. They were days...

Injudicious Shade of Democracy

Against many opinion polls and predictions by political and economic surveyors, the predatory American businessman and reality television star, Donald John Trump, won the...

Trump: What America told us

Less than five months after the Brexit referendum resulted in a rather uncomfortable 'Out' vote in the United Kingdom,  the United States of America,...

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UN-Nairobi Civil Society Conference 2024, Outcomes and Prospects

By Kelly Ovie Umukoro In the heart of Nairobi, Kenya,...

Yar’adua Cabinet Restructure: Redefining Or Redeeming Wrong Tools?

In an apparent move to consolidate power, President Yar'Adua has made sweeping changes to the federal ministries. It is believed to play the part of efforts of this administration to fast-track and effectively coordinate the implementation of her seven-point agenda...

Word, as bond of Humankind

What Change are you bringing to your society with Words?

The Nigerian Press and Creative Headline Writing

I have often wondered why Nigerian newspapers have not caught up with their counterparts in the west, in serving their readers appetising and imaginative headlines...

April Fools (I): Road To Perdition

Is it moot to say that the PDP is the biggest beneficiary from Bola Ige’s death?

Education in Nigeria: Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai and the “Education Roadmap”

Can Minister Rufai’s four areas of reform be the catalyst to help revamp and redirect education in Nigeria? Can Minister Rufai overcome the problem of policy implementation?

Democracy, The Case For Transparency And Accountability In Emerging Societies; Nigeria As A Case Study (2)

Competent studies have shown that there is a current problem with the application of the pure forms of Democracy in Emergent Societies, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa.  The problem is how to balance between fair systems of letting the citizens determine what government they want against what is truly good for them...

Oyetola at 69!

A man represents different things to different people. It’s...

PDP Exco – Welcome, Governor Chris Uba

The atrocities in Anambra are a disgrace to an undisciplined political party and a nation comatose in using a power inherent in its people. PDP is wasting time with the charade of the Oyinlola “investigation” panel...

Governor Oyinlola As The Gary Hart Of The Ongoing Corruption Scandal In Nigeria

The Press should not only go after Oyinlola's record as a one time Military Governor of the Lagos State, they should go find out how much ill-gotten gains he might have acquired using his position as Military Governor. if indeed he was able to spend as much as 300 million Naira on his campaigns for elective office, as he himself has openly admitted, it goes without saying to find out how he actually made his money...