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...

Leon Sullivan Summits and Opportunism

There is no doubt that when the African-American, Reverend Leon H. Sullivan dreamt up the idea of African Summits, he did so with the noblest of intentions. But Reverend Sullivan has been dead for five years now and today, there is increasing doubt as to whether his heirs are actually pursuing his principles...

Lebanon: Destruction Beyond Comprehension

There are those who believe that the actions of a state in pursuit of its national security objectives can not be considered terrorism. Well, that is false!

The gods Have Gone Crazy

Many have wondered loudly why Nigerians albeit Africans are concerned about Middle Eastern crisis; I have treated such criticism with levity because it stems out of an ignorance of the dynamics of international relations...

Understanding the Middle East Crisis

Today, no one seems to remember why “terrorism” began in the first place. No one seems to remember that for upward of six decades the Israelis, with the tacit approval of the United States, have refused to grant the Palestinians statehood...

A Full-Blown War Again?

As I write, there are about 10,000 Palestinians and Lebanese in Israeli detentions and prisons without charge or trial. If there is about to be a Third World War, it surely will begin in the Middle East...

An Unfolding Political Apocalypse

America has lost its prized ability of balancing diplomacy with military toughness. Slowly and surely, the walls of isolationism have been brought down but it seems that the US is stuck in some sort of rut where it cannot engage the rest of the world...

The World Is Flat

There is no doubt that North Korea is not the only country currently exploring America's weakness, the mad mullahs of Iran are doing exactly the same thing and it must be said that they have both been remarkably successful at least so far...

In Good Company With Berliners

Berlin is the capital of Germany and beneficiary of one of the most expensive rebuilding projects embarked upon by man since the end of the 2nd world war. The much hyped wonderland promised at the collapse of the Berlin wall 17 odd-years ago hasn’t yet materialised...

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The Banana Skins Called Ibori, Etteh And Odili

The problem is not so much that the government is winning the war against corruption, but the impression that the war itself is not being fought with sincerity of purpose, the right tools and resources or seriousness...

President Obama: ‘Yes You Can’ Make a Difference

It is difficult to imagine the sort of emotions going through Barack Obama’s psyche at this time. Without a doubt he must feel waves of excitement and exhilaration, effusive emotions, which are perhaps only tempered by a competing sense of apprehension...

From Extraction to Education, ERA Empowers Niger Delta Youth

At a time when Covid 19 has paralyzed all...

Why Oyo State Is Not Working And Cannot Work

Nigeria’s political and moral situations as a whole has always been that of bringing out the pessimism and negativity in most of her people, such that we find it very difficult to celebrate achievement and excellence in all spheres of human activities in our country...

American Oil Spillage Environmental Racism; A Case Of Permanent Double Standards

This monumental environmental disaster is getting worse. It is fast spreading in expanse. Oil slick covering miles and miles of coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening aquatic life, particularly in the coastal waters of Louisiana...

Prosperity, Eternity (6): Between Holiness and ‘Prosperity’ Preaching

The so-called prosperity preachers hardly go into what qualifies a man to give unto God. They hardly tell us that God does not really need anything from the sinner but his soul...

The Beauty of Growing Old

Life comes at us in uncanny ways. We may lose a home, a job, a career, or things that mean a lot to us. Some may face financial ruins, illnesses, or debilitating injuries. Things happen. Life happens...

Tonye Princewill: A Nigerian Star I Know @ 45

Barely a toddler in the Nigerian politics in 2007, Princewill was nominated as the gubernatorial candidate of the then Action Congress, AC, for the governorship of Rivers State. This came in the midst of known contenders for that position...

The Next Einsteins and The Expressway Churches

Sheep is an animal with a challenging intellectual deficit. Have you seen how they cross busy roads? Young minds should aspire to be goats. A goat believes in itself. It is smart. It does not take no for an answer...

Abia and the Fools’ Paradise

Where did I work with that government or who has ever seen me with the ex-governor in question? No wonder Ndigbo would say that a child who does not know a male-stranger in the father’s compound qualifies the stranger as his or her mother’s concubine...