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 Palestinians

If the Americans won't bring about a Palestinian nation-state what about the Arab League? The Arab League has enough political leverage to force America and the West to do what is right...

Bush, Obasanjo and Charles Taylor

Bush: "Segun, I expect you to capture and arrest and return Charles Taylor to Liberia within the next 72 hours; otherwise, I will recall your pocket money, ban you from visiting Washington and oppose your insidious political schemes…"

Changing Liberia

Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is probably the most visible woman on earth today as she has made it to the history books by becoming the first Female African Head of State...

US-Nigeria Ties

While Nigeria may not be in the mould of the United States, Nigeria is to Africa what the US is to the world.  This in the sense that whatever economic or security policies affect Nigeria, has a tendency to have a ripple effect on the rest of Africa...

Globalization, Free Trade & Xenophobia?

Globalization and free trade is presently lopsided. Crusaders and apostles of unfettered globalization and free trade will not hear of the apparent and obvious disadvantages...

Africa’s Grand Illusions

The history of modern Africa is mostly a history of excesses, gluttony, viciousness and treacherous behavior on the part of the leaders and elite; and of indifference and cowardice on the part of the masses and the intellectuals...

America, Europe, Israel, Palestine, Hamas & Democracy

Shock and amusement are the words that best sum up my feelings regarding the reactions generated in America, Europe and Israel to the electoral victory secured by Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections...

America, Europe, Israel, Palestine, Hamas & Democracy

Shock and amusement are the words that best sum up my feelings regarding the reactions generated in America, Europe and Israel to the electoral victory secured by Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections...

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Dan Brown’s Universe Of The Turning Wheel

We are already reaping the disastrous consequences of Anti-Christ literature as we helplessly watch youngsters shoot their class-mates, parents and innocent passers-by...

Of Planes, Trains and (Armoured) Automobiles

The sense of insecurity or rather phobia of our rulers is due to the little conscience left in them, that made them feel guilty because inside them is that little voice always telling them they are not doing what is good for their people; that they are not doing what God and Man prescribes to the powerful and privileged to do for the less powerful and privileged…

The Househelp and the Death of Mrs Foluke Joseph

According to Ayo Ademokoya’s news story which circulated widely...

Edo 2016: The Moment of Truth

The primaries have come and gone with all the...

Vice President Orji Kalu Angling for Second Class Citizenship?

It is now becoming clear that Orji Kalu has engaged in grandstanding loud-talk just to leverage himself into a vice presidential candidate position....

Of New York State and Oyo State

There are some interesting developments common between New York...

Days Of Our Lives

Ben had overdosed on a local root popularly known as magani burantashi. The medicine allegedly works better than Viagra and has magical powers, it can increase men’s libido by over 100%. Ben’s plan was to ‘deal’ with Ngozi for all her shakara and sme sme...

The English Premier League Is Colonizing Nigeria All Over Again

The English Premier League is the one and only...

Kissing and Telling…Maybe on Monday!

After three years of romantic wilderness, of friends-with-benefits and of touch-and-go…This could lead somewhere…it could, if…Sadly, there is a snag...

Femi Fani-Kayode’s Tangled Web (Part 2)

Modern cities thrive on integration, not excluivism. If Yoruba residents in Owerri are hounded by the Imo State government I will condemn it. Lagos is not ‘no man’s land.’ Every inhabitable land on earth is owned by man...