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...

America Will Disintegrate In Ten Years: Of Glib Talkers And Massive Intelligence Failures!

Nigeria has economic, political and diplomatic ties with America, most of it at Nigeria's expense. Yet, this current American government could come out with these grossly irresponsible predictions, with its attendant implications, gratuitious insults and all, to our people and government of Nigeria and Nigeria is supposed to accept this in good faith or as a friendly act?

Charles Taylor: Nigeria and Obasanjo’s Credibility is at Stake

Liberia is far ahead of most African countries in terms of the number of warlords and despots she has produced. And among these malevolent and despicable human beings, Charles Ghankay Taylor was a legend. He was accused of virtually everything reprehensive...

Must Baroness Lynda Chalker Insult Us Too?

No doubt, Baroness Chalker, has since ceased to be of any real use to her country, and has probably been politely dumped in the camp of yesterday people, but you can trust my country, the Giant of Africa, to find her attractive for a very lucrative appointment...

The Pope and “Dictatorship of Relativism”

The Western world, proud heir to a most decadent culture, has been totally overrun by several degenerate “liberals” whose sole aim is to collapse the thin wall between the body of Christ and extreme and insidious secularism...

Black Man's Burden

Africa has been stolen blind. After the trade in persons of African descent they sought to take over the continent for good. They shamelessly coined the term "Scramble and partition" for Africa in 1884. Then its people were raped, pillaged, massacred and quarantined. They called it colonization Indirect rule or Apparthied...

The Verdict Is In

The British electorate ought to take pride in what they have just done in proving to the world, one more time, that the United Kingdom still leads the world in forcefully projecting the ideals and the universal appeal of Democracy...

As the Presidents Meet Again

Anyone who has not taken complete leave of his senses looking at world events and the speed at which they unfold would agree that any opportunity to pray is welcome. I expect George Bush and Olusegun Obasanjo to retire to a private room and pray to the Almighty God asking for wisdom...

Faure Gnassingbe’s Election: A Complete Joke

Politics these days, especially in most African countries is corruption-dominated and formulaic.  The most powerful individuals with the most influence will almost always win regardless of the votes of the masses...

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For the first time in recent times, the House of Representatives has taken steps towards doing the right thing. The delay in its passage of the 2009 budget despite the Senate's decision to pass the same budget last December is quite justified...

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The emotional wilderness I passed through made me reflect on the emotional and relationship life of Jesus Christ, and I was amazed at what I found out...

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Before President Buhari’s official visit to the United States

President Buhari's forthcoming itinerary on a state visit to...

Osun 2026: The case for Bola Oyebamiji

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An Unusual Review…

In Nigeria, selecting party chairmen is always subject to the zonal system of picking our political leaders. Every position is zoned to a particular area regardless of merit and need. You could therefore have a political buffoon and an amateur becoming party chairman...

Is This The Return of A Prodigal Son?

Yoruba politics can inhabit the center in its own right but that is only if its leaders stop the public exchanges of unpleasantness as characterized in the last four years...

Gone To Meet The Man

First I heard of McGreevey, I was just arriving the United States and he was giving Christie Whitman a lot of sleepless nights...

Obasanjo’s Moment of Epiphany

I met Olusegun Obasanjo for the first time in...

EU Did not Clear Obasanjo of Corruption

Amadeau Altafaj, who is the EC spokesman for Development, denied making any statements about Pres. Obasanjo's ownership, or lack thereof, of foreign bank accounts. He also denied commenting on the other African leaders regarding foreign bank accounts...