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 March of History in Africa

All thinking, critically thinking, persons know that since the beginning of time civilizations have come and gone. They know that Western civilization will one day end in accordance with the historical phenomenon of the rise and fall of civilizations...

Yasser Arafat: The Passing of a Statesman

What greater service is there than the service to one’s own people and to one's own land. Arafat accomplished both: he served his land and his people. He lived his life in the services of his land. Arafat gave wind to the wings of Palestine; he gave bounce to the political protests and rhythm to the Palestinian freedom songs...

Leadership Problems In Africa: In Search of A Solution

One of the problems we have always had as a continent is our unbridled belief that what the West sets as the criterion for excellence must be the universal criterion. Thus if the West says that democracy is the best form of government, we embrace democracy even though in actuality, what we practice is plain oligarchy and dictatorship...

Is The Land Of The Brave Safer Today?

Who can really argue today that Americans are not really scared about the possibility of another terrorist attack in America. Setting up the Department of Homeland Security, and giving it so much power and money to protect the heartland is one proof that both the Government and the people are scared to death...

Happy Birthday

When you are married like more than half the adults of the world are, and you live in this modern civilized society, you better remember two important dates: your spouse’s birthday, and, the wedding anniversary...

Iraq Sovereignty: A Questionable Liberation

Without rushing to judgment, it is important that we take stock of our success and failures as it relates to Iraq. Have we truly triumphed in Iraq? Have we gained a genesis of new enemies with an agony of defeat on our shoulders?

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The Tribal Card: Labellings And Misconceptions

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Third Term Politics: Dear Segun, Dear Sunday (Week 3)

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SEC’s Opportune Time To Sanitise Capital Market

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Isaiah Osagiede: An Ode To The Honest And Sacrificial Abuja Cabman

There are still honorable and truthful Nigerians whose inner configurations are knitted with truth and their hearts are ruled by a sense of justice and fairness...

Yes, Yar’Adua, Let The Immunity Clause Go!

Last week’s call by President Umar Musa Yar’Adua on the National Assembly to expunge the irredeemably iniquitous Immunity Clause from the Nigerian Constitution, most surely, ranked, in my opinion, as the most significant thing the man had uttered since he assumed office...

Madam Hillary Rodham Clinton: US President?

Mrs. Clinton should not hesitate to openly declare her intention to run for president. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Her ambition is made of a stern stuff...

Economic Growth: Nigeria Government Approach Is Wrong!

Nigeria must begin to make the shift to other sources of growth that can provide jobs and the dynamism to increase skills and productivity over time...

To Probe or Not To Probe, This Is the Answer

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As Jonathan Rebounds

Gradually, the dark and ominous cloud that befell Nigeria with the alleged arrival of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to the country after a three month medical sojourn in Saudi Arabia seems to be clearing...