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 Expectation of Mass Deportations of Nigerian-Americans From US

The US presidential election has come and gone, though the 2016 election was one of the most brutal in the United States in terms...

Trump: Up Against History

In less than 48 hours Americans will be going to the polls to elect a new President, one that would take over power from...

An Oh My Gosh! Moment

It is dangerously unbelievable that Donald Trump could be making the forthcoming general election in the United States another Brexit. United States is different...

Donald Trump goes to Equity in November!

After what I call serial vetting of this formidable and resilient woman-Hillary Clinton -by her political foes, her strong persona is one of her...

The Monstrosity that is the Media

When you embark on a journey to visit equity at home, you must go with clean hands. When the business and real estate mogul...

The Atlantic’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President

The current editorial of the Atlantic Magazine is very potent, incisive, penetrating and consequential. It is an endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton...

Black and Blue

In an attempt to attract black voters to his presidential campaign, Mr Trump painted an extremely dismal portrait of black life in the United...

Speaking Truth to Power: A Lost Government?

For a man who had the coronet of sainthood thrust upon his lengthy frame, for one who had wisdom associated with his lean features,...

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Mr. President, On Managing Sexual Violence in Nigeria

In reality, the Federal Ministry of Justice should have its Office of Public Prosecution fully developed with a functioning Sex Crimes Unit working closely with establishments like the Nigeria Police, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Youth Development and other related agencies...

Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1)

The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into...

Licensed to drive, licensed to cheat

Some Nigerians who are seemingly unqualified to drive but who obtain driving licenses indiscriminately contribute to the rise in motor accidents as well as swell the ranks of those who use the licenses to impersonate and defraud...

I Believe Atiku!

A lot of us hardly took Atiku seriously even when he apologized to the nation for assisting President Obasanjo put us through some very harrowing reformatory experiences...

Federal Republic of Fiction @ 63

The country’s Constitution has been transferred to a new...

President Yar'Adua Should Not Resign, But Obey the Constitution Instead

What exactly is at stake in the face of President Yar'Adua's frequent hospitalizations and absence from the presidency? It is rather simple. The issue is President Yar'Adua's violation or willful and complete disregard for section 145 of the constitution of Nigeria...

This democracy shall not crash

The result of clueless leadership is the constant dashing of hopes of the next generation. Planning is based on religious mumbo-jumbo auctioned at the altars of prosperity gospellers...

‘What you have in Edo today is not a government but a scam’ – Pub. Sec. Edo APC

Bar Peter Uwadia is an erudite scholar and lawyer....

Simple Observations about Men and Women

I have never met a man who will not cheat on his wife if there is an assurance that his infidelity will remain a secret...

How Do You Live With Fear?

Americans and indeed people of other nationalities living in different cities across America are afraid. We are all still locked in an inner struggle between our rational and usual way of life and strange but understandable propensity to yield to a dull but now constant fear and panic.