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 Apt Censure from London!

Recently London played host to a host of countries in an elaborate well-attended Global Anti-Corruption Summit. The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari was among the...

Sadiq Khan has Made History In the United Kingdom

The recent electoral victory of Sadiq Khan in London, the city with the largest population in the United Kingdom, is a welcome development. Sadiq...

President Dilma. Rousseff vs. the Senate of Brazil

The former President of Brazil, D. Rouseff should be discharged and acquitted for the following reasons: That incompetence is not a crime but is...

Why Donald Trump Shouldn’t Dare the Smiting Power of Women

Donald Trump should be advised not to thread the uncharted territory of women. He should be admonished to read a book titled: "Anatomy of...

Much Ado about Nigeria Being “Fantastically Corrupt”

The recent description of Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” nation by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron on Tuesday, has become subject of contemptuous...

Vote for Quintessential Hillary Clinton!

Apart from Secretary Clinton's quintessential self, she is versatile with a fertile mind. She is very presidential in her demeanor, and she is more...

Hillary Clinton and I

From December, 1991 to December, 1992, I was a Visiting Research Fellow to the prestigious University of Michigan, Faculty of Law, at Ann Arbor,...

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech

Donald Trump should fire his Foreign Policy team after reading this piece. The reasons for this are as follows. In International relations, foreign policies are...

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Between a Head of State and a President

On May, 29th, 2015, at the famous Eagle Square,...

Ahiara Diocese: Time For Truce

I find really disturbing the on-going slugfest over who should succeed Late Bishop Victor Adibe Chikwe as the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese...

Can a bloody revolution take place in Nigeria?

If all it takes for violent social change to take place in a society is a surfeit of anger and outrage by the citizens, arising mainly from poverty and inequality, Nigeria would have long witnessed one...

Life in My City Art Festival @ Awka

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Millionaire Black Athletes refuse to Wink at the Black American Underclass

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Lawyers: Social Engineers who save lives

Being a lawyer is no trite affair. Being a...

Why The Nigerian Project Must Succeed

If Nigeria cannot find the will or ability to do the right thing by its own citizens, why should one dream or expect it to do the right thing by folks outside of its borders? As the saying goes, charity begins at home...

Afenifere and the Progressive Camp (1)

When sometime in 2008, the late Yinka Odumakin invited...

Panacea for Nigeria’s Survival: Enduring Institutions

This is an article borne out of thorough concern...

Terror List: Tales of Humiliation at Foreign Airports

In a particular reported incident, a young Nigerian student heading to school in Ukraine was repeatedly questioned till he broke down in tears. Why? His first two names were Umar Farouk but the surname was different from the Detroit underwear bomber...