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 (Un)Marked Presidential Graves

Power has an enthralling effect on African politics and politicians. Many a President never imagined life outside power. That is why graceful retirement or...

From Presidency To Exile

Former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali made history as the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring of 2011. When the...

Human Rights and Peace: An Operational Nexus

If they want peace, nations must avoid the pin-pricks that precede canon shots - Napoleon Bonaparte This piece examines the correlation between the concepts of...

The Verdict of History (3)

The historical, theoretical context of Nigerian societal development can be located in chance happenings, ad hoc strategies and these are quickly discarded by the...

The Verdict of History II

After the forces of evil have eaten out the hearts of corrupt sons and daughters of darkness, and after the appearance of the red...

From Presidency To Prison

The late Madiba, Nelson Mandela, had spent about 27 years in a Robben Islands prison under the apartheid era before gloriously returning to become...

Again, History Beckons Barack Obama in Cuba

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit". - Harry Truman Consequentially, Obama's visit to Havana, Cuba...

The Verdict of History and the Arrogance of Power

Milsovic and Karadzic have paid the supreme price for the arrogance of power.  The verdict of history is always long in coming. So, will...

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The Role of Civil Society and Governmental Agencies in the Fight against Corruption, Poverty and Terrorism in Africa

The governance process in Africa is reflective of the current democratic wave and to this extent; it is abundantly evident that increasingly the continent is shifting away from the pervasive trend of “bad” governance towards “good” governance...

New varsities and dearth of academics

The reported continued depletion in the ranks of senior academics as PhD holders and professors in institutions of higher learning across Nigeria in recent times calls a pressing redress...

The President’s Betrayal (2)

How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?

Rootsy Uwa Mgbede Concert Goes To Abuja

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Deconstructing Prophet Majek Fashek

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Ekiti knows the President’s Promise of Electoral Reform Sounds Hollow

If the number of elections held in 2003 that has been asked to be redone is anything to go by, Maurice Iwu and his INEC are failures...

Nigeria: Where Cometh Our Help? (1)

When the future of a nation is left swathed up in warts in the hands of platoons of tomfoolery and retrogrades, a double-edged sword of endemic and pandemic automatically become the results, and the entire citizenry feel the effect of the quotidian lancination that did not emerge in paroxysm...

Nigerian Dreams and Nightmares

I blame cable television and general misinformation for the rampant myth in Nigeria that all Americans are wealthy. That African American men all walk around in yards of clothing rapping to themselves about drugs, women and guns...

PDP Needs To Tell Nigerians What It Knows About Boko Haram

In a country where the citizenry do not ask...

Last Update from Bangladesh 5

I have completed my assignments here in the Islamic People’s republic of Bangladesh and I am ready to start coming home in matter of days. I wanted to speak with you before I arrive but because of the huge time difference between Bangladesh and Nigeria, I do not want to wake you up...