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...

Recent Terror Attacks on Belgium and the Rest of Us

Brussels, the Belgian capital was hit on Tuesday,22nd March, 2016,between 8 a.m and 9:10 a.m, by three explosions that killed 34 people and injured...

Multi-Track Diplomacy and 21st Century Peace Building

The rising incidences of violent conflicts around the world, is posing grave challenges to the security establishments of most countries. Clear pointers to the...

The Trump(eter) of Armaggedon

The on-going presidential primaries of both the Republicans and the Democrats in the race for the party nomination for the American presidential poll coming up...

Tragedy Without Majesty

President Barack Obama recently described Libya as a "mess" of a country. Indeed Libya, post Ghaddafi, is more than a mess, messed up by...

The Graveyard of Ambitions

Somalia is found in the Horn of Africa with Mogadishu as capital city. Ever since Mohamed Siad Barre, the late dictator, fled the...

Early Warning Based Peace Building: Panacea to Violent Conflicts

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance -Thomas Jefferson. The human family at the dawn of the 21st century is faced with many problems: an increasingly...

Boutros Boutros Ghali: A Scholar and Diplomat

Long before he became Secretary-General of the United Nations, he had already exerted a scholarly influence on the progressive development of international law and...

U.S.: The Enthralling Presidential Race

"May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." — President John Adams moving into the new White House in 1797. (John...

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The Guardian: A Reflective Appendage To Sabella Abidde’s Article

Maybe the Guardian is simply tired as an entity and plays along to remain viable.Maybe the focus of the founder, Chief Ibru, has changed.If this is the case, then something is wrong...

Groundwork for Reforms in the Nigerian Judiciary (1)

Prolonged Military Dictatorship stunted Nigeria's democratic growth and its socio-economic development. Dictators created and fostered a culture of impunity in the entire executive and judicial arms of government. They abrogated the Legislative arm and ruled by decrees...

When ‘the Truth’ is Not Acceptable

How did we arrive at the juncture in our national life where the people no longer have faith in the sincerity and impartiality of those who should protect and lead them? A situation where the people are ready to doubt their leaders and security agents even when they swear to be telling the truth...

Reply to a Rejoinder by Carlisle U.O. Umunnah Regarding Ngozi For President

While it may be an over-generalization to label all Igbos charismatic, sometimes a self-evaluation of the individual in the mirror might bring out a perceived confident smile; while to the on-looker, it might represent a boorish arrogant smirk...

Why There Was No Military Coup in Nigeria

I personally do not know why there were no successful coups during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration...

Are we Dangerously Intelligent? II: Umar Yar’Adua, The Unwilling President

I think the biggest question to all Nigerians at this critical stage in nation building should be “Is being indifferent part of being dangerously intelligent that we take the easiest way out...?"

Northernization and Yar'Adua's Duty Roll-Call

The Yar'Adua administration faces serious challenges on several fronts: strengthening the economy, abating restiveness, creating jobs and reducing unemployment; competitiveness in the global market...

A Day on the Devil’s Highway

I am thinking that we should re-name the Lagos - Benin expressway 'The Devil's Highway' due to the state of the road and incessant armed robbery attacks on the road...

“Latitudinal” and “Longitudinal” Balderdash

When I write, like many patriotic Nigerians, it is to beam some light on some of the darkness in our polity, hoping that those in whom the power to effect changes reside might wake up to their responsibilities. Our society is the way it is because most of us do not ask questions of our leaders...

The Russians Are Already In Nigeria! EFCC, SSS, Nigerian Business Men Be On Alert! (3)

Dangerous. Unpredictable. Strange. Those are the three words that pop up in Western investors' minds when they think of the Russian business world...