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...

Is Autumn Finally Here for Robert Mugabe?

Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa –...

70 Years of the UN: Critical Successes & Dismal Failures in the Era of the Antichrist (2)

Worldwide, the dismal failure of ideology in primitive societies, feudal societies, capitalist societies and the old socialist order in the 21st century, is responsible...

Humanitarian Security Management: Need for Paradigm Shift

This discourse interrogates the current humanitarian security management systems in the light of the escalating upsurge in the volume of attacks directed at aid...

70 Years of the UN: Critical Successes & Dismal Failures in the Era of the Antichrist

When Lucifer entered the hearts of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Hirobito from 1939-1945, the world witnessed the most harrowing destruction of human beings in...

Nigeria-US Diplomatic Relations Revisited

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria became an independent, sovereign state and the 99th member-state of the United Nations Organization. Shortly after, we entered into...

Boko Haram: Consolidating On The Sub-Regional Initiative

So much have been said and written about the Mohammadu Buhari led administration’s commitment to completely ousting Boko Haram from the remaining swathes of...

Nigeria-US Diplomatic Relations Revisited

On October 1,1960, Nigeria became an independent, sovereign state and the 99th member-state of  the United Nations Organization. Shortly after, we entered into diplomatic...

Semantic Denigrations of African States: Wake Up Africa! (2)

As a result of the idiocy and otiose disputations on race and skin colour, which has dominated Caucasian consciousness and which have affected that...

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Letter to my Rivers State Brethren: Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and the Waterside Slum Settlements

Before I begin this letter, let me quickly issue a disclaimer: I am writing to you as a fellow Rivers person and lover of the state, not as a seeker of political office. Let me now go to the subject of the letter: Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the waterside slum settlements...

Kwara: Mr Saraki Out, Ms Saraki In?

When a few years ago the former Governor of Kwara State, Mohammed Lawal, died in a foreign hospital after a 'protracted illness', tongues started wagging as whether his death was of normal natural cause or caused by other factors chiefly human...

Suleman: Blessed are the ‘Apostles’!

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Nigerians, Leave Trump Alone, Face your Own Leaders

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The Great African Survival

Riding The Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response...

Is Enough Really Enough?

The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off by fierce-looking Policemen...

Impeach Saraki Mob and Anti-Democratic Antics of Adams Oshiomhole: Nigeria’s Democracy in Danger

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A Season of Endearment

Just why is it difficult for men looking for wives to find the women of their desires, and for women who are ready, able and willing to find their dream men?

Corruption and Buhari’s Perfect Storm

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will inherit something of a perfect...

The Energy Crisis in Nigeria: Can we stay Afloat or be Drowned by it?

The origin of the Nigerian energy crisis can be linked directly to corruption in the country. It is not that the lack of infrastructure or lack of maintenance that is the key problem here. Nigeria has the resources to make the power outage a thing of the past...