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...

Semantic Denigrations of African States: Wake up Africa!

When individuals and states denigrate, perjure and maltreat other individuals and states in wicked ways, they forget that there is a future, which they...

The Preventable Accra Flood and Explosion

The explosion and subsequent inferno that consumed roughly 150 Ghanaians on the evening of 3rd June were preventable calamities. The blame for this should...

That Amnesty International Report on Nigeria

It was a damning report, a disturbing report. As a human rights organization, Amnesty International often raises issues concerning human rights violations in the...

Is Africa Fated To Be A Metaphor Of Disaster?

In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects for socio-economic progress on...

United Nations Convention on Corruption: A Legal Review

All legal systems that operate in Sovereign states address the subjects of stealing and corruption. In Plato’s Statesman and Laws, he reflected learnedly on...

Xenophobia and the Imperativeness of Nipping the Growth of a Monster in the Bud

One of the things I have learnt, first as a student of literature, and then as a literary critic, is that incidents (especially those...

On Countering Terrorism in Nigeria

It is no longer news that the Nigerian State is at war with terror. The conundrum of violence the Nigerian state has been forced...

Xi Xingpinocracy and the New China

The  grooms its leaders in all fields very carefully. The Party has cordial relations with the other eight non-Communist parties in China. The election process...

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Restoring Health To The Agenda, A Matter Of Life And Death (1)

In this piece, as a network of Nigerian public health professionals, we put forward our analyses of some of the issues that should be paramount in the health agenda for the next 4 years...

Why Amaechi Is Called a Man of Uncommon Courage

Every political leader is 'courageous' to even lead a...

Death of A Husband

In different parts of the world, irrespective of religion, tradition and culture, widows are victims of violence and oppression at the hands of close family members and so-called friends, especially their in-laws...

Why Not Atiku?

As the current Vice-President, Atiku is the # 2 person in the order of hierarchy in Nigeria. It is a collective responsibility, if Obasanjo has failed, he has also failed. If it is true that he introduced OBJ this second time around, and he finds OBJ so abhorrent now, then Atiku must have a poor sense of judgment...

Nigeria Police Force – A legacy of Brutality

It is becoming an acceptable norm that the Nigerian Police must routinely kill citizens. The Nigeria Police Force is a harbinger of sorrow, agony and untimely death...

The Truth About Nigeria’s Banking Sector

Events that have recently unfolded in the banking sector of Nigeria has truly lived up to the sector’s rating as the Nation's most vibrant. The replacement of five bank CEOs and their executive boards was the climax...

Procrastination: The Thief Of Time (A Personal Tribute To Bimbo Odukoya)

I remember one of the early conversations I had with Pastor Bimbo when I had questioned the existence of Heaven and Hell. I recall saying to her that I would hate to die only to discover that there is no Heaven as I may have missed out on the “good” life in my quest to make it to Heaven...

In Nigeria, Democracy Is Inequality!

Nigerians are not getting value for their money. This government lacks proper accountability with this regime. Nigerian people don't have much confidence in this government, in general and the courts are very much a part of this political system...

Message for Gov. Ajimobi – Emerging Talent You Must Support!

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Anatomy of a warped mind

Mr. Oluwole Bakare completely got it wrong in The Guardian publication of Saturday, November 9, 2013 titled: Stella Oduah: Travails of hard working-public servant...