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...

Africa At A Crossroads: From Resource Dependence To Industrial Powerhouse

If you haven’t listened to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s recent interview with Rufai Oseni on Arise TV, you are missing out on one of the...

USAID, Corruption, And Africa’s Aid Trap: Time To Cut The Strings!

For decades, billions of dollars in foreign aid have poured into Africa, yet the continent remains shackled by poverty, underdevelopment, and economic stagnation. The...

Ghana’s Democratic Beacon: Mahama’s Victory and the Maturity of a Nation

Ghana’s recent presidential election has sent a powerful message to the rest of Africa and the world: that democracy can thrive even in the...

Lessons from Ghana

Nigeria's self-proclaimed status as the 'Giant of Africa' is being questioned once again, and a recent example from Ghana highlights this reality. The ruling...

A Democratic Revolution in West Africa: What Ghana’s Elections Mean for Nigeria

Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has achieved an extraordinary political comeback, winning the nation’s presidential election after his opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia,...

The Baltasar Endonga Saga: A Disturbing Insight into Abuse of Power and Public Trust

A recent scandal involving prominent Equatorial Guinean official Baltasar Ebang Engonga has sent shockwaves through the country and beyond, raising questions about accountability, ethics,...

UN-Nairobi Civil Society Conference 2024, Outcomes and Prospects

By Kelly Ovie Umukoro In the heart of Nairobi, Kenya, stakeholders from around the world converged for the annual United Nations Civil Society Conference. Over...

Challenges of the Presidential System of Government

This is a long essay on the challenges of the Presidential System of Government in general, how it is constituted in Nigeria, and why...

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Jos: Slaughter Capital of Nigeria

Removing the National Security Adviser is not enough. Heads of other relevant security agencies should also be sacked. Another reason to sack other security chiefs is the way and manner our President was smuggled inside the country like a thief...

Fear And Loathing On The Internet

We are constantly peddling, pushing and penning; essays, opinions and commentaries. We are after all citizen writers, or is it journalists?

The World Is Flat

There is no doubt that North Korea is not the only country currently exploring America's weakness, the mad mullahs of Iran are doing exactly the same thing and it must be said that they have both been remarkably successful at least so far...

United States Financial Meltdown, A Special Report

No jaundiced writer should talk about a” Black Monday, week or month,” when referring to the current financial crisis because I do not see how the colour black contributed anything to proven white-collar incompetence...

Speaking Truth to Power: Mr President and the Chaos called Nigeria

Mr President, my thoughts have recently reverted back to the question of your legacy as President and the fact that there are no invisible ones.  I am inclined to ask what story would you tell your grand children?

Biafra Zionism: Implications for National Security

The time to repair the roof is when the...

Naija Notes: Paid Mourners And Rented Crowds

“Bad people” set Buhari up to contest for just one reason: to make OBJ look good...

Nigeria’s True Heroes and Villains

The dreaded Ebola virus and Boko Haram represent different faces of two most dire crises currently plaguing Nigeria. The former is a natural contagion, the latter a human-made disaster...

The Clarion Call

No nation can thrive in violence, war or famine likewise no citizen can live with his two eyes closed during violence, war or famine...