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...

Power of Opposition: The Burkina Faso Example

Blaise Compaore until 31st October 2014 was the president of Burkina faso. He took over power as head of state on 15th October 1987...

Global Security in the Aftermath of 9/11

On September 2001, during the first year of the new millennium, the cities of New York and Washington D.C were attacked by what most...

Nigeria: Arms Procurement and Its Diplomatic Implications

In recent weeks, it’s been a kind of "Jaw Jaw diplomacy" between Nigeria and The United States government over alleged refusal of The United...

We’ve Had Enough of These Excuses

When a woman is raped or gang raped in many African communities, Nigeria included, people ask questions. They want to know: was she wearing...

Franklin Roosevelt’s idea

Two brothers were often seen fighting in the neighbourhood to the chagrin of Dad. They were not respecting their dignities. They welcomed violence and...

Letter to the American Ambassador in Nigeria

Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would have loved to write this letter to you in pidgin, on my company’s letter head and mail it to...

Burkina Faso: Power of Opposition

Blaise Compaore until 31st October 2014 was the president of Burkina Faso. He took over power as head of state on 15th October 1987...

Rewriting History Written In Blood

War is a defeat of humanity. Only in peace and through peace can respect for human dignity and its inalienable rights be guaranteed. -Pope John...

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Dreams Come True!

Nigeria will become the most desirable country to live in by 2025 and the most powerful nation on earth by 2040. Believe it and we will achieve it...

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By Adesola Adesanmi ​In the volatile theater of Nigerian statecraft,...

Lagos: Mega City, Mega Miseries!

No sincere person can deny that Lagos is fast acquiring a refreshingly new face. The roads which were once famous for their horrible, car-destroying, hypertension-multiplying craters are beginning to experience rapid transformations...

Serena Williams’ Super Bowl Dance: A Powerful Statement Beyond the Headlines

In a moment that transcended the typical Super Bowl...

Demonizing Nigerian Doctors

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Nigeria Heading for Its Own Somalia

In a report credited to Robert I. Rotberg, the...

A Celebration Of Passion

The first time I attempted to write a romantic poem as an adult, I felt a bit awkward for I'd thought that God loathed the idea of emotions and expressions of passion however pure it appears…

'Reckless borrowing that eventually stagnate the economy'

Increasingly loading the country with huge unproductive debts, sooner rather than later, ours will become a junk economy. The danger with the debt-trap is that as soon as a nation is inside, it becomes much easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle...

A President's Libido Problem!

From the onset let me unequivocally declare that my late dad, Chief Okenwa Unachukwu, "Enyimuru Ezeoke 1" was a traditional polygamist who married three wives. Though he belonged to the past when keeping to tradition and culture of our people was sacrosanct and binding on almost everybody living in Igboland he may have not done so if he were born in this new millenium, this new sophisticated IT age...