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...

Where is our humanity?

A serious country come together in time of crisis and jettison religious idiosyncrasies to fight a common enemy-Boko Haram and the callous politicians in...

The Peculiar Nature of the Russian/Ukrainian Crisis: The Disastrous Consequences of the Politics of Hatred (2)

This essay is meant to provide a truly international perspective on the internecine Russian/Ukrainian crisis. It will also expose the role of satanic-induced hatred...

Like war, terrorism is a big business (1)

As far back as the Venetian Empire, international bankers recognized that lending to governments or monarchs to start or continue a war was more profitable than any other banking business...

#IceBucketWhat?

Nigerian celebrities doggedly campaigning to strike out ALS is noble, but it also beyond appalling. The current situation of the Nigerian state is dire: chibok girls are still missing...

Is Ebola the Dawn of Bio-Weapon Diplomacy?

I do not believe that the ‘outbreak’ of the virus here in Nigeria was a happenstance. I believe that the drama we are all watching and which is being presented by the Western media, CNN, BBC et all has the elements of a well-researched programme and script...

Is Ebola an instrument of bio-terrorism?

President Jonathan called him ''a crazy man.'' Was Patrick Sawyer really crazy for bringing Ebola to Nigeria? It all depends on how we look at his action and why...

US-Africa Leaders Summit: In whose interest?

The Economist no doubt truly captured how suddenly Africa transformed from the ugliest girl no one wanted to associate with to now the most beautiful girl in town. Any man who ignores her presence does so at his peril...

Beware of Fitch, SP and Moody’s ratings

The more these credit rating agencies assign high ratings to investment bank’s junk portfolios, the more they attract unsuspecting buyers. As a result, these credit rating firms spend more time experimenting and perfecting how to generate more pleasing and beneficial inaccurate ratings for the companies to use to mislead the public...

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Oshiomhole’s “774 Thieves” Comment: A Spotlight on Governance Challenges in Nigeria

Senator Adams Oshiomhole's statement, “It’s better to have 774...

Check Out : Confronting Migration Issues

Lekan Fatodu affirmed on the publisher's page that Check Out magazine will liberate travellers from the old ways and chart a new path that will offer 'more than what you think you know'…

Boko Haram's Endless 9/11: The Curse Of Malsi

Why is the world racing apace into brutality of religious Armageddon? Who will heal the resurgence of religious intolerance that is daily reconfiguring the children of the bondwoman into extremist hardliners?

Open Letter to President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua

As your office may already be aware, all of our attempts to reach the relevant ministry as well as your office in connection with the above matter for payment of long overdue invoice has been futile...

Paving the Way to a Green Economy in Nigeria

By Victor I. Fagorite and Ifeoma Malo A green economy...

The Real World Nigerians Live In

Sometimes I imagine myself as an alien; a being...

Oni, BAO and the mathematics of alignment

The recent realignment in the UK - where figures...

On Our Absence From The World Cup…

Most of us did not really care whether or not Nigeria was at the World Cup. In fact, some of us were happy that we were not there. We have weak hearts and we cannot stand the tension and the hypertension that our team puts us through in certain crucial encounters...

Naija woman, Oyinbo man!

One of the major complaints some of my friends have about their Nigerian husbands is their unwillingness to lift a finger to help out around the house even if they both hold full time jobs.  Some of these issues are not exclusively unique to the Nigerian man. Men are men - FIRST - regardless of race!

Calculating Nigeria's Correct GDP

To an indolent mind, sexing data to pump up GDP figures is an example of how politicians lie with statistics. But a critical mind will see the ingenuity in such an expansion of the base of the estimates that make up a country’s GDP, as such illicit activities as smuggling, child trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking and corrupt practices are part of the underbelly of every modern society...