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...

Ganges River: Concerns, commitments and connections with the wider world

Rivers are symbols of the flow of life. That in itself embodies typical resources of spirituality and divinity that establish and sustain virtues of ethical economy of life. With that given statement, the Indian Ganges River comes to mind...

Instigationism And Conflict Entrepreneurship

Every violent conflict has its beneficiaries. These beneficiaries are the people who hide behind iron masks to stoke the fire of violence; the secret players behind the scene; the evil hands hidden in velvet gloves waiting to pounce on any opportunity presented by war to make profit...

Diplomatic and Economic Sanctions and International Trade

There has been unrest in the Boardrooms from Wall Street to the City of London as politicians play Russian roulette, while their accountants report marginal profits and losses...

Using the Dollar To Defraud Nations (1)

To understand the level of stealing the US has used the dollar to carry out, you should know that it costs $0.04 to produce each dollar note. In other words, spending $0.04 on each note, the Rockefellers, the JP Morgans, and the Warburgs, as the real owners of the Federal Reserve System, have forced the world to accept them as $1 note, $5 note, $10 note, $20 note, $50 note, or $100 note...

Madam Hillary Rodham Clinton: US President?

Mrs. Clinton should not hesitate to openly declare her intention to run for president. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Her ambition is made of a stern stuff...

American Drones and Global Security

As America’s role as the policeman of the globe and sole guarantor of peace continues to expand, adopting a security strategy that will reduce all possible threats to its security forces to the barest minimum makes the use of Drones and other Unmanned systems the best option...

The Disastrous Consequences of the Politics of Hatred

Hatred is a satanic category. It fuels unreasoned behaviour. It helps to throw caution to the wind. It blurs the intellect. It retards the intellect...

BOSAS International Law Bureau vs OPEC (2)

Most OPEC Member-states are members of the United Nations and so, are bound by the UN Charter. OPEC'S discriminatory act violates ARTICLE 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights...

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June 12: Abiola and a Posthumous Presidency!

One year after the death of Chief Abiola, General Sanni Abacha died. Though his death was unexpected and sudden, it was a welcome relief to the people who have for several years been gagged, coerced and silenced by a regime headed by an empty headed drunk...

Kidnappers in Nigeria: Death Sentence for Treasury Looters?

The Nigerian senate on the 28th of September, 2017...

Subsidy Removal: Into Darker Darkness We May Plunge

As you read this piece, chances are you already have got wind of the looming chaos that next January will usher in for every lower-class Nigerian...

Bush, Obasanjo and Charles Taylor

Bush: "Segun, I expect you to capture and arrest and return Charles Taylor to Liberia within the next 72 hours; otherwise, I will recall your pocket money, ban you from visiting Washington and oppose your insidious political schemes…"

A Short Requiem for George W.H. Bush

A new distinction for the country's 41st president: George...

Negotiating With Boko Haram: Matters Arising

Nigerians are among some of the most reactionary people on planet earth; impulsive sentimentalist who wait until situations get out of hand before reacting; spectators of action who wait until the head is off before crying; Ostriches who bury their heads in the sand while things are falling randomly apart around them...

When Your People Clap For Their Own Invasion — The Height Of Failed Leadership!

When a foreign president openly threatens to intervene in...

Re-calibrating The Radical Thrust of Intellectual Diaspora

The sign of the times now demands that a growing collection of intelligent Nigerians are vocalising and constructing a historic trajectory with a self-ennobling mandate to offer holistic solutions to the damaged social values of Nigeria...

Lunch At The Sungbo Eredo

I have been hoping for a flourishing period, a better tomorrow. However, this is fast becoming a mirage, a tint in the sky.... I hope for a time when we all shall stop walking on our heads...

Who is Afraid of the National Conference (II)

Politicians are schemers. Their effective involvement or participation in any deliberation or legislation depends on the “benefit” they expect as an individual or the anticipated benefits to their constituency. In Nigeria’s situation, the reason is more of the former than the later...