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...

The Development of International Human Rights Law since 1948

I have gladly accepted the invitation of the Strasbourg Conference on International Law and Human Rights because since I spoke here in 1989, there has been a decline in respect for human rights world-wide...

Africa: A Dumping Ground For Substandard Electrical Wares

The importers of substandard electrical wares do not want to give up on the business given the high margin of profit accruable from it. It is estimated that the value of counterfeited electrical products is in the region of $250 billion per year...

World Diplomatic Crises, Afghanistan, Iran: No Turn-around

Seneca’s view that government is more or less a makeshift remedy for human evil, has remained a truism...

A Limitation to Papal Liberalism: the UN vs The Catholic Church

This is the Era of the Gentiles, the era of spirit consciousness. It is also a period when the anti-Christ devotees have become more active in promoting debaucheries unknown in the 1930s...

A 2014 Message to Activists and Prisoners of Conscience

As 2014 begins, many challenges lie ahead. Human rights continue to be violated on a massive scale, from Syria to the Central African Republic...

The United Nations Organization and Failed World Leaders: Juridical Responsibility for Failed State Syndrome

There are immediate and compelling reasons why the United Nations Organization, though very ineffective in regulating world crisis, should review its domestic jurisdiction clause...

Shinzo Abe Re-kindles Bitter Memories of Japanese Militarism

Shintoism is the Japanese official religion. The Japanese emperor is their god on earth. Under that innocent smile that radiates and spreads on Japanese faces, lies a steely disposition...

Samuel Colt, Alfred Nobel, Max Planck and A. Kalashnikov: Destroyers of the Human Race

Those who do not know often raise their busy eye-brows, when they hear the truth. Thinkers are encouraged to ignore the ignorant and spread the word...

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Politics Of Insecurity!

Everywhere you look inside Nigeria, violence seems to be gaining currency. We see the common theme of provocation leading to violence, pain, death, destruction, disrespect for law and order, collective punishment and disgrace...

The Truth Nigerians Must Face: If The State Cannot Protect Us, Shouldn’t We Be Allowed To Protect Ourselves?

Nigeria is standing at a dangerous crossroads. Whole communities...

Reflections on Democracy and Good Governance

Change will come when we know true democracy and keep ourselves informed. We have to encourage our families, friends and neighbours to populate the educated camp till the ignorant camp is totally deserted...

Their 8,300 Kilometres Of Lies: A Short Story

Brother Goke, could I have a word with you? How...

Naija Notes: When OBJ speaks…

"Honourable Zani Ruwa of Zamfara State had been cooling his heels in a Saudi jail for months. What does Sharia law say about bribery? Gov Sani Yerima, where are you?"

Ending the scourge of poverty in Nigeria

One is saddened by the current constitutional impasse occasioned by the lingering ill-health of President Yar’adua and the spiralling effects of this on the entrenchment of good governance and the eradication of poverty in Nigeria...

Bouncing Back; The Resurgence of Boko Haram

The alarming resurgence of Boko Haram poses a significant...

Do They Really Care for Black Africans?

Even if Bob Geldof and his cohorts have genuine concerns about the ordinary people in Africa, they are going about it the wrong way because they are not actually addressing any problem by wining and dining with presidents and making headlines in the western newspapers...

Bongos Ikwue Searches for True Love in Igbo Homeland

The lionized singer Bongos Ikwue was the star attraction...