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...

American Law Enforcement Rights and International Consular Rights: US Vs. India

It was reported that the American law enforcement agents arrested an Indian consular officer in New York for failure to pay her maid the agreed fees for her domestic services, thereby violating the relevant agreement under the law...

Kim: He is no Racist!!!

Those of us who are Universalists, who are well-informed about the ideological musings between capitalists and socialists, who understand the inherent advantages and disadvantages between the two socio-economic systems, are wont to look at both sides  of international affairs issues...

Who Sits In The Seat After Obama? Americans Decide 2016

In dealing with the challenges of emerging worlds, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton has proved that she is possessed with the capacity of not only leading the highly competitive process of American society, but an increasingly in secured world beyond 2016...

Russia Re-possessing Ukraine: A Plea to Free Timoschenko!

After centuries of the Romanov dynastic rule in Russia, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin’s revolutionary acumen, overthrew the Russian monarchy...

Mandela and Nigeria

Not a whole lot of positive news rushes out of Nigeria – especially lately, but one of the things we got absolutely right was our determined leadership and our drive in the pursuit of the emancipation of the Black man.  Nigeria was right on point in its dogged fight for the liberation of all Africans, particularly in places like Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and South Africa...

Nelson Mandela: Human Rights Must Thrive

After the South African experience, where human rights were systematically violated by the apartheid regimes with the connivance of civilized nations, it is no longer enough to pay lip service to human rights...

Mandela: The Mind Of A Leader

He was a people's warrior. He never feared  the brutality of Apartheid, stayed strong and he remained focussed in his historic struggles for emancipation of the people of South Africa. He also remains an icon of inspiration to millions across the globe...

Mandela's Death: The Departure of the Soul of Africa?

2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African struggle to make Africa a better place...

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The Rapture 6: Saintly Counsels on making it at Last!

As we have noted before now the rapture or the catching away of the saints is one of three equally greatest events in the universe. The others are creation, and the vicarious sacrifice or crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ...

Beginnings with Philately…

My country and our men and women have a passion for football. Even the kids. And that is why I sometimes wonder why the postage stamp on my snail mail ignites an interest more profound than the squabbles with our FA and its leadership...

Ogbonna Ike: Another Young Turk Goes Down!

Maybe being a young person, I feel that one should not be slowed down by the fear of death. However, the death of two very close young people is beginning to make me think that maybe after all the good die young...

Who is Afraid of the National Conference?

Regardless of the political insinuations from all quarters about the need or call for National Conference, the reality of the season dictates that Nigerians must come together  to discuss and re-determine the status of Nigerian nation...

Why Do We Humans Die?

Unlike other lower creatures, we humans are relatively highly intelligent. We have a sense of shame. We have various sorts of power and dominion...