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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National security, military intelligence and you

It was only slowly that we abandoned the idea of lethargy and adopted the idea of national security and military intelligence. This new national awareness must be kept alive in our own interest...

Blame the African Witches

Every African village seems to have at least a witch, and wizard. Some villages are rumored to have as many as a dozen who are said to be responsible for all the ills and evil that befall such communities and individuals...

Eaves of Burj Khalifa

Standing naked before the flying wings of that night, with only a wish to be led to the edge of all creation, a slight movement in the ball of darkness around the corner stole my attention. I crash-landed! A rat? A thief? Or could it be an apparition?

Breaking News: Vote Recount…Obasanjo Wins Third Term

According to a confirmed news report coming out of Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo has won the people’s mandate to continue in office for an unprecedented third term in office...

Prof Jega and 2011 Elections Budget: Money-Pocketing Or Vote-Count Opportunity?

Jega is manifesting incompetence. He collected about N90b for the conduct of the 2011 elections. Next he asked for N6b for a one-week extension of the voter’s registration...

Wike as a Synecdoche of Nigeria’s Political Class

Before embarking on a crucial exegesis of Nigeria’s hall...

Single, Separate and Whole!

Being single doesn’t mean being alone. It means being alive, alert, aglow and unattached… at the moment. So the fear of dining alone, attending the cinema alone or going out alone is just that... fear!

Jonathan’s Radicalism or Bloody Revolution? (1)

Amazing how the issue of zoning or not produced gra gra and brouhaha and even exposed our democracy to a far more savage form of political, cabal and social polarization under our watch...

Coup Or Conspiracy? The Silence From Aso Rock That’s Fueling National Panic

Reports that elements within the military plotted to unseat...

In Defence Of Obasanjo

Nigerians may have become so accustomed to bad governance that they have blinded themselves to the positives of the last government...