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...

Jonathan, Oduah, et al., and the Venezuelan Paralell

Chavez’s offence was that, as soon as he became President, he implemented a true national constitution that enabled participatory democracy from the grassroots level on up. Then he went and built thousands of free medical clinics for the poor.  He also increased government’s funding of education...

The Triumph of the Diplomacy of Rational Judgment in Geneva

Barring their nicotine-stained teeth, from years of nervous negotiations, diplomats from the East and West jubilantly celebrated their diplomatic feat over their success in the Iranian nuclear programme agreement...

The Application of Jus Cogens to Recent Diplomatic Wranglings Between States

The fundamental purposes of the principles of jus cogen are to adroitly and strictly apply its rules in international disputes. Where this is successfully done, the rule of international justice will override the use of force...

Malala Yousafzai: A child human rights and education activist

To the Muslim world, Malala is a golden gift that should be embraced to  deconstruct the mind of those with the mindset of Islam as a religion of war. Malala posited that Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood...

International Legal Issues in the Scottish Quest for Independence from the UK

The Scots are poised for national regeneration. There will be fireworks in the university towns of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Durham and others...

The Great Syrian Debate: Roundabout Diplomacy in Geneva. (5)

Syria is asked to join the Chemical Weapons Treaty regime and hand over all chemical weapons to an international control authority, yet to be constituted...

Syria: The Merit in Obama’s Diplomatic Option and Matters Arising (4)

In diplomacy, it pays to make haste slowly. In statecraft, the application of rational, human intelligence has more merit than the use of military force or the threat to use force, which violates international law...

The Great Debate over Syria: The Truth of the Matter and the Untruth in the matter (3)

Untruth, no matter with what dexterity it is spoken and for how long, its glamorous colours will fade. Then, the liar develops shifting eyes as he or she loses honour and dignity...

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Nigeria's Central Bank: Unchanged Interest rate, removal of oil subsidies and inflation

The CBN has not given up on its pro-growth and pro-market policies. But in spite of the CBN policies and good intentions, the greatest danger lies ahead because of the policy pursued by the executive arm of the government...

Crippled By Illiteracy

Mankind has seen many decades and centuries; the precedence of events show that while the nations of the west are advancing in all ramifications, Africa is receding with great zest...

The Colour of Dilemma: Dilemma of Colour

Dilemmas come in different shapes and magnitude; yet some are simply ridiculous and difficult to understand...

…And to my sisters too!

You stand a very good chance of getting a lot of things done better and faster if your mother, your wife and your sister are favourably disposed towards you...

The Magic of Ikeji Festival

For anyone who has witnessed it, ikeji is an awesome carnival filled with pulsating rhythms, and colourful performances. No other festival provides the same array of masquerades, enchanted participants and excited spectators...

Igbo: A People In Search Of A Leader: Further Commentary

Some observers of the post-1983 Nigerian political scene have come to the conclusion that the Igbo are their own worst enemy. Indeed, one cannot but be perplexed at the miscalculations and self-immolating tendency of the Igbo elite...

Sanusi Lamido banking sector reform: a two and a half year review

 One of the most controversial chapters in the Sanusi banking reform is his sacking of the managing directors of five banks and replacing them with CBN appointed managers. Many people thought that was the end of Sanusi...

A Nation without Heroes?

Every country on earth has men and women who lived their lives in the service of their country. Every country remembers, reveres, worships and celebrates their heroes - every country but Nigeria!

Elected Representatives: Servants or Masters?

“Not to know what happened before you were born...

2015 UN Paris Conference on Climate Change: Global Tremors in the Era of the Anti-Christ

There were things the United Nations Secretary-General did not...