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...

Coups All Over The Continent

Coups and earthquakes! Foreign journalists from America and Britain who covered Africa back in the day never tired on writing headline stories on coups and...

To Bridge the Gaps Between Gross Government Debts in ECOWAS

By Benjamin Boakye As Nigeria and Ghana stand together to address pressing issues surrounding the debt crisis in the Economic Community of West African States...

What Is Nigeria’s Position on IMF Special Drawing Rights, SDR?

While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt sustainability analysis as of February 2021 shows that the majority of countries in West Africa have remained...

Gabon: Moment of Truth

There’s always a general tendency which is often ignored at the peril of governments; and that’s the fact that bad governance brings exposure. Of...

THE GABON COUP: African Democracy under Scrutiny

The recent military coup in Gabon has ignited a firestorm of debates across the international community, exposing fault lines and raising questions about the...

Are Coups in Africa Still Good A Thing?

Just as ECOWAS is about to send a military task force to Niger in a bid to uproot coup leader General Abdourahmane Tchiani and...

Unraveling West Africa’s Disturbing Coup Trend: Searching For Solutions Amid Growing Discontent

Recent Coup In Gabon Highlights Troubling Coups Trend in West Africa, Signaling Deeper Discontent with Governance In a shocking turn of events, the West African...

There Was A Man Called John Jerry Rawlings

Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody is now totally beyond control. Nigerians...

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Washing out West Africa’s coastal cities

Even though the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, began three years ago in Kwale, Delta State, with the aim of mopping up all associated gas from oil prospecting communities that would otherwise be flared,  investigations reveal that apart from the gas flaring threat, there are other less known factors that exacerbate climate change, increasing the risk that West African cities close to the coast will soon be submerged...

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...

Why Kalu Hasn’t Taken Fashola to Court On Deportation

It is good to live in harmony and happiness. These were the words coming from an ex-Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, when a select of journalists approached him on his return from Zimbabwe...

Insecurity: Time to heed Zulum’s warning

At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East...

The Battle of the Generals: Myths, manipulations and 2011

We seem to have defiled all political permutations and theories. 2011 election will not only mark our water shed but also will be an interesting political manoeuvre and battle of supremacy among some of the individuals who have played a prominent role in the making and unmaking of the Nigerian state...

Governor Obi, Obienyem: Merchants of Lies

One might as well state it as clearly and pointedly as possible: Governor Peter Obi of Anambra and Valentine Obienyem, the man who runs Mr. Obi’s sordid propaganda machine, are merchants of lies. In fact, Mr. Obienyem, the governor’s Man Friday, is a depraved manufacturer of falsehood...

Fuel Price Hike: Nigerians Cannot Be the Only Ones Paying the Price (1)

The latest increase in the pump price of petrol...

Further Discussions on the Future of Africa (3)

The Seminar condemned the rising tide of racial abuse of Africans, who play professional football in Europe. The Seminar held that any racist postulations that are degrading  and inhuman  are  retrogressive steps  in human relations...

Looted Benin Artworks: Before the West Returns Them (II)

Other efforts at raising interest and awareness on the...

Passport Identification: Proudly Nigerian

The many issues confronting the country nonetheless, Nigeria remains a powerful global brand worth trillions of dollars, unlimited natural resources, millions of hectares of fertile lands, over 350 languages and 150 million industrious, determined people...