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...

France: Homophobia and Booby-mania

With Soddom and Gomorah historically in mind, this 'homo' nonsense must not break our resolve and will to live in a decent world inhabited by decent human beings capable of reason...

Tragedy at the Boston Marathon 2013

In these End-times, when the anti-christs have unleashed terror on humanity, we pray that the Almighty God hides us from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity...

The Facts And Fiction Of The January 15 1966 Coup

Awoyokun asserts that if it were not for the ‘Igbo’ coup of January 15 the massacres of the Igbo in Northern Nigeria six months later would not have occurred. This thesis arises from his criticism of Achebe’s location of the massacres in resentment and blame of the Igbo for any problem in Nigeria...

What does Obama mean to Nigeria?

At the onset of the presidential debates between the Republicans and Democrats, I found most Nigerians still making the same mistakes we made in 2008, when the enigma that was Obama reared its enigmatic head...

The Third Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu

I had written on the Second Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu years ago, after he took power in Israel. Months later, I met Mr. Roy Sapoznich, who is an Israel political consultant and business man. We discussed the highlights of the article. I later re-read the Holy Bible and won inspirational insights into the strength of Israel...

Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven (1)

My unquenchable interest in how and why Nigeria stopped turning between 1966 and 1970 was ignited when I saw information about classified U.S. files on the Nigerian civil war in my e-box...

UN and Agreements for Arms Control

Scholars who have been engaged in studying the United Nations efforts at arms control will tell you that the newly signed Treaty on Arms Control will end up in the diplomatic archives of Foreign Ministries...

Kenya(tta): Not Yet Uhuru!

While we congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta for his marginal presidential election victory in his country we must remind him, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, that it is not yet Uhuru!

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Black Women and White Men and the Question of Marriage (2)

It is unlikely anyone knows for sure the number of successful or promising Black men who are dating, or are married to White women. All we know is that the number is large; we also know that in some communities, dating or being married to a White woman is considered desirable...

Political Parties and Check List(s)

All Nigerians should be on their guard since the National Assembly has not passed Justice Uwais electoral reform recommendations...

Pat Utomi’s Presidential Campaign

If Mr. Utomi wants to be the president of Nigeria come 2007, he needs to act like a serious candidate. He needs to sell himself to the people: the men and women on the street, the military and security forces, the political class, the mass media, and to the decision makers of his party and to President Obasanjo. Those he needs to be playing with reside in Nigeria, not in the USA, Britain or anywhere else outside of the country...

Boko Haram Regime of Repainted Terrorists

The powers-that-be of Boko Haram have never had it...

Jonathan Goodluck and Dame Patience Goodluck-Jonathan: Mirror Images of the Nigerian Quandary

Virtually all aspirants have alleged Jonathan to be ruling and heading a government of corrupt persons. Although these aspirants are merely saying what prevails in the minds of most Nigerians, the PDP is saddened that Buhari, a leading Presidential aspirant in the ongoing democratic dispensation is favoured by the electorates because he is seen as an incorruptible person...

The Pain and the Agony of Love

Other than the pain of bereavement, I wonder if there is a greater pain than the pain of being dumped by a lover. When someone dies, you pray the Lord to take the soul; but when you are dumped, you feel as though your soul is being forcefully taken...

Ramadan: A Month of Soul Searching for Muslims!

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar....

Orchids, Daffodils, Loyal Obas and Money Politics in Nigeria

In my garden, hibiscus, orchids, daffodils and roses grow...

Mutallab: A tragic Example of Poor Parenting

Sending young people barely old enough to tie their shoe laces away from home to an alien culture and strange environment where they are opened to all forms of associations and manipulations can have deadly consequences...

In Nigeria, Powerful Habits Die Hard: The Failure of the Colonial Legal System

In Nigeria, powerful habits like the quest for money, unearned fame, love for tribal affiliations, condoning corrupt practices, inordinate ambition for political office, showing off stolen national wealth, peddling of cheap influence, die hard...