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...

The Seemingly Unachievable Middle East Peace

In any fair deal, a seasoned negotiator will tell you, both sides must feel the pain. It won’t be a deal where the weaker side feel morally justified to bury the other – as Palestinians temper seem to run high in recent years...

The Powerful Daughters of the First Eve and the Occasional Fall of Men

The world of literature has been corrupted by those journalists who revel in scandals, grinning from ear to ear and reveling in obscenities. They deliver marital offenders to the executioners, in circumstances of utmost humiliation and sadism...

US To Export Oil: Nigeria loses revenue and market by 2014

Even with the myriad sources of oil supply to America, it has not abandoned oil drilling and exploration within continental America. It is a goal and principal task among oil explorers in the United States to make a quantifiable difference in supply of energy for internal consumption...

How not to canvass for presidential electoral votes

Governor Mitt Romney wanted very badly to lead America, taking America through another path. It was obvious that he had hoped to win the last presidential elections, all things being equal. But all things have never been equal...

Presidential Debate: Please may 2008 Obama stand up

Mr. President, say your prayers and drink lots of water to calm your nerves; Paul Ryan is a testament to that...

CNN's Post-Elections Lamentations

In the next four years, America has to revise its international relations strategies to accommodate peaceful co-existence. The administration may wish to tone down "tough talk", which may please hawkish hegemonic people...

Changing Nature of the American Electoral Process: Obama is a Winner

Americans believe that governance can only be legitimate if it goes through a rigorous electoral process. Elections must be free, fair, credible and transparent...

Thoughts on American Republicanism

The American people know what happened under George Bush and how Obama rescued America from Republican misrule,  which created a feral underclass...

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My advice to President Jonathan

I know you know that the prosperity of your fellow Nigerians, though hard fought, is less fulfilling knowing there is so much more that can be done to alleviate poverty and suffering inside Africa...

Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya (2)

"Stereotypes are often created out of ignorance, and sometimes malice. The best counter to that is of course education, which is one of the things, my novel does, I think.." Helon Habila

Don Imus: Further Punishment Would Be Unjust and Un-American

Hateful words have a way of consuming those who utter them. Hateful words also have a way of damaging people's sense of self and their self-esteem. We see both coming to play in the case of Mr. Don Imus and his verbal victims...

Spineless GEJ Learnt Nothing from Brutish OBJ: What a Shame!

No matter what you thought of Olusegun Obasanjo’s leadership of the country and the PDP, you almost wished that OBJ was back in charge; for he had a strong spine. I cannot imagine ANY governor walking out on OBJ...

Nigeria, Revenue Poverty and Taxation Atrophy

When our forefathers came up with the wise saying...

House # 105, Wife Number 4 minus 1 the Punisher’s fable?

Is it not the Owu commander that pretended that Sharia was not an Issue and fixated political opportunism over national expediency? We pretend now we have one country, making laws that don’t matter...

El-Rufai is Governor of the month

El-Rufai wins CGPI Governor of the Month Award…Ambode is...

Olayemi Cardoso: Steering Nigeria’s Macro Economy as Governor of the Central Bank

Since assuming office as Governor of the Central Bank...

Some Notes on Germany and Nigeria

I am out to enhance relations between Nigeria and...

These Nigerian Aspirants:  To Rule-Up Or Run-Down The Nation?

The people of Nigeria are pinning their hopes that their plight and wishes are addressed by the next government regardless of the ethnicity-trend...