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...

Resetting Russo/Japanese Diplomatic Relations

Now that every state has its political mal-contents harassing their governments world-wide, no government can be seen meddling in other states' internal affairs without fuelling aggression and violent action against the state...

2012: Cries From An Icy Wilderness

The year 2011 was a very bad year for the world economic order. At last, the Europeans discovered that they do not live alone on planet earth. They began to see clearly that their own truths about how the earth should conduct its economic affairs should not be left to their experts alone...

The African National Congress is  100 years old

Recently, the African National Congress celebrated its centenary with pomp and gaieties. Last year, the Communist Party of China also celebrated its centenary. The fine thread running through the political culture of the two parties is their adoption of Marxian dialectic...

China/Taiwan Cross Strait Diplomacy in the Year of the Dragon

This year is a very auspicious year in the Chinese calendar; the Year of the Dragon. The golden dragon may turn out to be the platinum dragon, in due course...

Revolution and human rights

Mubarak must be executed as a lesson to others, who, are in the service of the Luciferian hierarchy. For over thirty years, he killed, maimed and dislocated the lives of millions in Egypt...

Stephen Lawrence: Triumph of Mother Courage

I have always lusted after the reason behind century-long, Eurocentric racial perfidy against the black race. What is our sin to deserve an unconcealed white hate?

Russian Presidential Elections: Vladimir Putin I Narod Russiya

I once joked that Vladimir Putin was the re-incarnation of Peter the Great. I am of the same opinion still. Nearly all the principal features of Putin's speeches, which I  have read in Russian language, are geared towards national pride, national independence and national advancement...

As globalization cannibalizes capitalism…

Notwithstanding capitalism's inherent unpopularity because of its widespread weaknesses, such as a history of instability and a desire to create inequality between those who succeed and those who fail, it was able to defeat its archrival - communism...

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Obu Udeozo’s Cyclone: Painting History on the Canvass of Scientific Whirlwinds

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The Succession of Asiwaju Tinubu, President-Elect

When Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is sworn in as President...

The Blast and The Aftershock

There must be something combustible in the air of peaceful Sundays in Lagos, something that sets off bombs...

The Gentleman Handshake: Lucky Igbinedion Goofed

My visit to Edo State was an eyesore.  The roads are filthy, and non-drivable. The once beautiful city is in ruins.  People are frustrated and lifeless in nature.  Fear is resonant in the eyes of many.  Everyone disappears from the street before dark for fear of armed robbers.  Most homes have gates that are ten feet high and reflective of prisons… 

Nigeria and the Valley of the Shadow of Death

May we be protected from bombs and bullets and curses of many. May we not relent in our efforts to build a conscientious country and world...

Posterity, Eternity 3: Between Need and Excesses

If God is to define our needs or tell us what our financial and property needs are this present moment; O what excess He would likely find that we are holding on to!

Rio 2016 – Why We Really Failed

Just a few days after the just concluded Rio...

Putin: Western Media´s New Scapegoat

The Western media are past masters in gaslighting and...

The powerlessness of power

Some Nigerian politicians who were at the helm of power between 1958-1966 served meritoriously. Others were dishonourable, capricious, corrupt and unconscionable...