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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The More You Look the less you see: Chatham House 2015

I read with diligence and unmistakable pride, Buhari’s Chatham...

We Shall Overcome… Someday!

I have been to the mountaintops. I have seen my hope and I have refused to let go...

Obasanjo: From messiah complex to strongman syndrome

Obasanjo can be likened to Hun Sen of Cambodia, who is seen as a complex personality: a charming diplomat, an eloquent poet, unforgiving to his enemies, ruthless in battle with a thirst for power but simple tastes...

Nigerians In The Diaspora: Toward A Search Of Identity

There is a movement in Nigeria to reach out to Nigerians in the Diaspora. This movement is gaining momentum within the National Assembly and elsewhere...

International Slavery: Time for an Apology from Christian and Islamic Authorities

It is time for Christian and Islamic Authorities to...

As Onovo Becomes The Second Igbo Man to Be IGP

Ogbonnaya Onovo is now a star. He’s one of the few Nigerians who have had the privilege of enjoying national support, sympathy and yes, having the entire nation fight for him to get to the position he wanted...

G8 Leaders Should Forget Africa

Africa cannot develop by relying on western aid. Also the Western countries cannot continue giving aid to Africa. The present global economic down turn is a pointer that financial aid from the G8 might not be sustainable...

MEND, Rebels With a Cause or A Crime Gang?

Is MEND benefiting any public good? Has MEND benefited any Niger Deltan, except MEND itself? Is the Nigerian government wrong in its all out war against MEND?

The Nigerian National Anthem And Flag

As long as the basic problems in Nigeria are not addressed, I see no compelling reason for any rational and well-meaning Nigerian leader to be taking our people on a wild goose chase to Space. What of simple things like educating our people and children to appreciate the symbolism of our National Anthem and National Flag?

June 17 Is Achebe Day Because Of ‘Things Fall Apart’

On Tuesday, June 17, 1958, Things Fall Apart was...