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...

Why and How Obama shall be Re-elected in 2012: Obama is a Winner

The re-election of President Barack Obama will give the United States and its people the opportunity to rekindle the values enshrined in the Constitution of the United States of America. People everywhere will breathe a sigh of relief that the world will not abruptly come to an end...

Kim Jong 1l dies: the Juche ideology lives

Koreans are a great nation and a great people who, had they not been separated since the 1950's, would have been as developed as Japan, if not more...

Is Africa's Giant About Rising?

After more than five decades of an oil dependent economy, Nigerians have now come to the painful realization that their country is embarrassingly among the poorest countries in the world...

Boko Haram: The Dilemma of Human Ignorance, Religion Fideism and Failure of Leadership

The government of every nation is established to make use of men of integrity, honesty and patriotism to integrate all social, political, economical and environmental systems in a plan for all citizen...

Mohamed Bouazazi As Man Of The Year, Catalyst For Global Justice Protests

Mr. Bouazazi's supreme sacrifice illustrated his extreme agitation, aggravation and frustration caused by the anti-people government of Tunisia at that time...

The West’s Woods-ward Walk!

The West may have led the rest of us at the beginning of this civilization in all that is enthralling. But they should check all indices of development today and see how they are fast walking down all ladders since Sodomy gained steam...

Governor Blagojevich Goes To Jail

For the record, Governor Blagojevich was considerably popular at the time. Despite anecdotal suspicion of his corruption, many residents of Illinois rather liked his gregarious style, youthful good looks and allure. If he was deficient in substance, he more than made up for it with an arresting, charismatic personality. But U.S. law enforcement authorities were far from impressed...

Cultural Diplomacy In The 21st Century

As if to make up for the disastrous consequences of the Berlin Conference of 1884-5, which neatly divided Africa into European spheres of influence  with its attendant mayhem on Africa, a new spirit of collaboration between Europe and Africa is being fostered by the  European African Alliance...

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Should The 2027 Elections Still Hold?

Time is an important factor in human engagements. That...

Who Will “History” Honor?

Obasanjo by virtue of history and opportunity should stand tall among all Nigerian past leaders if he did right by the people...

This Oba Man Called Obi Cubana

Nothing has shaken up Nigeria in recent times than...

Audio – Visual Voting Method

It is common sense fact that the problem with our electoral or voting systems is squarely about transparent conduct of the actual voting process and that all that is needed is how to eliminate all forms of rigging and manipulations...

Reaching For The Goal

I don’t read inspirational books, reason being that I believe they are junk. You know, books that tell you how to become a millionaire... I wonder if it ever works for anyone...

The Rise of African Obama; Hope for the World

Men were never made by mere accident, situations, circumstances, or vicissitudes of life. All over history, ‘the unseen hands’ have always determined the course of man. Providence has always provided the means, the ends and timing...

President Olusegun Obasanjo: A Tribute

President Bush, Clinton and Carter were among the large assemblage of persons who came to pay tribute to President Obasanjo of Nigeria at the world famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, on Tuesday December 19, 2006…

Fashola Vs Sahara Reporters – 19th November seminar at the London School of Economics

If a government performance were to be measured by the performance of its head at a public forum consisting of citizens of the state and country at large, then Governor Raji Fashola would have been chastised for disgracing Lagos State at the interactive seminar titled: "Lagos: Confronting Change in a Global Megacity", which took place at the London School of Economics...

Okonjo-Iweala For President In 2007 (Part 2)

Okonjo's pedigree is so attractive to me because she is not a career politician like IBB and Atiku. She says what she means and she means what she says. That, in of itself, is an attribute we so much need in any new leader of our country...

Clean Slate Exhibition Spells Christmas In Awka

The Christmas season in Awka, the capital city of...