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...

Libya and the Brutality of Nations

The theatre of global geopolitics has forever been an amoral jungle. It is a horrendous one. This is the arena, where men empowered by the force of their arms and the privileges of their station, take leave of their humanity in deference to their greedy ambitions...

India, Japan, Nigeria, Libya: Case Studies in Contemporary World Political Culture

One of the most demonizing legacies of colonial rule is that it etched indelible marks in the minds of ex-colonials that they must acquire wealth by hook or crook...

Nigeria's Recognition of Libya's Transitional National Council: A Hurried Diplomatic Eagerness or a Flawed Diplomatic Response?

Although traditional diplomatic law frowned upon encouraging rebellion, recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have thrown up new justifications for assisting people in rebellion against long-serving, non-performing, dictatorial regimes...

Nigeria Deserves UN Security Seat: Reasons, Facts and Positive Contributions!

This heavyweight status puts Nigeria in a natural leadership role, one that both its democratically elected and military leaders have embraced since gaining independence from Britain in 1960...

Britain in a peculiar mess

The British government, an amalgam of Conservative and Liberal politicians with unclear ideological orientation, may wish to find a new path through which the British society can meet the challenges of the 21st century...

US: Averting economic woes by raising debt limit

The economic impact of not raising debt ceiling and subsequent default by United States may have domino effect on Nigeria and Africa as a result of AGOA and NEPAD...

Africa is Leaving Nigeria Behind!

With mouth agape, a friend of mine, on a first visit to Ghana, narrated how efficient the country works and how far behind we have been left as a nation. On another occasion, he was with a top Ghanaian player in the Nigerian private sector and the story was how perfectly efficient sectors that fumble and wobble in Nigeria work so well in Ghana...

A Call for the review of the treaty of Rome

After the death of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, the internal coercion of Yugoslavia could not meet the political demands by various nation-states within Yugoslavia, which  rightly demanded the Right to Self-determination, including full independence...

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The Criminalization of Same Sex Marriage

Nigerian senate has just passed a bill outlawing same-sex marriage as well as banning public displays of affection between homosexual couples. Approval of the bill, which still must be voted on by the House of Representatives and signed by the President, stipulates a 14-year jail term...

Naija Notes: A Brief History of Bomb Blasts in Nigeria

Bad news is like a thief. It doesn't knock to be let in. It finds an open window, it slips in and surprises you...

The Tinubu Phenomenon in Nigeria’s Political Firmament

I was already a veteran resident of Lagos in...

Gov. Okorocha, forgive T.A. Orji

Governor Okorocha, it is my firm belief that you have forgiven Gov. Orji, because he operates like a hypnotized person. I’ve told you of how he is quarreling with everybody he has had political or social differences with...

New American Diplomacy In The Era Of The Gentiles, Atonement And The Brotherhood Of Man

Empires and hegemonies rise and collapse each time the Universal Wheel turns.  From the fall of Holy Roman Empire to other fallen empires and colonialist states, the message is the same, when the King of the Universe pleases, HE will overturn...

2023 General Elections: INEC Will Succeed

Many Nigerians believe that election is democracy and democracy...

A 'Child Witch' in London

Perhaps the valiant efforts of Sam Itauma of Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network coupled with the honourable actions of Gary Foxcroft of Stepping Stones Nigeria brought home the stark reality of the wicked phenomenon called child witches in Nigeria...

My Name Is Mallam Boko Haram!

My name is Mallam Boko Haram and I am proud to so introduce myself. I am the public enemy number one of the confused federal government of Nigeria. But I am still holding out, outsmarting the security armada unleashed on me...

A Season of Anomie in Nigeria

The current tragi-comedy in Nigeria gives credence to Prof....