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...

America Must Break With Israel as Good & Just Middle East Policy

President Obama must inform Prime Minister Netanyahu that peace with Israel's neighbors is in Israel's best interests, and as a consequence, it will no longer be business as usual...

The Royal Wedding: America fought a war to be free of a crown – really?

The Americans fought a war to be rid of the English Crown, their overlords but you would hardly realize it these days not only from the royal wedding-mania that has gripped the former colony but in the many ways that Americans continue to cede supremacy to their former overlords across the big pond...

America's Afghanistan Withdrawal Should Be Accelerated?

Osama Is Dead, Al Qaeda is in disarray, and other extremist groups are probably fearful. Bring the troops home, save money, and save the long suffering and now harried American troops...

Obama Is Calm, Not Boastful, Bashful or Gloating, Giddy or Gleeful

President Obama, Mr. suave-savvy himself, came to New York City to commiserate with families and survivors whose loved ones were lost to the September 11, 2001 attacks...

Osama Is Dead At Last, Dead At Last, Thank God Almighty Osama Is Dead At Last?

President Obama announced the demise and disposal of Osama Bin Ladin a few days ago to a stunned world, and as I listened to Brian Lehrer's  radio show, one of his guests' comments cemented my feelings about the end of the Osama saga...

NATO, No Fly Zone for Syria, Yemen, Bahrain?

Syria is using tanks and heavy weapons to crackdown on peaceful protesters and this is egregious and should be condemned by all lovers of democracy and freedom...

Laurent Gbagbo: Quel Gachis!

Presidents Obama and Sarkozy deserved commendation for their principled stand against the sit-tight machinations of the Gbagbo clan while the 'fire' lasted. Sarkozy always maintained that for France the only legitimate and legal President in Cote d'Ivoire was Alassane Ouattara...

Laying the theoretical and practical foundations for a new world economic order

We need profound scientific thinkers who will not violate the people's trust. We do not need thugs in political office, who are afflicted by Mormonism. There are faithful, God-fearing citizens, who pray for national resurgence...

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The “Within the Trees” workshop, Transforming Poetry to Sound

The “Within the Trees” workshop, March 19 – 21...

Ruth leaves her Root for the Root of Jesse (3): The Two Types of Orpahs today!

The blessed story of Ruth is well told in Scriptures. Ruth today, inhabits eternity with God, and represents a key character in Scripture to the point of naming a Bible Book after this former Gentile woman...

When No One Spoke Against Rape

Nobody cared to stop and ask what was amiss. She was being raped! Everybody kept up their pace; it was nobody’s home; she was nobody’s daughter; and it was nobody’s pain…

Nigeria Decides: Goodluck Jonathan, Buhari or Ribadu?

Never before in the history of the country has a general election generated such feverish excitement among Nigerians – at home and in the diaspora - like the 2011 April Polls...

Atiku and the Insurrection tagged ‘Revolution Now’

The victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the last...

Our Children, Our Future

My parents taught me early in life that beyond and above all things, my siblings and I were the reasons they toiled, they worked or even bothered to wake up every day of their lives. The philosophical concept of children hits home in our society in the absence of social security and other government buffers for ageing...

How Nigerian Banks Mislead Investors With Crafty Accounting Reports

Investors should be wary of the antics of banks and scrutinise their results and body language thoroughly before staking their money because the banks are still very far from full recovery...

Alams’ Pardon: The Privilege of Indignation

President Goodluck Jonathan’s pardon for Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is expectedly eliciting quite a lot of surprise, indignation and condemnation. Public commentators and individual citizens have used the media to express their disappointment and anger...

Why Nigeria Is Not Respected – Governor Fashola Got It Wrong

Respect is not shoveled out the way oil-blocks and contracts are rolled out  to cronies in Nigeria. Respect is not free food in a paper plate or a hand-out received on demand. Respect is not a freebie tossed on your lap...