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...

Buhari is Dangerously Naive

“Those wanting secession, and restructuring of Nigeria, are dangerously naive”. -Muhammadu Buhari Nigerians screamed in disquiet, as a chicken ravenously pecked a mound of shit. Little...

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli: Requiem for a Fallen Hero

The gap in life expectancy between the average Africans and their leaders is indisputably wide. African leaders have better medical care, besides being insulated...

A Toast to my Auntie Okonjo Wahala

They no longer make women like my very own Auntie Ngozi. No, I have to be more precise: they no longer make men and women...

Buhari’s Nigeria Is Not My Nigeria

Things have fallen apart completely in Nigeria. Nothing has made many Nigerians lose faith in Nigeria more than the impunity reigning in Nigeria since...

Relevance of Elections to Representative Governments

It is not enough for us to assume the importance of elections to representative governments. If we say elections are one of democracy’s defining...

The Power of the Ballot

Not many things are as difficult to parse – and manifold in their aspects – as democracy. When melded with such concepts as representational...

Of Protests and Riots

Though often used interchangeably, a protest is different from a riot.  Whereas a protest is a nonviolent expression of dissent or disapproval or displeasure,...

Africa – A Continent on the Chopping Block

Africa has had very tragic intercourse with the world outside its borders. The continent was, for instance, besieged from the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian...

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Yar’Adua: Another Greek Gift from Militricians

Yar'Adua represents a continuation of a culture of mediocrity, a relegation of meritocracy for expediency and the victory of manipulation over strategy. Yar'Adua is not the best Nigeria can offer moving forward...

Coming to America

Handling visiting relatives is as dangerous as handling a scorpion.  Yes, I understand that most don’t know how the system work and need a little guidance in getting around and doing things - but the ones that refuse to listen and claim to be I-Too-Know in all things American - those ones are just plain annoying...

Umuchu as the Cradle of Confederation

Umuchu, my hometown, offers the world a fundamental legacy...

On The Osun Forensic Controversy

What is happening with the forensic question in Osun State currently shows that this country needs to make haste to sanitize both the electoral process and the judiciary or else we are walking straight into the ways of Kenya...

Why are we killing Nigeria?

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The Judiciary Has Continued To Save Nigeria From Doom – Placid Aguwa, Former NLA President

"I am highly encouraged by the fact that the judiciary has taken the lead to protect Nigeria from further political insanity and confusion. The judiciary has distinguished itself as dependable and impartial..."

Dangers of smoking tobacco

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Death, the leveller of men!

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Rejoinder To Mr. Femi Olawole

Your comments on my article, "Patriotism, Dead or Alive," came to my attention only yesterday. Installing me in a group, you accuse me of "a chronic pessimism as to become pathetically blind to the emerging new Nigeria," and of not bothering to "proffer alternative leadership or management strategies..."

Babangida: Insensitivity Carried Too Far

There is this perennial, seductive belief out there that IBB is a moving huge bag of money. This bag, though, horribly stained and very unattractive to people with any sense of decency, contains billions of naira and has very generous holes ready to “drop” at any time...