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...

Israel In Lawlessness Defies The World Again! Murders Innocent Humanitarians

The nation of Israel has, as usual, attacked and murdered unarmed persons unprovoked, even though these persons were merely engaged in civil disobedience and were in fact on international waters...

Spill Baby Spill: Of Private Profits, Public Burdens and Liability?

It is good thing that BP is suffering from the consequences of its environmental ineptitude. BP shares are being battered in American and European stock exchanges, and even amidst this pummeling, BP is declaring billion Dollars in dividends for shareholders and spending millions on public relations advertising while the house is on fire...

OPEC And Oil Price: Stabilization Good For African Economies

The present Boom and Bust paradigm is not healthy for oil trade for it does not only discourage investment in the oil industry but also inhibits research and development in the industry...

A Condolence Letter To Americans: A Tale Of Two Gulfs

Until and unless the United States policy-makers realistically and coolly understand and accept the incorrigible nature of 12th century feudalist and anachronistic systems in those states they aspire to democratize, they will continue to fritter away scare resources and the precious lives...

Angola with a B+ credit rating can reassure bond investors

The independent nation of Angola, a former Portuguese colony received, a good credit rating from Standard & Poor's Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service that is commensurate with Nigeria, Lebanon and Belarus...

American Oil Spills In Gulf of Mexico Is A Good Thing! Lessons for Nigerians Ecuadorians

Almost a month after the massive explosion at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in the American Gulf Coast, the massive oil spill, an environmental disaster and catastrophe, continues...

What If Obama Nominated A Black Woman To The US Supreme Court?

As a matter of diversity and demographics which truly reflects America, it is well past time when an African American woman arrives at the hallowed halls of the US Supreme Court...

Karma! How Con Men that Plundered Africa now Plunder the West

The stories of municipal or private woes that have led to the worst financial crisis in decades in the West which led to  rising debts, failing states like Greece and Iceland mirror the tale of woes that trailed the influx of Western consultants and loan peddlers in newly independent Africa in the 70s and 80s...

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Goodluck Jonathan’s Notes To Muhammadu Buhari

Dear General, On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I...

Slavery!: Africa Must Apologize

Africa must be the first to tender an unreserved apology to descendants of their brothers they sold to foreigners to be taken to foreign lands…

The Coming Anarchy in Bayelsa State

Ever since Mr. Timipre Sylva became the governor, and Mr. Goodluck became the Vice President, both men have managed to find ways to cause themselves, and the people of Bayelsa, pain and grief...

The Proposed Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria: Obvious Impediments

Things have changed dramatically since Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq and Russia are backing the Syrian Government. The prospects of the success of the Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria are remote for the following reasons...

Song of Alamieyeseigha: If We Don’t Speak Up…

For our brother Governor Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, go, go serve our sentence, we are all thieves! When you return our rusting guns will boom a thousand times for the homecoming of a good son of the soil. Go well, great thief. We shall miss you each time we take a lunch break from the hard work of looting our mothers’ treasures!

Boko Haram: Military Leadership Underserves President and Junior Soldiers

Our military “drove the attackers away”, turned around and came back home?  And we are satisfied with that?  What is wrong in following the attackers to whatever hole from where they came - Cameroon, Chad, or Niger - and finishing them off there?  What is wrong in following the attackers, capturing those we can capture and bringing them back to our bases for interrogation?

A Battle Cry To Reverse The Poor State Of The Nation

Perhaps Nigeria is the only country or among the very few countries in the world where the rulers come from the most backward and poorest region of the country...

Kilimanjaro

No one in my village has climbed Kilimanjaro before although rumour has it that some witches did a symposium there in 2003. One cannot authenticate their claims so to all intents and purposes, na Babawilly first reach Kilimanjaro from Ukuagbe Village...

Chronicle of innocence murdered

Haiti and Chile are still reeling from the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, a natural disaster. Nigeria continues to be beset by man-manufactured crises and disasters...

NDDC is Committed to the Development of the Niger Delta

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission said...