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...

Travel Ban: A Concerned Letter to President Trump

A CONCERNED LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP (On the Travel Ban) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 The USA. Dear President Trump, "We will not relent in our unconditional...

Rethinking Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Prior to the wanton killing of Nigerians living in South Africa by South Africans, Nigeria used to have two aliases among Africans: one was...

Of African Writers and Poverty: the African Development Bank and a call for Servant Publishers and Savvy Marketers

We  have heard of African  writers dying in poverty. I do not expect they should be leaving any luxuries behind but just a dignified...

Of Liveable Africa: Waiting for Bill Gates?

Africans in Diaspora sent home about 40 billion Dollars last year. What do Africans do with all this money? How much of this money...

A Short Requiem for George W.H. Bush

A new distinction for the country's 41st president: George H.W. Bush has become the longest-living president in the country's history. "History will point out what...

Want Blacks Out of Europe and America? Get non-Blacks out of sub-Saharan Africa

Most regular folks of Western nations are ignorant of the true state of Africa, and the role their respective countries play in the du...

The Salutation of the Flag and Anthem

Preambles: Recently, a simple incident that could have passed for comic relief became globalized and brought discussions around respect for the nationhood, nationalism, obeisance...

A State Sired By Racism

The American Police were the slave patrols of yore. They were the lynch squads of yore. They lynched the black bodies in the past;...

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The Rage of Mbize Erosion in Southeast Nigeria

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In A Lighter Mood: The Way We Seriously Feel About Our Leaders

I have written in previous articles that I firmly believe that our leaders hate us, else for example, what reason would a single person decide to steal billions of Naira while neglecting the people he was meant to serve and protect?

Why we should Encourage Sunday Iwalaiye, Daddy Freeze and the likes in Nigeria

Sunday Iwalaiye is a Nigerian American scientist, and a...

Welcome to South Africa

I am in South Africa to see the first ever World Cup on African soil. I hope the tournament will be a great success and will confound the prophets of doom predicting violence, murder and crime...

The PDP and the Dynamics of Opposition Politics

My dictionary characterises the term intelligence as the ability...

This Sick Nation Needs Healthy Physicians

For a nation as terribly sick as Nigeria is, when exactly would its healing and reclamation commence? When would men with vision, mission, skill and verve come on board to commence the really arduous of work of reviving this nation?

Shall We Rekindle The Flame?

Some months ago I had a conversation with some family members where I was accused of not liking Nigeria and I vehemently defended myself. If I am to have that conversation now, perhaps my defense of myself might not be so strong...

Nigerian Police Operation

Recently I was in Nigeria.  Right about the middle of my stay, my younger brother on his way to work one early morning was accosted by three smartly-dressed men of the underworld.  He was made to lie face down on the ground...

Sanusification of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

On the 20th day of May, 2014, a Judge at the Federal High Court delivered his judgment in the celebrated case between Sanusi Lamido, struggling and erstwhile former commander-in-chief of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal government of Nigeria...

Is Polygamy a Human Right?

The definition of the word “polygamy” have been contrived to suit the wishes of the white man. Given the history of world civilization and conquests, it is the domineering race that gets to define the standards of public morality...