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...

Africom: The security need for 21st century Africa

Africa is confronted with lack of internal security which becomes a deterrent force in the economic advancement of the continent...

The Option Of Military Attack on Iran by America or Israel

I have now concluded that someone ought to tell  Mr. Cheney that he "Should shut up already, and just go away!" Mr. Cheney ought to stop rattling and rankling Mr. Obama's administration, ever so frequently...

Davos: What can the world economic meeting offer to Africa?

 There have been good things happening in Davos and the conference is living up to expectation...

Will the Dollar Rebound and Appreciate?

The bearish development of the Dollar, the world's primary and dominant reserve currency is something of concern...

Obama's America’s Response to Haiti: A Thunderous Applause, but…

President Obama's pronouncements, promises and pledges on Haiti have been clear-eyed, vigorous and robust and it could turn out to be one of the most pivotal and defining moments of the Obama presidency...

Prince Charles and the Rainforest Fund: Protecting African ecosystem by swapping debt

Prince Charles of Wales, a longtime advocate of rainforest protection, has taken pragmatic steps by setting up an emergency rainforest fund with thirty five countries...

Obama Recast and Refocused to Recapture Direction and Legacy

I do not want President Obama to fail. I have a stake in Mr. Obama's success. Besides, Republican policies don't interest me! However, I am increasingly worried at Mr. Obama's prospects...

Haiti and Nigeria: Case studies in failure of Human Management of natural resources

Haiti remains a constant site of catastrophe because of its heart-tugging social ills. Poverty remains the chief, also including deforestation, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates. Or as Professor Richard Olson of the Florida International University puts it, “there is a whole bunch of things working against Haiti..."

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Of Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo

Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo were  both  born in...

The Era of Negativism

The press is now immersed in photographing men and women in order to expose their nudity. The serpents of illusions are crawling over the world...

Africa’s Brave New Ancestor Called Ngugi

Africa has just welcomed the path-finding Ngugi wa Thiong'o...

Tax Reforms and Nigeria’s new social contract

The recent 10-point statement by Zacch Adelabu Adedeji, Executive...

Danjuma: Lamentations Of A Bloody Traitor

I know that Danjuma is suffering the inner torture that comes ordinarily from his penchant for treachery and betrayal. He is dying with the blood of Ironsi on his very bloody hand...

Eleven Years of Transition from Military to Civilian Rule: Why We Have Failed

It may at this point be categorically stated, that, the factors which orchestrated the cancelation of the June 12 elections, our immediate reaction and how the post-June challenges were taken over and exploited to achieve vested political interests by tinny groups of powerful cabals laid down the foundation of why democracy has failed in solving our perennial problems...

Volunteers In Nigeria Where Art Thou?

Despite the upsurge of Christian and Islamic fundamentalism and fanaticism in Nigeria, there is dearth of volunteerism in Nigeria. Volunteerism is profoundly absent and yet, Nigerians are said to be the most religious?

2011 Election: Checkmating Desperate Politicians!

Shifting the national Assembly poll from 2nd until 9th April 2011, is not Nigeria’s problem, but the outcome of these elections remain crucial to the Nigerian people...

Bailouts Rescues Worldwide, But How About Africa?

Now that greed and corruption of a few for the benefit of a few have wrought destruction of global magnitude, it is now the case that there is an onset of selective bailouts and rescues of some nations and their banks, financial institutions and their national economies...

Rottweilers, Abati and Subliminal Illiteracy

Today, I am subpoenaing my humble self to the court of public opinion. Such rigid, scrupulous, self-probing and creative scrutiny becomes necessary in order to clarify obfuscation and possibly gag the ad-hominem attacks and tortured ravings of some commentators...