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...

South Africa and the Advent of President Jacob Zuma

So much for the naysayers of all complexions and complexities - within and without of Africa - who at the onset of majority rule in South Africa, predicted with prophetic certainty that that nation was doomed...

Swiss Banks: Demands by America and Nigeria

The federal government of the United States is currently negotiating modalities for unraveling the tax evasion crimes allegedly committed by some 52,000 American citizens through offshore banking...

Jacob Zuma: A 21st Century African Leader?

In Jacob Zuma, the Republic of South Africa has chosen a new President who is not only liked by his people, but someone seen by his countrymen as one of them...

President Barrack H. Obama: Presidentially Unprecidented

The presidency of Attorney Barrack H. Obama  has put further credence to the aphorism that the wisdom of  Solomon has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah...

‘New World Order’: Same Old Architects?

In the face of the magnitude of the challenges which confront us and pose a common and indiscriminate threat to the wellbeing of mankind as a species, it stands to reason that we pool resources together to ensure our collective survival...

Piracy

Two weeks ago, the United States Navy collaborated with the French navy to assault Somali pirates. In one incident, an American captain demonstrated bravery and leadership by giving himself up in exchange for his crew.  He has been celebrated in the media, with an epic tang…

Deconstructing Obama’s ‘Bow’ to the King of Saudi Arabia

Was President Obama’s manner of greeting to the King of Saudi Arabia really a bow? And if it was; was it really demeaning or subservient? And in the light of the current global economic climate, which has affected America rather drastically, more than most other nations, does it really matter?

A Nuclear-Free World: Prospects and Problems

While the League of Nations had an elaborate mechanism for disarmament, the United Nations, which has been under the influence of powerful states that patronize arms manufacturers have not been very willing to deal with both moral disarmament and general disarmament…

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The Business of Drafting Jonathan

There’s a new business in Nigeria. It’s the business of drafting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to present himself for reelection. A group called Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has emerged as the biggest, most enterprising player...

Anambra and Nigeria’s burden

In eleven days – February 6 – Anambra voters will (attempt to) go to the polls to elect the state’s governor for the next four years. They have a full field of candidates to choose from, and they certainly have a hard task discerning the wheat from the chaff...

Raising the Ethical Bar in a Shrinking World (2)

It is important to re-state the fact that at the beginning of the twenty first century, humanity finds itself in a state of despair and disillusionment. The early events of this century have shattered our vision and sense of triumph that was widely perceptible a few years ago...

Racism in Football: Sepp Blatter must quit. Blatter must go

If racism in sports, especially in football, is not halted, the World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Russia could face disruptions...

Ahiara Diocese: Time For Truce

I find really disturbing the on-going slugfest over who should succeed Late Bishop Victor Adibe Chikwe as the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese...

Dear Corruption!

How are you? It’s absurd to say Hello. You...

Why Gov. T.A. Orji Is After Critics

The question among many Abia people is whether Governor T.A. Orji has built a new capital city in the state, except Umuahia...

Who Is Happy To Be Black?

If Black people have never been and are still not good enough in this 21st century to construct their own roads, airports, presidential villas, etc., or even to imagine exploring their own mineral resources, when will they ever be?

Dele Momodu And The Mad Man At Charles De Gaulle

Perhaps Mr. Momodu would have been excused over his blanket condemnation of immigration if he is not an immigrant himself...

Whither Nigeria On Iraq?

An anti US-Iraq war protest that was to be organised in Abuja a fortnight ago was reportedly quashed by security operatives...