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...

A Preliminary Statement On The ICC Indictment on Omar Al Bashir

Permit me to present these views as stated hereunder in connection with the warrant for the arrest of Sudan's President, Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur...

A Preliminary Statement On The ICC Indictment on Omar Al Bashir

Permit me to present these views as stated hereunder in connection with the warrant for the arrest of Sudan's President, Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur...

The Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

After six years of engagement in a contentious war in Iraq, there appears to have been a re-think about the military intervention in that country...

The Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

After six years of engagement in a contentious war in Iraq, there appears to have been a re-think about the military intervention in that country...

Who Says Global Meltdown Is All Bad News?

If every great depression is always bad, how come it has always ushered in a better capitalism than the one it destroyed?

Israeli Politics: The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu could become the next Prime Minister of Israel for the second time...

Israeli Politics: The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu could become the next Prime Minister of Israel for the second time...

Thank God Obama is Not of Nigerian Origin

Look there is no need to argue with the Yoruba man or Igbo man on this matter. They are both wrong and ignorant. It is clear that Obama is one of us, for his true names are Al-Baraka Hussein...

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Visiting Silverbird Cinema

The Silverbird cinema illustrates the beautiful generosity of the Bruce family’s progressive interest in conquering entertainment in Nigeria after night clubbing, beauty pageantry, concerts etc...

Civil Society Group Commiserates with Kwara State Flood Victims

Civil society group, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD),...

Sexual Harassment Allegations: A Deep Dive into the Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Controversy

The Nigerian Senate is currently at the center of...

Tea Party for Africa?

Perhaps as a result of our faltered pre-independence history, or our near preoccupation in post-independence Africa with the inefficiency of our governments, we hardly ask ourselves whatever should be of the role of government in our daily lives...

The Dead Captital

The Nigerian National Assembly complex is the legislative building...

State of a Failed Nation (1)

Today, we have to pull and push Nigeria on...

Sex, AIDS & Bigmanism

Sex is a three letter word that acts like a wayward child. It is the art of copulation that was intended for committed married persons. It is one of the most abused creations of God in Nigeria. Almost everyone is having it...

Ndigbo and OUK’s call for Unity

For the umpteenth time, the former Governor of Abia State is calling on the Igbo to unite, irrespective of their political affiliations and associations. He has been reaching out to Igbo people both at home and in the Diaspora...

A Contrarian Confronts Jonathan (1)

Jonathan Goodluck's success hinges on truncating the socially deformed policies of Yar' Adua which have become social nuisance across the political and social realm. Can Jonathan morph from a conservative, no-rock-the-boat, loyal PDPer to a bellicose, reforming, rebellious, proletarianised Acting President without a thorough and perceptive elucidation of the strange, new direction?

Dame Patience Jonathan Is Our Man

There is so much talk over the political airwaves...