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...

Further Reflections On Obama’s Victory

Obama and Abiola’s elections showed that a strongly-willed people desirous for a change can really make change happen. On June 12, Nigerians buried their historical differences and voted for Chief Abiola...

Dia Broda Obama 1 and 2

I am still waiting your ansa to my last letter. Hope things are all fine with you as you prepar for wite aus. How are Auntie Winshell and my shidren? Hope fine. Mama Sarah and all famili in Kenya and Nigeria have sent her greetings…

Any Hope for a Black British Prime Minister?

It is easy to imagine the discomfort suffered by many in Britain following Barack Obama’s historic victory who had to endure a debate in the national media, about the prospects of such a replication in Britain...

Africa: Child Abuse and Persecution of Children (2)

The traditional African belief and attitude to children has been successfully fractured by those who have deliberately perverted traditional belief and infused it with a distorted dose of Christianity...

Africa: Child Abuse and Persecution of Children (1)

The traditional African belief and attitude to children has been successfully fractured by those who have deliberately perverted traditional belief and infused it with a distorted dose of Christianity...

A Nigerian National Organization Writes President Bush

Please allow us to introduce ourselves very briefly. You can tell from the syntax and diction of the first paragraph that we are Nigerians. We are members of the newly-formed National Association of Nigerians for Status-Befitting Weddings...

What Obama’s Presidency Should Mean To Black People

Obama carries more burden than any other president this country has ever had simply because he’s a black man...

The Dynamics of Obama's Messianism

Obama didn't really make history so to speak. He in a sense validated history rather than create one. A recreation of history was what he duly achieved, and I envy him in no small way...

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Oshodi: Mud And Muck, After Rain

Don’t allow your wife to take what rightly belongs to you to another man. Come and pick up an envelope…

Thinking About Nigeria In The Olympics And Beijing 2008

Only time will tell how far we will go and how well we will do in the ongoing Olympic games.  I have saved a few bucks to give myself a treat any day our beloved country wins the gold medal in any sport...

If The Niger Bridge Collapses…

From what we are seeing, the Federal Government is not behaving as if it is aware that a devastating tragedy is lurking at the corner, waiting to strike...

Emperor Buhari, or Plain Poor Communicator?

As Muhammadu Buhari ran for the fourth—and decisive—time for...

Political Innuendos And Necessary Failure

It is a shame that Mr. President allowed his integrity to be battered because of the selfishness of his advisors and the agents of doom that he has appointed as ministers.. It is a grave shame...

Approaching Genocide: Did We Learn Nothing From Rwanda?

Some of the people in Africa and other third-world countries adopt brutal savagery as a means of making their point or establishing their reign but those of us who disapprove of such barbarism in the twentieth century must do something when we see the signs of such approaching mayhem...

Senator Muhammadu Adamu Aliero, The Rising Profile of An Achiever

This is our toast, the toast of a long lasting covenant, the covenant of love and peace, that the Kebbi people shall remain united and that their leaders will strive to change their stations...

Radicalism and Radicalization: The Remote and Immediate Causes

In the last one month, after the Boston Bombings by radicalized youths, the issue of radicalization has taken center stage in political discourses around the globe...

Corruption In Nigeria

In view of the penchant of most people in elective offices and sensitive positions in our public offices to amass wealth and the huge amounts of money usually involved in such official corruption and scam, caution should always be exercised in appointing heads of anti-graft agencies...

Can You Cope With A Long-Distance Relationship?

There are two kinds of relationships we talk about: those who are married, and those who've made a commitment to each other to love and to hold but circumstances make it difficult for them to physically have and hold...