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...

The African and Power; Power and the African

Proverbs. 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. I am neither a...

Fake News is not New: Pioneering African Women versus the Naked Native

Ah! A picturesque tree of old world languages...Now what is bizarre about this picture? It has left out languages spoken in Africa, where there...

Why we welcome Pidgin: It is our thing

I am not sure if I should be excited about the BBC News initiative in launching a "pidgin" feature for a West African audience;...

Nigeria still longs for its own Barack Obama!

Barack Obama is the epitome of grace, graciousness, class, and humility. Given Obama's laudable accomplishment of rising to arguably, the most significant office in...

Nigerian Youth: A Reassuring Lesson from France and the Defeat of Populism in Europe

The attention of the world was on France last week. In Nigeria, for some time to come, we will subsume ourselves in the political...

Osbornegate and Rumourmongers

On Wednesday, 12th April 2017, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting on a tip-off, found $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 hidden...

On Trump’s $600m Fighter Plane Sale to Nigeria

The international media has being agog, in recent weeks, with reports that the Donald Trump administration was close to closing a mega $600M deal...

A Season of Anomie in Nigeria

The current tragi-comedy in Nigeria gives credence to Prof. Wole Soyinka's book titled: A Season of Anomy. The above article's title is borrowed from...

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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...

Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961 (2)

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

2023 and Tinubu’s Rumoured interest

Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any...

Of Death, Rumours, Curses and Superstitions

In Nigeria, we have had quite a few high -profile cases of false death rumours: Nnamdi Azikiwe, the First President of Nigeria was declared dead by Nigerian newspapers years before he actually died...

Not On Their Watch!

Adegboyega Oyetola and Olugbenga Babatunji are two leaders in...

Obasanjo’s Probe: Mr. Ribadu’s Redeeming Job

The joke out there is that while  the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, is at one side of town “fighting corruption,” Obasanjo is at the other end neatly arranging his billions, expanding his business empire, and consolidating his wealthy dynasty...

Where is President Buhari?

The recent happenings in our nation have led to...

My Sweet 16-Year Old Valentine

Her eyes met mine and didn't blink out of shyness and rather than look down like other damsels, she smiled gaily at me. Not sure I returned her smile but she innocently giggled at the sight of me. How could I flirt with an under aged...

IBB’s Judgment Day is Nigh

IBB is a man with next to zero reputation and with no effective machinery on ground to contest, nominate or impose a candidate. Who is he?

Education in America: Dealing with High Stake Testing

Nobody really knows where America stands as a nation. The educational system is going through a “car wash” and anything can happen in the next couple of years. One thing that is clear to me is that the Obama administration seems committed to improving the quality of public education...