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...

Is the United Nations In Jeopardy?

Militarism and militarization of world politics is posing frightening dangers for mankind. Both in method and subject, a strategic analysis exposes a cross-current of hedonism...

Military Intelligence and International Law

Intellectual liberty has permitted those of us who do not bear arms to peep into this special field of military science in order, primarily, to use international law to dissuade excesses during international armed conflicts...

Power Sharing: Threat to Democracy in Africa

It appears ‘power sharing’ rather than respect for electoral laws is gaining currency in Africa. Vanquished leaders have found a new strategy to perpetuate their leadership through fraudulent means...

Cavalcades Of Gunners In Mauritania

How justified is decrying a coup against a President that heads an executive Council, which only marks time; waiting for the appropriate time to be conferred with a vote of no confidence?

Reflections On British Politics

The basic universal principles embedded in democracy, as laudable as they are, are pitiably lacking in Africa. To be candid, the idea that democracy is foreign to Africa, is laughable and ludicrous. It is foreign to all countries of the world...

Israeli Paper Publishes Obama's Wailing Wall Note…Neocons React

The Israeli paper Maariv obtains the note Obama left at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and puts a photograph of it on its front page. The handwriting, beneath the letterhead of the King David Hotel, does appear to be Obama's...

What America Means!

To those folks who see some heroism in the weird rapper 50 Cent and his pedestrian 'get rich quick or die trying' philosophy America is home of opportunities, raw guts, audacity and bravado...

Britain, Hiss- Hiss- History, and the Ni- Ni- Niger Delta

It is one thing to live in the shadow of the Americans after the sun set on the Union Jack only to shine on the star spangled banner. How does one live under the red banner of China? British answer to the specter of China is to ensure that their irrelevant present, like their past, happens overseas...

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Analysis: Israel’s Hi-Tech Attacks on Hezbollah and Their Implications for the Middle East, Terrorism, and Global Security

The recent back-to-back attacks in Lebanon, with explosions targeting...

A Tribute To Tunji Braithwaite (1933 – 2016)

Tunji O! Tunji O! The socio-cratic revolution is just...

Nigeria At 47: Which Way Forward?

If we are going to be honest with ourselves, it's obvious that Nigeria at 47 is not only more divided than before but is as well in serious economic, political and social crises...

Igbo Presidency: Being Scuttled or Shuttled?

The appearance of favoritism weakens morale in government service, not to mention public faith in the integrity of government...

In Support of Babangida…

Was Dele Giwa killed at the behest of Babangida? No one has a definite answer. There were dozens of Nigerians who disappeared, and are unaccounted for, during his watch. So, let’s ask him - through the police, the attorney general and the courts...

Marilyn Ogar: Becoming The News

Ms Ogar was practically frothing at the mouth.  I thought that as a spokesperson for the DSS and as a Nigerian, the lady would be glad that mad people did not bomb anywhere, but her countenance and her delivery suggested otherwise.  She sermonised that every time the APC loses an election, bombs are let off in Nigeria...

Critical Review of Some Assertions by Dr Tamunoemi David-West (1)

There is no such entity as Kalabari Kingdom; and there has not been such that has ever existed since the death in 1770 of King Kalagbaaa, the master and owner of Amakiri...

The Rapture 6: Saintly Counsels on making it at Last!

As we have noted before now the rapture or the catching away of the saints is one of three equally greatest events in the universe. The others are creation, and the vicarious sacrifice or crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ...

The Nigerian Educational System –A Deceitful View

In Nigeria, the educational sector is similar to the flat wheel on which were sequential images of students going to school, studying for JAMB, NECO, WAEC and degree exams. When examinations were conducted, the students were “seen” to pass their exams. But in reality, the students do not pass...

Recalling The Wild, Wild West Days

It is very obvious that our politicians have learnt...