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...

Chad: When A Rebellion Isn't An Aberration

For the past eighteen years President Derby has been uninspiringly ruling over a desert poor country, one of the poorest in the whole world. His exploits in power point to crass mediocrity, crude manipulation of democratic standards and outright despotism…

Barack Obama: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Ultimately the only race that really matters is the human race. If America can demonstrate this year that it is mature enough to overcome its ancient prejudices, then maybe the rest of the world will also follow suit…

Slavery!: Africa Must Apologize

Africa must be the first to tender an unreserved apology to descendants of their brothers they sold to foreigners to be taken to foreign lands…

Slavery!: Africa Must Apologize

Africa must be the first to tender an unreserved apology to descendants of their brothers they sold to foreigners to be taken to foreign lands…

Africa: Five Hundred Years to Progress

One need not dig deep into the mind of White Americans and their European counterparts to know what they think of Africans. You know it, and I know it, too...people incapable of a common task and unable to solve complicated tasks...

Who Cares If Kenya Bleeds To Death?

Kenya is bleeding profusely today, but who cares? Certainly, not Kibaki who is currently blinded by his naked lust for power to read the handwriting on the wall...

What We Lack

What JFK had was leadership ability. He himself cannot operate a bicycle but as a leader, he was able to inspire the mind of people who can do things that he cannot do. The greatest problem Africa has today is leadership...

‘Restitutio In Integrum’ In Iraq

The Iraqi war and the attendant destruction that took place will long be remembered as a war which two young Euro-American leaders prosecuted absolutely without a just cause and with little caution...

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Obama And Dodd Re-Shape American Financial System

There is a consensus that some Americans are more priviledged  than others. Some can borrow more easily to start businesses, repay loans and enjoy the good life...

Fellow Countrymen and Women, lead us not into Temptation. Kaji Kwo?

By announcing that Nigeria is broke, the sorrows of...

Bayelsa Governorship Election 2019: What We Know So Far – (Part 2)

As citizens of Bayelsa go to the polls to...

Andy Uba, Boko Haram, and Electoral Reform

Last week, Senate President David Mark achieved a new grade in cynicism when he announced Andy Uba as chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission. Andy Uba overseeing INEC? It would be hilarious if it weren’t so ghastly!

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?

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka: The Poet Goes the Distance

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka; Griots Lounge Publishing Winnipeg, MB,...

Never Before

Events following the authorization of political parties to hold primaries and political campaigns have been quite interesting and intriguing. One would have thought that the electioneering process would be met with the usual apathy by voters...

My thoughts on the immigration debate in America

America is a generous country. Anyone who denies this is not honest. This country, despite its many contradictions, is more welcoming of immigrants than any country on earth...

The Seemingly Unachievable Middle East Peace

In any fair deal, a seasoned negotiator will tell you, both sides must feel the pain. It won’t be a deal where the weaker side feel morally justified to bury the other – as Palestinians temper seem to run high in recent years...

The Evil That Men Do…Does Not Mean Anything in Nigeria

Most of our rulers (and the followers), probably due to some warped and debased genetic aberration do not seem to have any sense, understanding and appreciation of the difference between Right and Wrong; between Good and Evil...