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...

Re: American Presidential Primaries: A Celebration Of The Voter

In American politics, corporate greed and control is seen as a sanctity that must be shielded. Lobbyists for insurance companies, oil companies, and pharmaceutical organizations are major deciders on who becomes the president of the United States...

Where Are We Now?

It is easy for us to turn our face and keep quiet when injustice is being visited on other people. If someone is being kicked to death outside our doors it is easy to turn the volume of the TV up and pretend not to hear the victim’s cry...

Where Are We Now?

It is easy for us to turn our face and keep quiet when injustice is being visited on other people. If someone is being kicked to death outside our doors it is easy to turn the volume of the TV up and pretend not to hear the victim’s cry...

When Will Nigeria Grow Up?

Recently, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation released its rating of what it considered ‘good governance’ in African countries with indexes based on security, legislation, transparency and corruption, human rights, poverty and health, sustainable, economic and human development...

Re-Thinking Democracy

My fervent contention is that in unorganised societies, especially in Afro-Asian states, democracy is no longer a viable political system...

Kenya: Why Is Britain Not Doing Zimbabwe?

Britain ought to be acting like a father nation to Anglophone Africa as a whole, but unfortunately it acts like a biased and dubious father. Britain applies different rules to its former colonies as it suits her selfish interests...

Kibaki Like Obasanjo, Kenyans Unlike Nigerians

Politics and politicians have conspired lately to imperil the fortunes of a hitherto peaceful Kenya. The 'Uhuru' paradise is being desecrated! Destroyed!

Profound Implications of an Obama Presidency

I must confess that I stayed up all night yesterday, against all odds, gloating as the results of the Iowa Democratic Party caucus trickled in. as the night wore on, it was clear to me like many others, that hope has triumphed over the old paradigm...

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The Real World Nigerians Live In

Sometimes I imagine myself as an alien; a being...

Are Some Men Really “More” Equal? Identifying the Trained Elephant in You

Many of us exist in various states of mental freedom. Whilst the fetters and chains have been physically removed and laws have long declared us free, many of us continue to struggle with our mental freedom for various reasons...

Nigerians: A People and Their Migration Pattern

Every now and then, I come across Nigerians who were men and women of substance and great intellect when Nigeria was a hopeful land. These Nigerians reminiscence about a country, a culture and a political space that once was...

Peter Obi Is Not A Politician

Peter Obi may have danced on the grave of his political future by accepting what many at the time regarded as a poisoned chalice...the appeal court ruling which upturned the 'election' of Chris Nwabueze Ngige...

American Thanksgiving: A Reflection for Nigeria

"Good leaders don't care about getting credit for good...

How To Survive A Fidel Castro Surgical Operation

There are so many things you should have in mind before you go for a major or minor intestinal surgical operation in a private clinic in my country...

The “Emergency Landing” Narrative Collapses Under Basic Aviation Logic

The assertion that a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules...

2003: Should Nigerians Be Afraid?

Power in itself is good but in the hands of a reckless man it is intoxicating and lethal. Our politicians desire power for the sake of it and for nothing else.

Postmodernism in Africa: The Utopic and Dystopic Mix in Myopic Humanism, Fascism and Stupidity

This work confirms the fact that an analysis of popular history as ‘recited’ in ‘grapevines’ by The People WorldWide is more accurate than what the United Nations, governments, academics and writers tell you...

To Develop, Nigeria Must Be Decentralized

There is need for us to scratch beyond the surface to correctly diagnose the chronic disease that is rendering this immature forty seven years old giant impotent...