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...

Emerging China, The Giant Of The 21st Century

Like a phoenix, China is soaring. A bi-polar world has emerged. Chinese diplomacy is having a profound effect on world politics...

The UN Convention Against Corruption

In contemporary world society, there are political leaders who have refused to accept modernity but have sustained the anachronistic practices enshrined in a perverted version of the Abrahamic religion...

Baroness Amos, I Thought You Were Better Than This!

I do not believe you are entitled to deny the real fact that the main challenge facing the Black race is to build our own successful societies...

What Should We Do About Our Africa?

One cannot be an African and not feel sorry for the Continent. And even for non Africans, the findings of empirical data, along with the reality on the ground, makes them wonder what the problems are, with Africans...

The International Politics of Petrol

The United States of America is seen rightly or wrongly by not a few nations as an international bully, a military, political and economic bully...

Shorn Of Hypocrisy, The Mind Is For Death Penalty

That America as a nation upholds death penalty for culpable homicide largely explains its stance on a number of issues within its borders and on the international scene…

Chirac: When A Corrupt Past Beckons

Just six months after relocating from the Elysée Presidential Palace in a democratic change of baton, former French President Jacques Chirac has found himself in a hot corrupt soup linked to his past as the Mayor of the city of Paris...

Combating Shadow Votes

Probably more than any other developing region, Africa has witnessed far-reaching changes which have impacted socio-economic, political and cultural relations, with profound implications...

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On PDP’s Deadly Siege On Imo

Today, PDP national assembly members have invaded Imo, engaging in endless parodies, revelries and jestings and their ulterior mission is to set up a parallel government. The usual comedy of flagging off federal government projects or commissioning same are parodies that will never fool an average Imo man...

What Counts Most

Unfortunately for us in Africa, we do not value knowledge. We consume rather than produce. We buy rather than sell. We receive rather than give the reason for our poverty level. Poverty is a mentality; it is a state of the heart...

Immunity In Governance: Boon Or Doom?

It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria's economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud...

Ogboru’s Lincoln Argument and Otive Igbuzor

It’s strongly alleged that Great Ogboru wants to contest the 2015 guber election in Delta. For a man who has hitherto contested severally, got the people’s mandate all such times but in each case failed to get it right in the end, it is no wonder that tongues are now wagging...

An Evening with Chris Gardner In Abuja

Chris Gardner warns that unemployment and lack of money are a major threat that make people break their marriage vows. It's as though 'love is not enough' when marriage and raising a family is concerned...

This State is shaky

There is a worrisome disconnect between the state of affairs in the country and the attitude of those in charge of such affairs that needs to be pondered upon...

The Revelations of the Damned!

"Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our...

Is Goodluck Jonathan Sincere Enough?

Dr. Jonathan has been given the opportunity by Nigerians and a coalition of civil society group to write his name in gold. He should not allow the enemies of Nigeria to tarnish his image and reputation...

Friendly War

My wife claimed I hadn't given her "chop money" for the week. I know you don't believe her. Ah –ah, even the neighbors comment on how much fresher she looks while I continue to lose weight. Then next minute I was accused of being a tribalist who only got on with his countrymen on football match days...

Chinua Achebe, Obasanjo and Nigerian National Honors

Nigerian prostitutes, I am told, are worth fifty Naira per round. That’s how cheap they are. And in the last two decades or so, it’s been easier to come by a Nigerian National Honor than to procure the services of prostitutes...