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...

Presidential Infirmity and Mortality

To be a President of any given country is a special honour and privilege not given to everyone. Politics is always a great thing...

The Conquest of State Terrorism

Comrade Julius Malema is the former radical intrepidly-outspoken leader of the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa. Ever...

The Animal in Man

Greed is not native or peculiarto humanity. Biologists have published many accounts about greedy animals. The tiger shark, the blue whale, the pig and...

The World Must Embrace Sociocracy

The decline of civilization world-wide is a result of retaining the old philosophical precepts, worn-out economic systems and morally. We propose the sociocratic ideology, which...

History Beckons Barack Obama

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit". - Harry Truman, US president 1884-1972. Historically, at noon...

Rational Suggestions for Donald Trump and the Rise of Vladimir Putin

Though unsolicited, the following political opinion would definitely benefit Donald Trump. Do not embrace, but shun power politics. Do not engage in conflict promotion. ...

The Political Concept of America-Russian Republic

This article is an odyssey into Utopi by a political thinker and pacifist. Its philosophical underpinning is firmly grounded in sociocracy and humanism. I...

Not A Good Time To Be A Silent Nigerian

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny - Prof. Wole Soyinka "808 people killed and 1,422 houses, 16 Churches,...

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When ‘Development’ Is Not Enough…

The April 2015 elections are just around the corner. Without a shade of doubt, one of the issues that would form and inform the choice of who to vote for, and who not to vote for, would be the question of development...

Of Fulani Radio, Football and National Security

There is something good in the Fulani Radio said...

International Law of Armed Conflict in a World In Crisis

In a world in which wars are now regarded as instruments of national policy, there is absolute need to set down and follow rules that regulate armed conflict...

New York Film Festival To Honor Tunde Kelani

The African Film Festival, probably the leading black and African film gathering in the world, is validating the Nigerian movie industry and cinematographer Tunde Kelani…

Demystifying the “Exoticness” of the African Fashion Model

The African Model for decades has and is still viewed as an ugly duckling. The rationale is that she is "too tall" and "too skinny" for a woman. Africa and particularly African men generally view an attractive woman to be one that is shorter and plumper...

An Attitude of Gratitude

To all who continue to pester me with, “What’s your new year’s resolution,” pay close attention...

OBJ-Atiku, Government and Compensation for Nigerians from Libya

Bad leadership in the midst of plenty is bane of this nation, and undoing of these Nigerians from Libya. Why did they take the leap of death? You will hear stories of poverty, hunger, impoverishment and all their synonyms. Given what God has graciously and abundantly given to this nation no Nigerian should pass that noxious road...

Congo's Floribert Chebeya murder: Afripol calls for a detailed Investigation

The Federal Republic of Congo, Africa and the civilized world have lost a great Human and Civil Rights Activist in Floribert Chebeya...

What Nigerians Must Do In 2019

Come 2019, the citizens of the Federal Republic of...

Oyebamiji: Beyond His Professional Resume

By Ayo Ayoade Simply put, leadership is about taking care...