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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...

Princess Diana: The Queen of Our Hearts

The billions of people who grieve for Diana perhaps will follow her lead in working to end the sale of land mines in Angola, to find a cure for AIDS, and to address the issues which plague victims of poverty...

Lessons from the US Bridge Collapse

According  to reports, it was like a script carved out of a Hollywood horror movie when suddenly, the bridge which had hitherto not shown any sign of being under distress went down...

The Africans Of My Youth

Forgive me if I profusely effuse over the Africans of my youth. Forgive me if I sound too nostalgic. Forgive me I idolize them and idealize a time that once was, but now seem to be on the passing...

Oprah’s Campaign of Calumny Against Nigeria

Sadly and painfully, it has come to pass that our daughter, the highly achieved and accomplished Oprah Winfrey, has chosen to add her high profile voice to the campaign of calumny against Nigerians and invariably, Nigeria...

Oprah’s Campaign of Calumny Against Nigeria

Sadly and painfully, it has come to pass that our daughter, the highly achieved and accomplished Oprah Winfrey, has chosen to add her high profile voice to the campaign of calumny against Nigerians and invariably, Nigeria...

The World of Spies and Counterintelligence

It would be nice to know the types and number of foreigners who spy for Nigeria, and whether the Nigerian intelligence organization is also actively spying on other countries around the world...

Vive La Paix En Cote D'Ivoire!

Last Monday, Presidents Mbeki, Compaore, Toumani Toure, Nino Viera, Faure Gnasingbe, Yayi Boni assisted the Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro Kigbafori in the popular celebration of peace and end of war in Bouake...

The Old Randy Daddy and His 'Wolosso' Daughter

Something of international dimension and significance is happening in Bouake, Cote D'Ivoire Monday...

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Leadership, Decision Making, The North, The Military And Development In Nigeria: A System Analysis (Part 1)

In this article, using a system analysis approach, I'll try to show or prove that the probability of a leader succeeding, at least as far as the Nigerian context is concerned, has a lot to do with his origin. Using econometrics, we will try to find a correlation between good leadership and the origin of a leader...

The Igbo in the GEJ Dispensation

There are times when an angry but wise man realizes that he is responsible, either by omission or commission, for the pains being inflicted on him by his adversary...

The Queue for Shoprite Bread

The title of this piece which has nothing to do with the global food crises may as well have been Begging for Bread at Shoprite. Yes, that’s what they make us do at Shoprite...

Fuel Subsidy: What To Believe

The presentation by Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala as statistically, graphically impressive and persuasive, as it was, seemed unauthentic. At the risk of stating that her position of now championing removal of subsidy comes across as dubious, is it improper to ask why she did not trumpet a need to remove subsidies when she occupied the same office under Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo?

Nigerian Big Men Our Daughters

When will Nigerian big men stop assaulting our intelligence? When will they stop defiling our land, our daughters and beating up our sisters?

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Answers Chasing Questions

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