SOC Okenwa

Okenwa writes from Cote D'Ivoire.

Saraki: Enough Is Enough!

The Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) is not one without scandals from time immemorial. From 1999 when democracy was restored after the June 12 presidential...

Adieu Dieu De Rumba!

Magic System is an international African musical group made in Anoumabo in Marcory district of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Twenty years ago, four young boys...

The (Un)Marked Presidential Graves

Power has an enthralling effect on African politics and politicians. Many a President never imagined life outside power. That is why graceful retirement or...

From Presidency To Exile

Former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali made history as the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring of 2011. When the...

From Presidency To Prison

The late Madiba, Nelson Mandela, had spent about 27 years in a Robben Islands prison under the apartheid era before gloriously returning to become...

The Lion of Bourdillon @ 64

High-Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, CEO of Daar Communications Plc, must have learnt the hard way how it feels to be in the opposition in...

The Trump(eter) of Armaggedon

The on-going presidential primaries of both the Republicans and the Democrats in the race for the party nomination for the American presidential poll coming up...

Tragedy Without Majesty

President Barack Obama recently described Libya as a "mess" of a country. Indeed Libya, post Ghaddafi, is more than a mess, messed up by...

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