The current administration of Mr. Obasanjo may not be well disposed to the idea, but I believe that someday, a more reasonable and progressive government will see the need for Nigerians to sit at a table as equals and discuss the nature of their future…
There is a danger to argue that the message of a movie does not really matter if the movie is a fiction. True fiction is based on some reality. The fictional comedy “Osuofia in London” is unpatriotic to Africa…
Nigeria apparently operates what may be termed a Constitutional Democracy, but to what extent we approximate to a Democracy is a question best answered by the rulers. Nor indeed can we say the so-called Democracy is governed by the Constitution. ..
How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?
How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?
Togo is a country that rivals Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Somalia, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo and many other countries in terms of corruption, misrule, abuse of power and many other unsavory attributes that characterizes African politics. I guess great things come in small sizes, too!
The problem in Togo today could resurface in another African country tomorrow. The reorganized African Union currently headed by Obasanjo, is making it clear to African dictators, it is no longer going to be business as usual. That, in my judgment, is great progress, and the Nigerian President deserves our commendation for such strong leadership…
Obasanjo is much more for the status quo than Enahoro ever was, or could ever be, because he has been a veritable product of that status quo from the get go and can not, at this point in his life and career, do otherwise…
African rulers have a way of building with their right hand and destroying with their left hand…
Here in America, we live in a society that values the beauty of wildlife and also strives to respect the right of all living things to co-exist with human beings. Such sentiments and values have unfortunately led to unintended and sometimes tragic consequences…
Like Abe Lincoln, Ekwueme is humble, unassuming, a dedicated family man, quiet. And like Abe, Ekwueme has deeply thinking eyes and a forehead that speaks of great wisdom…