Two significant events happened in Africa last week that should force Nigerians — both the government and the governed — to do a health check on the democracy we have …
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Africa & Beyond
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Brace yourself if you have not been following the republican primaries. Amongst his own party members, Mitt Romney’s problem is simply that he is too rich, too removed, too sophisticated …
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The recurring and unwarranted diplomatic fireworks were obviously sparked again, by South Africa, otherwise called the Rainbow Nation, when it repatriated 125 Nigerians upon landing in Johannesburg weeks ago. For …
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“Here in Cape Town, if you are a Nigerian, you can’t sleep with your two eyes tightly closed at night. I know it sounds odd, but that’s the truth. There …
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Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history…
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Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history…
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The year 2011 closed with the gruesome issue of same-sex marriage. Obama and the West were poised to horn down Africa for not going insane with them…
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As president, Mandela was far from a perfect leader; some critics charge that he failed to drive a harder bargain to attain economic empowerment for the long-oppressed black majority. Still, …
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This is a fiction which could become frightfully real if those who are given to belligerency have their way. In this essay, I will use hyperbolic polemics to present my …
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It is a conviction that I have strongly held for a long time that those social humans, who think deeply and constantly reflect on the deeper things of life, live …
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No President, governor or other political office holder should think that he is superior or better than his compatriots. If you search, you will find millions who are far ahead …
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In classical international law, the events in Syria should have been treated as “within the internal affairs of Syria”, which the UN Charter disallows other states from interfering in…
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Now that every state has its political mal-contents harassing their governments world-wide, no government can be seen meddling in other states’ internal affairs without fuelling aggression and violent action against …
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The year 2011 was a very bad year for the world economic order. At last, the Europeans discovered that they do not live alone on planet earth. They began to …
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Recently, the African National Congress celebrated its centenary with pomp and gaieties. Last year, the Communist Party of China also celebrated its centenary. The fine thread running through the political …
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This year is a very auspicious year in the Chinese calendar; the Year of the Dragon. The golden dragon may turn out to be the platinum dragon, in due course…