Africa & Beyond

Nigeria and Iran have come to have one thing in common and that is, both countries have held controversial presidential election on the same date June 12. A closer examination …

Recent post elections uproar in Iran witnessed internal and external manipulations. I wholeheartedly supported and still support Iranians who seek a better society and a better country…

President Obama of the United States of America is visiting Ghana this summer, and this single forthcoming event, suddenly, is another cannon fodder and lightning rod for some Nigerians who …

What has made Western countries to be less prone to the negative and debilitating effects of corruption is their ability to manage corruption to a level which does not affect …

So much for the naysayers of all complexions and complexities – within and without of Africa – who at the onset of majority rule in South Africa, predicted with prophetic …

The federal government of the United States is currently negotiating modalities for unraveling the tax evasion crimes allegedly committed by some 52,000 American citizens through offshore banking…

In Jacob Zuma, the Republic of South Africa has chosen a new President who is not only liked by his people, but someone seen by his countrymen as one of …

The presidency of Attorney Barrack H. Obama  has put further credence to the aphorism that the wisdom of  Solomon has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah…

In the face of the magnitude of the challenges which confront us and pose a common and indiscriminate threat to the wellbeing of mankind as a species, it stands to …

Two weeks ago, the United States Navy collaborated with the French navy to assault Somali pirates. In one incident, an American captain demonstrated bravery and leadership by giving himself up …

Was President Obama’s manner of greeting to the King of Saudi Arabia really a bow? And if it was; was it really demeaning or subservient? And in the light of …

While the League of Nations had an elaborate mechanism for disarmament, the United Nations, which has been under the influence of powerful states that patronize arms manufacturers have not been …

Many falsely assume that Africa’s first colonization was achieved largely by military means. Not true. In fact, many African rulers of those days willfully signed away their independence much the …

Mr President, Nigeria is part of the global economy, therefore your government should fashion out a way by which Nigeria should benefit from this big global economic stimulus announced by …

Given the circumstances that surrounded the birth of the new South Africa, many had expected that issues of especially liberty, would shape and dictate the trajectory of South Africa’s foreign …

Nigeria being the giant of Africa, has a role to play alongside US and the international community in restoring peace, economic, political and sociological growth in Africa and the rest …