Africa & Beyond

When the US President Barack Obama visited Ghana in his first mandate some years back he had famously declared that Africa, the blessed land of his late father, did not…

‘’He gives twice who gives promptly.’’ –Publilius Syrus (1st century BC) The current refugees’ flight from Syria and other parts of the earth have once again exposed our claim to…

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), known as Daesh in Arabic, has come to be known generally as the most potent barbaric terrorist group in the…

This piece goes beyond political expediency or a sense of self-interest. Rather, it is with a profound sense of fulfillment to receive an appreciative response from the White House to…

Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa – has always managed to emerge colourful…

Worldwide, the dismal failure of ideology in primitive societies, feudal societies, capitalist societies and the old socialist order in the 21st century, is responsible for the infantile disorder in our…

This discourse interrogates the current humanitarian security management systems in the light of the escalating upsurge in the volume of attacks directed at aid workers in the several conflict theaters…

When Lucifer entered the hearts of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Hirobito from 1939-1945, the world witnessed the most harrowing destruction of human beings in their millions and properties worth zillions…

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria became an independent, sovereign state and the 99th member-state of the United Nations Organization. Shortly after, we entered into diplomatic relations with the United States…

So much have been said and written about the Mohammadu Buhari led administration’s commitment to completely ousting Boko Haram from the remaining swathes of territory it still controls in Nigeria’s…

On October 1,1960, Nigeria became an independent, sovereign state and the 99th member-state of  the United Nations Organization. Shortly after, we entered into diplomatic relations with the United States of…

As a result of the idiocy and otiose disputations on race and skin colour, which has dominated Caucasian consciousness and which have affected that universal brotherhood, there are cogent reasons…

When individuals and states denigrate, perjure and maltreat other individuals and states in wicked ways, they forget that there is a future, which they cannot control. In due course, Nemesis…

The explosion and subsequent inferno that consumed roughly 150 Ghanaians on the evening of 3rd June were preventable calamities. The blame for this should be shared by Accra City municipal…

It was a damning report, a disturbing report. As a human rights organization, Amnesty International often raises issues concerning human rights violations in the North East of Nigeria. The army…

In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects for socio-economic progress on the African continent. The BBC’s commission…