Africa

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

The urge in the beginning had been to entitle this piece “The Death of African Solidarity”. It took no time at all for me to...

South Africa: We Are All Victims

South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The country has a terrifying, soft underbelly which is now...

Manufacturers of Coups and Bandits   

Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers...

The Expectation of Mass Deportations of Nigerian-Americans From US

The US presidential election has come and gone, though the 2016 election was one of the most brutal in the United States in terms...

Trump: Up Against History

In less than 48 hours Americans will be going to the polls to elect a new President, one that would take over power from...

An Oh My Gosh! Moment

It is dangerously unbelievable that Donald Trump could be making the forthcoming general election in the United States another Brexit. United States is different...

Donald Trump goes to Equity in November!

After what I call serial vetting of this formidable and resilient woman-Hillary Clinton -by her political foes, her strong persona is one of her...

The Monstrosity that is the Media

When you embark on a journey to visit equity at home, you must go with clean hands. When the business and real estate mogul...

The Atlantic’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President

The current editorial of the Atlantic Magazine is very potent, incisive, penetrating and consequential. It is an endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton...

Black and Blue

In an attempt to attract black voters to his presidential campaign, Mr Trump painted an extremely dismal portrait of black life in the United...

Speaking Truth to Power: A Lost Government?

For a man who had the coronet of sainthood thrust upon his lengthy frame, for one who had wisdom associated with his lean features,...

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Digital Cameras and Mobile Phones with Camera

I will suggest that Nigerians buy digital cameras and mobile phones with camera as part of our preparation for the 2011 general election. The whole idea will be for people to record every event that happens around each polling booth...

Demystifying the Gun In 'Naija'!

The 'Ajegunle soldier' in Lagos, Daddy Showkey, one of the most popular musicians in Nigeria, some weeks ago, survived yet another attempt on his life. According to the Edo-born weird talent he was in a filling station in Lagos trying to buy fuel when suddenly two men riding a motorbike accosted him and shot him at close range!

The Nigerian Press is Becoming Lazy, Corrupt, and Moribund

Today, the Nigerian Media is a shell of its once plump self: it has lost its way. And more so since 1999, the Nigerian Media has become lazy and moribund. And corruptible!

Global Media Imbalance: Responding to Uche Nworah

Nothing good, it seems, can come out of Africa, and so the western media rarely paint Africa and her people in good light. As lopsided, unfair and unjust as most of these reports might be, it is my contention that Africans themselves are not helping matters...

100 Concerned Nigerians Abroad?

Are these hundred persons political jobbers? Are they politicians in disguises? Are they acting on behalf of different political parties as a coalition, while pretending to be some band of neutral Concerned Nigerians abroad?

Obama's America’s Response to Haiti: A Thunderous Applause, but…

President Obama's pronouncements, promises and pledges on Haiti have been clear-eyed, vigorous and robust and it could turn out to be one of the most pivotal and defining moments of the Obama presidency...

The Russians Are Already In Nigeria! EFCC, SSS, Nigerian Business Men Be On Alert! (2)

In the opinion of this author, most Nigerian business men know very little about Russia and do not conduct a due diligence of Russian companies and business men that they intend to do business with...

The Story of Sex in the Nigerian Community

Women in Nigeria are beginning to find their place and their voice in a society that was for so long dismissive of their feelings and concerns and their sexual needs. In a society where men thought it was their birthright, a sort of entitlement to have 2 or 4 or as many sexual partners as possible now find that women are now demanding...

The Call for Women Governors

Nigerians needs to embrace a new generation of state governors…specifically women. They are often more forthright, they seek answers to questions not for the personal financial benefits it may bring but for the goodness it may have on the masses...

Where does Customs ‘target’ Money Go?

Last week, while discussing an awful experience with being charged an...