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...

Recent Terror Attacks on Belgium and the Rest of Us

Brussels, the Belgian capital was hit on Tuesday,22nd March, 2016,between 8 a.m and 9:10 a.m, by three explosions that killed 34 people and injured...

Multi-Track Diplomacy and 21st Century Peace Building

The rising incidences of violent conflicts around the world, is posing grave challenges to the security establishments of most countries. Clear pointers to the...

The Trump(eter) of Armaggedon

The on-going presidential primaries of both the Republicans and the Democrats in the race for the party nomination for the American presidential poll coming up...

Tragedy Without Majesty

President Barack Obama recently described Libya as a "mess" of a country. Indeed Libya, post Ghaddafi, is more than a mess, messed up by...

The Graveyard of Ambitions

Somalia is found in the Horn of Africa with Mogadishu as capital city. Ever since Mohamed Siad Barre, the late dictator, fled the...

Early Warning Based Peace Building: Panacea to Violent Conflicts

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance -Thomas Jefferson. The human family at the dawn of the 21st century is faced with many problems: an increasingly...

Boutros Boutros Ghali: A Scholar and Diplomat

Long before he became Secretary-General of the United Nations, he had already exerted a scholarly influence on the progressive development of international law and...

U.S.: The Enthralling Presidential Race

"May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." — President John Adams moving into the new White House in 1797. (John...

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Henry Okah: In Search Of Peace and Justice In The Niger Delta

Mr. Henry Imomotimi Okah has been in detention now for roughly 18 months. Following a high stake international drama, he was illegally apprehended, and then flown to Nigeria where he was again illegally detained...

Popular Myths and Misconceptions about Nigeria

Up until very recently, some of the myths Nigerians wallowed in included the idea that Nigerians had nothing to do with international terrorism. Abdul Mutallab’s 2009 christmas day stunt jettisoned such myth, putting Nigeria on the terror list with full flare...

On June 12 as Democracy Day

The formal recognition of “June 12” as the new...

The Unwritten Rules of a True Democracy

Approaching the midpoint of a momentous year already defined...

A Chronicle of Goodluck Jonathan’s Misdemeanours

Deciding which presidential candidate to support in 2011 has been an almost impossible task for non partisan citizens like me who greatly loath Nigeria’s version of politics...

Nigeria Transiting

While the lawyers assemble their evidence, life must move on, the business of government must continue. So transit we must unto a new term of government...

Of Buharists, Jonathanians and a Simple Analysis of Political Immaturity

"We are products of our past, but we don't...

Bailout: Is Buhari Rewarding Profligacy?

The recent N400 billion bailout approved for the states...

2011: How the PDP Will Lose the South West

The signs that the PDP political hold on the South West is only temporary became evident immediately after the 2007 elections when all the candidates from the opposition parties went to the tribunal to rescue them and their stolen mandates from in an election that was said to be the worst in the history of democracy in Nigeria...

Nigeria still longs for its own Barack Obama!

Barack Obama is the epitome of grace, graciousness, class,...