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...

Is Autumn Finally Here for Robert Mugabe?

Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa –...

70 Years of the UN: Critical Successes & Dismal Failures in the Era of the Antichrist (2)

Worldwide, the dismal failure of ideology in primitive societies, feudal societies, capitalist societies and the old socialist order in the 21st century, is responsible...

Humanitarian Security Management: Need for Paradigm Shift

This discourse interrogates the current humanitarian security management systems in the light of the escalating upsurge in the volume of attacks directed at aid...

70 Years of the UN: Critical Successes & Dismal Failures in the Era of the Antichrist

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...

Nigeria-US Diplomatic Relations Revisited

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...

Boko Haram: Consolidating On The Sub-Regional Initiative

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...

Nigeria-US Diplomatic Relations Revisited

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...

Semantic Denigrations of African States: Wake Up Africa! (2)

As a result of the idiocy and otiose disputations on race and skin colour, which has dominated Caucasian consciousness and which have affected that...

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The abysmal inadequacy of public primary school teachers in Ngor Okpala local government area should be a source of concern to all who hold the education of their wards close to the heart...

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Igbo Worldview In The Global Context

The phrase Ndigbo usually evokes certain feelings amongst other tribes and races in Nigeria and the world over. These feelings can sometimes be that of love, hate, fear, contempt...

True Definition of Politics of Dilemma in Rivers State

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Unromantic Nigerian Men: Responding to Michael Oluwagbemi

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