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...

Resetting Russo/Japanese Diplomatic Relations

Now that every state has its political mal-contents harassing their governments world-wide, no government can be seen meddling in other states' internal affairs without fuelling aggression and violent action against the state...

2012: Cries From An Icy Wilderness

The year 2011 was a very bad year for the world economic order. At last, the Europeans discovered that they do not live alone on planet earth. They began to see clearly that their own truths about how the earth should conduct its economic affairs should not be left to their experts alone...

The African National Congress is  100 years old

Recently, the African National Congress celebrated its centenary with pomp and gaieties. Last year, the Communist Party of China also celebrated its centenary. The fine thread running through the political culture of the two parties is their adoption of Marxian dialectic...

China/Taiwan Cross Strait Diplomacy in the Year of the Dragon

This year is a very auspicious year in the Chinese calendar; the Year of the Dragon. The golden dragon may turn out to be the platinum dragon, in due course...

Revolution and human rights

Mubarak must be executed as a lesson to others, who, are in the service of the Luciferian hierarchy. For over thirty years, he killed, maimed and dislocated the lives of millions in Egypt...

As globalization cannibalizes capitalism…

Notwithstanding capitalism's inherent unpopularity because of its widespread weaknesses, such as a history of instability and a desire to create inequality between those who succeed and those who fail, it was able to defeat its archrival - communism...

Stephen Lawrence: Triumph of Mother Courage

I have always lusted after the reason behind century-long, Eurocentric racial perfidy against the black race. What is our sin to deserve an unconcealed white hate?

Russian Presidential Elections: Vladimir Putin I Narod Russiya

I once joked that Vladimir Putin was the re-incarnation of Peter the Great. I am of the same opinion still. Nearly all the principal features of Putin's speeches, which I  have read in Russian language, are geared towards national pride, national independence and national advancement...

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Obama’s Inauguration as a Global Face-Lift!

Barack Obama becomes president of the United States this Tuesday, 20th January, 2009. That time, he will have little breathing room to deal with ‘the horrible mess’ left by his predecessor...

Anambra Governorship Election: Incumbency, Credibility And Past Record As Deciding Factors

Today, governorship candidates appear to be chosen based on three major yardsticks: incumbency, credibility and past records. These three yardsticks can easily be spotted among the three major political parties...

Religious Intolerance: Lessons from Yoruba ‘Paganism’

Chances are, growing up, you partook – as audience or celebrant – in a very colourful tapestry of ancestral liturgies: Ogun festival, Sango festival, Imole festival, Egungun festival, and, of course, Oro festival, the fear of which is the beginning of wisdom for Yoruba women...

Terrorists…Insurgents…The Middle East

Various scholars have noted that it is very easy to start a war; but very difficult to end it. Wars are messy and expensive and usually have unintended consequences. In the final analysis therefore, diplomatic and political arrangements are far better...

A Creature of Spirit: A Review of Jeta Amata’s Amazing Grace

The film is a gem. You must see it. If you have, you must watch it again. It’s the best film out of Nigeria ever and there are none of the usual female leads...

Is President Jonathan Intellectually Challenged?

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's demeanour is somewhat less presidential than should be expected. He has achieved greatness by providential streak of goodluck which is rare in the African political history, a dark history...

Africa: Progress Or Stagnation?

If African countries can't govern themselves, they should say so and allow the West to take over the day-to-day administration of their countries...

Middle East: When Will The Wars End?

The Middle East has been a hotbed of conflict...

Rumours of a Coup in Nigeria: Another Perspective

Recently, Nigeria’s political and social spaces were saturated with...

Abia abandons PDP for Progressive Peoples' Alliance

Everybody is crying in Abia State, except those cronies of the governor in government and those by the side who have ways of benefiting from the government...