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...

Laurent Gbagbo, the Miserable: Lessons  for Political Desperados

Happily, the ugly dramatic idiocy of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast has tragically ended in his utter disgrace...

African dictators and logic of the ballot box

As I write this on Sunday, the results of Nigeria’s parliamentary election held on Saturday are streaming in. There is excitement in the newsroom the same way it is felt in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria. Change is here...

European Financial Seismic Wave

In the last ten years, there has been Euro-American national expenditure on wars, armament production, nuclear research, in pursuit of the democratization of ancient regimes around the globe...

The colonial pact – international robbers, France et al

It is funny how the world is viewing Africa from a distance, while African themselves aren't even considering the quagmire they are now in...

The 2011 London Conference on Libya: The International Community, minus Africa, Asia and Latin America

In the Era of the Gentiles, there will be attempts to attack the principle of order and intelligibility in the world. International relations will be subjected to universal unreason in order to distort human destiny...

Libya, Ghadaffi and The Fate Of A Tyrant-Leader!

Political power without the support of the people cannot endure. The Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, has carried out indiscriminate slaughter of his own people, just because they feel the game is up for him...

Is Africa Being Invaded?

No matter what has been going on in Libya, it was wrong for a Nation to back rebels and declare a no-fly-zone on another sovereign nation - Libya...

A Political Dream about a No-Fly Zone

Until the African Union sets up a mega information organ, misinformation, disinformation and lies, must continue to be the way information about African affairs will be dealt with by the Western media...

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Illogicality and Absurdities: An Open letter to Turai Yar’adua

Your actions and behaviour to date has created the impression that your primary concern is far removed from the physical well being of your spouse. Turai, you are also obviously a beneficiary of the monstrosities thrown up by the imperfections of the moribund Nigerian state...

New Pope, new churching…?

If you are in any position of leadership whether physical or spiritual,  the litmus test to the efficacy of your leadership or the legacy you leave behind is in your ability to grow your own people to be as successful as you are. If your people don’t have light, you should not have light...

Orji Kalu and Bank of Industry: Old Wines In New Skins

In Nigeria, we intimidate each other by the extent of our network. It is a question of who hobnobs with you and how far reaching your influence can attract the people that matter.

To Date A Married Man

There have been many cases of married men who have come to speak the words to me that in their heads, no woman can say no to: I want to marry you. There have been men who have tried to pretend to be unmarried, men who have said they are unmarried but quickly explained why their wives have made it an unbearable marriage, and why I, have been sent by God to save them...

Gov. T.A. Orji: Yes, Odimegwu Onwumere is a ‘madman’

Ordinarily, I do not bother to join words with the media aides of Governor Theodore Ahamefule of Abia State, because they do not use their real names in the media works and do not make substantial points...

IPCR Leads Advocacy Visit to Strengthen Conflict Early Warning and Early Response

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), in...

Where is President Buhari?

The recent happenings in our nation have led to...

Don Imus And The Rutgers Girls

Don Imus's issue brings to the fore the indecency in the use of language by some big time anchormen and women on American airwaves and cable networks...

Jonathan’s New Men

Jonathan’s new picks for the helms of the various services must realize that the timing of their appointment helps feed the perception that they are being positioned to facilitate rigging. It’s up to each man to recognize that there’s a price to pay these days...

Africa: We will be as Strong as Europe

Why it is that Africa swallow the principles of democracy but refuse to practice it in such a way that common Africans benefit from the gains of democracy?