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...

WikiLeaks Julian Assange As Person of The Year Nobel Prize Candidate (1)

This Julian Assange-WikiLeaks controversy is the greatest battle for Free Speech and Press Freedom! We all should support Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, it's collaborators and facilitators...

Dick Cheney, come to Nigeria!

Before his tenure as vice president to George W. Bush, Cheney became chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Halliburton, a Texas-based oil prospecting firm. He continued to hold this position even as vice president. Perhaps that is why he is being criticized...

Bill Gates or Matt Ridley: Whose ideas are right for Africa?

Africa must embark on the area of trade specialization where she has the greatest comparative advantage. It seems that agriculture is the best possible for Africa...

WikiLeaks Julian Assange: Heroism, Courage, Visionary of Our Time

The world now knows that western nations are hypocrites, constantly spewing platitudes about their much advertised beliefs in accountability, transparency, freedom of the press, the rule of law, democracy...

Julian Assange – The Criminalization of Journalism

Julian Assange has insisted that these allegations of sexual harassment and rape are part of a U.S orchestrated smear campaign to undermine the growing popularity of Wikileaks – and Assange. He sees in these allegations also the intent to use his case as a reference point to discourage potential leakers and whistle blowers...

World Diplomacy and the Limits of Human Intelligence

Men and women who get into political office, either by hook or crook, quickly adopt counter-insurgency measures to remain in power. These measures  range from military intelligence operations, diplomacy,  geo-politics, realpolitik, dirty tricks, scheming, intrigues and subterfuge...

The Rise of African Obama; Hope for the World

Men were never made by mere accident, situations, circumstances, or vicissitudes of life. All over history, ‘the unseen hands’ have always determined the course of man. Providence has always provided the means, the ends and timing...

Africa in the shadow of colonialism

Colonialism is not an exclusive preserve of Europeans nor is it restricted to a specific time or place; from time immemorial stronger societies have always subjugated weaker societies into newly conquered territories...

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Is the MBA Still Worth the Cost?

Once it was philosophy that reigned. Architecture, science, law, and medicine at some time also each had their own glorious time. Business education did not make its way into the professional dictionary until several decades after the industrial revolution. Before then, business skills were learned through master-apprentice relationships...

El Rufai's Bribery Allegation: A Rush to Judgment

Tafa Balogun was accused of corruption and of extorting some government functionaries. Whatever became of those allegations? What happened to the vice president after being accused of illegally amassing real estate in his home state?

Between Obasanjo And Democracy

If election figures emerged from areas where some people did not exercise their franchise, the certificate given by INEC to Obasanjo is flawed...

Hair from Hong Kong Bleached Skin Favored by Black Men?

What does our unwillingness to retain our identity say about us? What does it this say about our state of mind and our sense of selves?

Restless Diary: Yellow-Yellow Rivers of Dreams

In Yellow-Yellow, we see a Nigeria rotting in place as its people desperate for affirmation and survival engage in an elaborate okoso system of getting whatever they need  in return for whatever they can give...

Disgrace Of The Beret

There is so much panic among the people whenever there is a perception that the state cannot provide adequate security for its citizenry. This has resulted in every community developing a means of providing security...

Nigeria’s Self-inflicted Moral Burden of Shame

Nigeria has reduced itself to the butt of the...

How Italian Police arrested my husband on false charges

By Wendy Igwema It all happened one morning, 4am to...

Queen’s College And Civil Responsibility

Is Queen’s College trying to make a statement of its uniqueness or is there a grand plan to annihilate the excellence she imparts?

Dele Momodu, Political Opportunism and the Masses’ Complacency

"Integrity and honor are not common, deceit and opportunism...