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...

Botswana: The Pride of Africa

It is so nice and gratifying to come across the heartwarming stories of an African country with so much success that make tears of...

Potus, we ain’t Sh*t, we’re the Antithesis of Sh*tholes!

The sly innuendo of Potus about African countries and Haitians is actually a blessing in disguise! African leaders need to wake up from their...

That Evil Trade in Libya

Way back on 10 December, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by which the civilized world and...

King of my Country: Welcome Henry Otunde I

When the British return, things will be all jolly again in Nigeria. Since November 27, 2017, social media and the Black diaspora have been agog...

Resignation as an African Abomination

“African leaders do not resign, that’s cowardice and the fact that UK Prime Minister-David Cameron has just resigned confirms everything I have said about...

New Orleans on my Mind

The flight from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via the Los Angeles International Airport on the American Airline...

From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: An Ignominious End for Africa’s Mugabes?

Not knowing how to quit the stage when the ovation is loudest is one of the banes of African presidencies. Once they become celebrated...

Lessons from Reno

My recent trip to the USA, between August and September 2017, springs to mind – the International Visitor Leadership Programme sponsored by the US...

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Nigeria Doesn’t Need Another Political Alliance — It Needs A Coalition Of The Masses!

In a country of over 220 million resilient souls,...

Let God Make Your Christmas List This Year

Over time, the original motivation behind offering and receiving gifts at Christmas has changed and in most cases, lost in the euphoria of expectations and demands...

We are Asari Dokubo!

We from the Niger-Delta should carry this consciousness about and around us: that anytime Asari Dokubo is put in chains and locked up in a Black Maria, it is we who are also locked in a Black Maria and are in chains. I say this because there are a couple of persons in our midst who are mostly responsible for the travails of the Niger Delta...

The Agony of Bullion Vans on our Roads

Gone are the days when financial institutions transfer hard...

I am Angry…May Be Not!

No one respect Africans. They make fun of us in movies and literature. They call us names. Yet, no one has ever been sanctioned. But you cannot call a Japanese a “Jap,” or be seen mouthing anything bad against the Jews...

2015: Should Ndigbo Also Spit Fire?

Some persons are behaving as if they own Nigeria. They are spitting fire that Nigeria will combust if the 2015 presidential elections does not go the way they want. They have become self-acclaimed mouthpieces of their different ethnic regions...

The Supreme Court Judgment On The 2007 Presidential Election And The Ondo State Governorship Election Tribunal Judgment

The last has definitely not been heard of the judgment of the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal...

Could this be the End of Tompolo?

One person of interest, an Aso-empowered militant, Government Ekpemupolo,...

The Return Of Aladin

Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima interviewed Aladin, Nigerian musician based in Austria. Aladin spoke on the reason for his migration, the reception in Austria, his home coming to Nigeria in August, his Bulgarian wife and three children and the release of his new cd…

Inside The Thoughts of A Man Who Recently Reunited With His Destiny

It is true I am cunning and ruthless in my dealings with our people, be they civilians, or civic-minded members of the Military. How else is one to ensure obedience, and preserve one's rule? How else is one to deal with opponents who refuse the riches one is willing to bestow them?