It was a damning report, a disturbing report. As a human rights organization, Amnesty International often raises issues concerning human rights violations in the North East of Nigeria. The army …
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In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects for socio-economic progress on the African continent. The BBC’s commission …
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All legal systems that operate in Sovereign states address the subjects of stealing and corruption. In Plato’s Statesman and Laws, he reflected learnedly on the problem of maintaining the rule …
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One of the things I have learnt, first as a student of literature, and then as a literary critic, is that incidents (especially those brought about by human action) do …
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It is no longer news that the Nigerian State is at war with terror. The conundrum of violence the Nigerian state has been forced to stew in by the apocalyptic …
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The grooms its leaders in all fields very carefully. The Party has cordial relations with the other eight non-Communist parties in China. The election process is usually peaceful and orderly. This …
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The early January 2015 terror attacks in Paris, the French capital, elicited global uproar as individuals, organizations and national governments expressed repugnance at the barbarous actions of the disillusioned extremists …
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The ungovernable nature of the Nigerian state point to the abysmal failure of Lord Lugard’s amalgamation diplomacy, especially in the political sphere. The amalgamation was not motivated by good faith, …
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Last Saturday (February 21, 2015), President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the oldest head of state on planet earth, turned 91. He has ruled Zimbabwe for 35 years – since 1980 …
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Not a few across the world are convinced that it has become completely impossible to feel any sympathy for President Robert Mugabe no matter what happens to him. Mugabe’s 35-year …
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A history of modern world geo-politics records President Barack Obama’s successes and human failures. He planned to be a path-finder for the New Age of American politics, but met with …
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I read with diligence and unmistakable pride, Buhari’s Chatham House speech. Two weeks ago, I listened with rapt attention to Jonathan’s lecture on “stealing and corruption” “Things are getting more …
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If they want peace, nations must avoid the pin pricks that precede canon shots –Napoleon Bonaparte Relations between the United States of America (USA) and other countries go back to …
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What is the most effective strategy for fighting terrorism? Answers to this question have become more pertinent in the ugly face of the globalizing trend of a phenomenon that seems …
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Blaise Compaore until 31st October 2014 was the president of Burkina faso. He took over power as head of state on 15th October 1987 in a coup that murdered Thomas …
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On September 2001, during the first year of the new millennium, the cities of New York and Washington D.C were attacked by what most political and military leaders in the …