In a world in which wars are now regarded as instruments of national policy, there is absolute need to set down and follow rules that regulate armed conflict…
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The reason for Zimmerman’s curious acquittal is said to be hinged on self-defense. For self-defense to be admissible in a criminal case, I submit that the danger to the person …
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Why must Egyptians die because of a conspiracy by eminent political malcontents? In Egypt, the truth will prevail?
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If the Minister of Finance was quoted correctly, salaries may be hard to come by sooner than later and that will not be a pleasant story for our feral and …
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The military coup in Nigeria in 1966 was incited by foreign interests. Their governments found it very difficult to manipulate our well-educated, nationalist politicians…
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All those with an entrepreneurial mindset would applaud the news that Nigeria is going to China to intensify our international relations…
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The military intelligence operations in Egypt, which purportedly terminated the democratically elected government of President Morsi, was a coup d’état…
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International law operates on the principles of equality, respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of states, non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states, restraint in the use …
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The world is divided amongst states with different worldviews, which are irreconcilable. China has increased its military budget. Japan has freed itself from the impositions put on its constitution after …
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The registration of a coalition of Nigerian political parties signals a dramatic turn in the politics of business as usual, of no vacancy in Aso Rock, of brutal imposition of …
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The Rubicon between democracy and dictatorship is crossed unwittingly, silently and without proclamation…
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There were scholars and policy bureaucrats who, for decades, benefited from anti-communist hysteria and in the process, hindered the positive development of Sino-American relations…
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Things have changed dramatically since Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq and Russia are backing the Syrian Government. The prospects of the success of the Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria are remote for …
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Upon my return to Lagos in February, 1974, I was commissioned by the US Embassy in Lagos to interview the author of Things Fall Apart, for publication in their magazine…
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It is an indelible historical fact that Nigerian political development has been shaped by chance happenings, of unprepared leaders accidentally jumping onto the stage, rigging themselves into high political offices, …
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In the last one month, after the Boston Bombings by radicalized youths, the issue of radicalization has taken center stage in political discourses around the globe…