The Olympics have come to a screeching end for Nigeria with zero medals. The United States and China will be first or second to each other by the end of the competition. Their secret is not a mystery. They prepare. They invest. They train. They work hard. Their country lends necessary support. They have national…
Last week, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh fled the country after over one month of protests led by students. Their demand was a simple request for the government not to create laws that segregated jobs for favored people. The government failed to listen. The people asserted their sovereignty, but not after over 100 students had…
When it comes to hating, South Africa never disappoints. They’ve done it again. This time, a pretty young lady appears to be on her way to big fame, but she has a problem. Her father is Nigerian, while her mother is originally from Mozambique. The girl however, was born in South Africa, and according to…
Letsile Tebogo, like the African Antelope galloped to victory in the 200 meters race at the Olympics yesterday, beating two Americans to second and third place. His gold medal is some sort of redemption for the African continent in these games. Across the board, Africa has performed really poorly. The reason is not far-fetched. If…
In 2006, after a series of cross-border raids by Hezbollah into Israel and the capture and killing of Israeli soldiers taken as hostages, very much like what is happening now in Gaza following the October 7 attack by Hamas, Israel launched a full scale war against Hezbollah and effectively, the whole of Lebanon. That war…
After over one month of protests and over 100 recorded killings, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh has fled her country by helicopter. Sheikh Hasina, was beloved at a time. Through the years, the arrogance of power blinded her as it unfortunately happens to many in the corridors of power. What happens is that the leader…
We were ecstatic. We were joyful. We were expectant. Newspapers were emblazoned with huge headlines proclaiming a new dawn. A renowned Professor was in charge of the National Electoral Commission, (NEC). He dominated the airwaves with his dreams and plans for a new Nigeria. He called it Option A4. A man we had come to…
Introduction African Unity has been one of the struggles of the founding fathers of Africa andPan-Africanism. This unity is important in reshaping the way the African is perceived in the faceof the world as inferior, unintelligible, insignificant and so on. There was therefore, a need forAfricans in diaspora and in the continent of Africa to…
In the narrative of Nigerian leadership, the hyphen between personal gain and national duty often becomes a battleground for moral integrity and patriotism. This symbolic hyphen represents a critical juncture where leaders must choose between self-serving actions and the greater good of the nation. Just as the hyphen between birth and death in a person’s…
An Italian boxer resigned a match after 46 seconds. When asked why, she said, “I had to preserve my life.” Her opponent was an Algerian boxer who used to be a man but now identifies as a woman. This is as sad as it is laughable as Western “civilization” would be forced eventually to come…
