Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Sep 14th, 2008
THE bribery and corruption going on in Nigeria has reached such grave proportions that continued pussyfooting on this subject will ultimately damage the country irretrievably. The situation is so bad that if the current government does nothing else but pursue and prosecute the many paper criminals in our midst, it would have earned full marks […]
Posted in Africa on Sep 12th, 2008
The 84 year old man with 86 wives, Pa Abubakar Bello Masaba has denied being a member of a secret cult and debunked the claims of insanity attributed to him by the Bida Emirate Council.
Masaba was described, in a recent interview by the Niger State Chairman of traditional Rulers and Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar […]
Posted in Africa on Sep 8th, 2008
Preliminary results show that Angola’s ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), is heading for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary elections in 16 years. With more than half of the votes counted, the MPLA has received 81% of the vote, while the main opposition party, Unita, has received […]
Posted in Africa on Sep 6th, 2008
If Nigeria should mismanage its future, it will be sad because no other African country will be willing to accept Nigerians. First, Nigerian refugees will not have space in many African countries and Nigerians may want to take over people’s countries. This they will not appreciate. Ambassador Olusola, speaking at the fifteenth anniversary of the […]
Posted in Africa on Aug 28th, 2008
Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington was recently in the country where he gave in-depth analysis of American Politics to enable Nigerians better understand the system, its influences and how the elections are financed. This became pertinent given the recent fund raising event organised for Presidential hopeful and Democratic nominee Barak Obama.
The […]
Posted in Africa on Aug 16th, 2008
The President of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yar’Adua marked a year in office recently, where he admitted to trying to get to know his country, Nigeria. Really!!! Very well said, In any case there is no need to lose sleep; the President has three more years to go. So while Nigerians watch as their president processes […]
Posted in Africa on Aug 15th, 2008
The latest craze in Nigeria is the mad rush by Nigerian companies and government agencies to appear to sponsor specific programs, or advertise on CNN. While I can excuse and defend a few of them, I beg to declare that most of it is absolute hogwash. I do not know what statistics gave these sponsors […]
Posted in Africa on Jul 7th, 2008
The Nigerian political scene cannot be written without mention of chief Moshood Abiola, who won the the june 12 1993 democratic elections, elections annuled by the military. A year later he was arrested by the military. That he died in mysterious circumstances while in goverment custody is not news but would the Abiola presidency have been good for […]
Posted in Africa on Jul 4th, 2008
In 2004, Wangari Maathai from Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WILL CONTINUED CONFLICT IN AFRICA HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
There is no doubt that many of the conflicts are over resources, access to these resources and […]
Posted in Africa on Jul 2nd, 2008
Aid agencies and NGOs in South Africa say refugees and migrants in the country do not have adequate access to health care services. Reports say immigrants are systematically pushed to the back of hospital clinics, in preference to locals. According to Treatment Action Campaign, the hardest hit are immigrants living with HIV who are in […]
