ETHIOPIA, the heroic African country Europeans could not colonise, source of the Blue Nile whose waters gave humanity its civilisation and in whose bosom the African Union headquarters nestles, is faced with a choice; political reform or anarchism. This explains its on-going turbulence which has consumed Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe. His February 15 resignation letter stands logic on its head.

The quality of Congress leadership seems to diminish with each succeeding administration including the two I served in; this is to the extent that today, forty years later, the difference in leadership quality is like viewing a mountain top from the valley

THE ruling African National Congress, ANC, in South Africa, and its Nigerian counterpart, the All Progressives  Congress, APC, are each a ‘Congress.’ However,  while the ANC is a political party which  during the Anti-Apartheid struggle, transformed into  a people’s movement, the APC  lays claims to what it is  not; a political party.  The fact that a butterfly has wings and can fly, does not make it a bird.

I realise that even if nature gave us two pairs of body parts, both can be lost

THIS is Valentine week with billions around the world expressing love for their families and  loved ones. It coincided with the Christian Ash Wednesday with individuals being told: “Love Thy Neigbour,

SOG and his comrades taught us that political parties are built with the people not for the people, and that it has to be funded by the people who pay membership dues not the new culture where political parties pay members even to attend party meetings and rallies

THE 2018 Winter Olympic Games kicked off today, February 9 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. With an estimated four billion viewers across the globe, it carries the significance of  North and South Korea uniting and marching under a common flag, and having a unified Women Ice Hockey team. The specially chosen theme of the Games is Peace, and it emphasises the  clear possibilities of peace and unification of a homogeneous people split now for 73 years, not because they wanted it, but because the super powers simply decided to use them to play Ping-Pong.

Perhaps, with the experience of Pastor Okotie in mind, Bakare said once God had spoken to him, it was left for the Lord to make him the President of Nigeria

AFRICAN leaders gathered January 28, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia against the back drop of that country’s decision to free 2,345 Oromo  political prisoners. Another setting would have been a reaction to the vulgar remarks of United States  President Donald Trump who suffers from a diarrhea of the mouth.  The American Twitter-in-Chief had called some countries including African ones, “shitholes”.

I was shocked when Governor Masari fired with immediate effect, the Education Commissioner, Professor Halimatu Sa’adiya Idris; how does a coach fire his deadliest striker and most prolific goal scorer?

CAPE  TOWN, South Africa, one of the  preferred  destinations of the tourist with a population of 3.7 million people, is running out of water. Nestled in the bosom of the mighty  Atlantic Ocean and its great sister, the  Indian Ocean, it is ironic that such a city would be engaged in a life or  death battle over  drinkable water.

There were ‘geniuses’ who scored very high marks in JAMB examinations, but failed throughout their university years

LIBERIA, the African country with the motto: THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE, has seen quite bloody successful and attempted coups, and survived two barbaric civil wars. However, one  politician has been  part of  its troubled history for the past 46 years.

At least 16 persons were shot dead by the police during the protests; to date, nobody has been brought to justice for these murders

GIVEN its painful birth, wars with India, support for terror groups in the Kashmir, role in the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan, and reluctance to declare war on its brand of the Taliban, it is  easy to hang  a tag of terrorism around the neck of Pakistan.  So when  the United States, one of its best known allies accused it of sponsoring international  terrorism, virtually no country was willing to defend it or come to its aid.