UNGA 2026: When the Canyons reach our doorstep, by Dakuku Peterside
The real test of a United Nations speech begins on the journey home. The cameras are gone; the promises must find their way into decisions, budgets, and difficult conversations. Nigeria spoke at the 2026 General Assembly. What will it do with the words it carried to New York? On 22 September, António Guterres warned that […]
GMB and Obasanjo’s 2019 Coalition for Nigeria(1)
This is one of the many reasonable submissions by Chief General Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Obasanjo, Ph.D, GCFR in his celebrated Open Letter to the President, General Muhammadu Buhari released on January 23, 2018.
Africa, My Africa – Owei Lakemfa
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”.
Coalition for what?
A minister in this government in 2015 boastfully told us that a serious goverment could fix power problems in Nigeria under six months
From Africa: A status report
The 30th summit of African Union leaders in Addis Ababa on Monday came at a moment when the continent is struggling to find its bearings.
The politics of Realpolitik
It is not ‘realpolitik’ to pray that your opponent dies before election. Or to resort to blackmail and subterfuge in the hope of being awarded a walkover-victory
