Xenophobic attacks and ANC’s leadership failures
South Africa is once again disgracing itself. The latest wave of xenophobic attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Mozambicans and Somalis, has reopened wounds that should have healed after the shameful outbreaks of 2008, 2015 and 2019. Shops have been looted, businesses destroyed, homes abandoned and livelihoods shattered simply because fellow Africans crossed borders […]
Missing DDC Machines
WHOEVER is telling Nigerians that some of the INEC direct data capturing machines stolen at the Lagos airport have been recovered is missing the point about the theft. Even promises that the rest will be found do not compensate for the implications of this incident for the 2011 elections.
Finally, Corruption Wins
IT is one thing for the public to admit the war against corruption is lost (some say it never begun); it is another for a top anti_corruption chief to accept the efforts to date are futile.
Saving Cote d’Ivoire From The Brink
A THIRD attempt in 15 years at multi-party elections is running into the same contentions that attended earlier efforts.
Vocational Skills Need Electricity
EACH time the government officials speak, they exhibit their distance from the realities Nigerians face. They are not in touch with the people who they claim to represent and on whose behalf they supposedly act.
JTF should account for civilian losses
EVEN in conventional wars, there is emphasis on the safety of civilian population. Enough intelligence is gathered to isolate and attack the target.
