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 […]
Calls For New Constitution
IT has become obvious that many Nigerians have lost faith in the 1999 Constitution.
Sept 11 – Eight Years On
AN articulated aerial attack of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, and the Pentagon on 11 September eight years ago, changed the world significantly, especially the frenzy with which the United States pushed its war against terrorism.
Their Right To Nothing
The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that conditions of work are just and humane. – Section 17 (3) b of the 1999 Constitution THE military authorities have converted the life imprisonment a court martial passed on 27 soldiers to seven years imprisonment. On the surface, the military authorities are kind. In reality, they […]
Again, Nobody Resigns
THOSE expecting someone to take responsibility for the Super Eagles latest flight from action would get only excuses from the Nigeria Football, NFF, which pleads collective guilt. Nigeria is out of the 2010 World Cup. Hopes pinned on the two remaining games are wasteful optimism.
Gabon Boils…
PREDICTABLE confusion has begun in Gabon, where Bongo Ben Ali, son of Omar Bongo, has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election. Ali’s father ruled Gabon for 42 years until his death last June 8. He was the world’s longest serving dictator. His long stay suppressed opposition, ensured there was no successor, except for […]
