As the 2015 elections draw closer, I am tempted to conclude that it is not the roadmap to the Uhuru...
As US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton bluntly told Pakistan in 2011 that “you can’t keep snakes in your backyard...
The cheapest business in Nigeria is pontification. Everybody is an expert and virulent critic even in areas where they have...
Suspend, for a moment, your concerns about religious extremists in Nigeria. Set aside your fears for Somalia. Take a break...
Recently, a video recording of a house-help inflicting unbelievable pains on a hapless 18-month-old child whom, ironically, she was meant...
On 27 February 2013, four-year-old Charlotte Mmowa sued Limpopo Province health authorities in South Africa for 1.1 million rand (about...
People are outraged – and rightly so. In just 24 hours, nearly one million people have signed a petition honoring...
Oil prices are dropping. August 1st, $104 per barrel; October 28th, $82 per barrel; and on December 15th, the price...
In the midst of all the altercation and even violence preceding the February 2015 general elections, it is reassuring that...
It may seem counter-intuitive to imagine that Africa could make contractual demands on the United States. Yet, there is evidence...
Two different, yet somewhat related, reports in the national media struck me in the last week of November. The first...
At this time of year, shopping malls can be a nightmare bursting at the seams with throngs of jostling people....
Was a hash tag partly responsible for bringing an end to the tenure of Kenya’s top police chiefs this last...
It’s that season again, where all the Nigerians living in different areas of the world return home to celebrate the...
Contrary to popular misconceptions, many foreign investors no longer see Nigeria as a petrodollar economy. Its attractions now lie in...