Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe’s Liberator
One man, many views; Robert Mugabe is someone that is not easy to define. To some, he was a hero who championed Zimbabwe’s independence struggles from colonial warlords. To others, mostly the west, he was a tyrant and dictator who held his people hostage for years and sunk the country into perennial economic woes. The […]
Nigeria: Why Debates Don’t Win Elections
Before the November 8th, 2016 American Presidential Elections, the arguments of best choice and popular candidates, though discussable, barely meant anything in the foray of ideal choice. In the American political space, candidates are basically judged by meaningful antecedents and strong character. Those who wish to occupy the revered American political offices must have good […]
Hungry Electorate, Vote Buying, And Nigeria’s Money Bags Corrupt Politicians
The Nigeria General Elections have had the citizens divided into chaotic classes of choice, preferences, and opinions. The electorate, in the firm clinch of their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, has, so far, declared themselves the winner of the preferential debates. And they are right. The PVC is the primary object of the voter’s electoral decisions, […]
Brown Envelope Journalism And Exterminated News Value In Nigeria
There is no commonly agreed history as to the origin of News; news itself might have come with man, or even older than that. However, the values of news have not changed — timeliness, objectivity, factuality, and recency — still remain huge and integral aspects of information transfer and understanding. These values embody news and […]
Why South Africa Needs Radical Reforms Against Racial Discrimination
A recent outburst between blacks and whites at a Cape Town beach shows racial discrimination is far from over in South Africa and only radical reforms can stamp it out, completely. Racial discrimination continues to drag on in South Africa. Some irate groups of blacks recently took to the streets to protest being prevented from […]
Nigeria: The Mediocre Games And Rollercoaster Politics Of 2nd Niger Bridge
Two months ago, precisely in mid-October when the news and pictures of the fully-completed Chinese wonder bridge hit the online media, it did not tickle our surprise gland as one would expect, given that attributing such huge projects to a big economy like China is probably not expected to elicit amazement. But the mega-bridge; connecting […]
Nigeria: 2019 Dilemma And The Story Of Another Bitter Alternative
It is as worrisome as it is sad how Nigeria’s pre-electoral hysterics of 2015 have been consciously or subconsciously forgotten. An average political conservative might consider this proposition as untenable given that whatever happens in the Nigerian societal terrain is left to its originators to sort out. Like the often misconceived biblical injuction, we would […]
Cameroon: Why President Biya’s Rule May Be Hanging On By A Thread
With simmering apathy against President Paul Biya’s 36-year rule coming to a head in Cameroon, there are indications he may soon be shown the exit door from the country’s corridors of power. Fresh expectations, suspense, raging oppositions, and uncertainties are often common characteristics of ideal elections. But when Cameroon goes to the polls for its […]