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Time for Daniel Bwala to De-escalate!

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Aljazeera, Arthur Mbanefo, Atiku Abubakar, BBC Hardtalk, Black world, Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, John Howard, Nigerian Presidency, Obafemi Awolowo, olusegun Obasanjo, Sunday Times, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Time for Daniel Bwala to De-escalate!

By Adagbo Onoja Barrister Daniel Bwala, Presidential adviser on policy communications, is still angrily reacting to the over-lexicalisation of his March 6th, 2026 appearance on Aljazeera. As... Read more

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A Mourning Note on Arthur Mbanefo, the Just Departing Odu of Onitsha

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Africa, Amb Tanko Suleiman, America, Apa State, Asia, Dr. Edwin Ogbu, French, G-8, Obama, OBASANJO, PR, Protocol, Queen Elizabeth 11, Russia, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
A Mourning Note on Arthur Mbanefo, the Just Departing Odu of Onitsha

By Adagbo Onoja Nigeria is not a merit-based system. The meritorious fellow is whoever the government of the day defines as such, irrespective of how distinguished the other guy is. Arthur M... Read more

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Zuma? There Is No Simple Solution

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ANC, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, Cyril Ramaphosa, Former ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe, Guptas, JACOB ZUMA, Julius Malema, KZN, MK, Nkandla scandal, State capture, Thabo Mbeki, Umkhonto we Sizwe Party, Zondo CommissionNo CommentsViews:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Zuma? There Is No Simple Solution

A big puzzle indeed. Only last week, the London based The Economist wrote on Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy. The Economist may have its own baggage but many would... Read more

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UI Returns to Grandmaster, Prof Ade Ajayi, on African History

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2019In: BookspaceTags: 'African story', 'CNNisation', Ibadan School of History, Kenneth Dike, Prof John Ade Ajayi, Thabo Mbeki, UINo CommentsViews:
UI Returns to Grandmaster, Prof Ade Ajayi, on African History

The University of Ibadan, (UI) is taking African History to the intellectual slaughter slab for a re-examination of it from the lens of the late Ade Ajayi, one of the icons of the famous ‘Ib... Read more

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Cyril Ramaphosa Emerges ANC President and Next President of South Africa, Ceteris Paribus

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2017In: FlashbackTags: ANC, Mandela, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Cyril Ramaphosa Emerges ANC President and Next President of South Africa, Ceteris Paribus

The 54th National Congress of the African National Congress, (ANC) has ended with the victory of Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent Deputy President of South Africa. He is expected to go... Read more

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ANC and Africa’s Development Crisis: Who is the Next South African Leader?

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: AGRA, ANC, APC, AU, NEPAD, olusegun Obasanjo, PDP, RDP, Thabo Mbeki, The New York TimesNo CommentsViews:
ANC and Africa's Development Crisis: Who is the Next South African Leader?

It is a typically distressing but frank portrait of Africa. It goes as follows: “If potential were edible, Africa would have the best-fed people on earth. The vast continent has 60% of the w... Read more

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The Book Behind the Commotion in South Africa

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2017In: BookspaceTags: ANC, CIA, FBI, GUM, Thabo Mbeki, UmqombothiNo CommentsViews:
The Book Behind the Commotion in South Africa

A book is just out in South Africa. It is causing as much commotion as it was intended to. Written by a former journalist who was approached by dedicated whistle blowers to spill it all “abo... Read more

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Can Africa Avert Transition Anarchy in Kenya?

Posted By: adminon: October 21, 2017In: GovernanceTags: IEBC, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Can Africa Avert Transition Anarchy in Kenya?

The gists from Kenya are unsettling. The repeat of the Presidential polls annulled by the country’s Supreme Court last September 1st, 2017 is a matter of days away. But the opposition... Read more

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Love Still the Definitive Attribute of Humanity

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'I am an African', Southern Kaduna, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Love Still the Definitive Attribute of Humanity

By Salihu Mohammed Lukman* Sometimes in February this year (2017), the violent ethnic-religious conflict in Southern Kaduna was at its heightened worst and news of destruction of lives and p... Read more

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Annulment of Kenya Presidential Election Puts Election Observers in Trouble

Posted By: adminon: September 12, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Rennaisance', Amb John Campbell, Cater Centre, CFR, Mr. John Kerry, Thabo Mbeki, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
Annulment of Kenya Presidential Election Puts Election Observers in Trouble

 In this report originally titled “Foreign Election Observers Endorsed a Deeply Flawed Election in Kenya. Now They Face Questions”, Lily KuoAbdi Latif Dahir of Quartz Africa (September 6th,... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!
Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!

Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!

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If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri
If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

April 19, 2026
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

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How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities
How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

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Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty
Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

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