BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister, David William Donald Cameron, 49, bounced around Friday, February 19, 2016 like a Caesar who had just won a decisive battle. After two days of grueling talks with his European brothers and sisters during which he was reported to have had only three hours sleep, he snatched […]
By Haruna Mohammed Salisu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This piece is neither motivated by the ardent love and deep seated passion I have for Maman Taraba nor it is by my curiosity to write on Taraba politics that is characterized by rascality, religious bigotry, money politics and the desperation of a few cabals who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many mathematical problems still elude solution. So, huge rewards are offered for any one that can resolve problems in such fields as partial differential equations, algebra, analysis or combinatorics. The contribution of Nigerian politicians is not to prove the truth or falsity of any mathematical problem, like the unsolved 116-year old Hilbert’s […]
By Philip Agbese BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Last week there was a reported meeting between the Nigerian Army and the international non-governmental organization (NGO), Amnesty International (AI) in Abuja, Nigeria. From what we gathered was at the instance of the Nigerian Army. Although it was a closed door meeting, feelers from the meeting pointed […]
By Felix Balogun, Lagos It will do our Democratic experience a whole lot good if concerted efforts are made not only to raise caution against surreptitious dissipation of energy that seeks to revert the gains of the electoral processes but to also ensure that records are put in the right perspective for the sake of […]
By Nelson Ekujumi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Africans, we have a saying that there is no smoke without fire or to put it succinctly, that when a child is crying and pointing in a particular direction, if he is not in need of something, then definitely he is drawing attention to something of […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo, akinadejum@aol.com “I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015. I did not want Nigeria to slide into a theatre of war, with his fellow county men and woman dying, and many more pouring into other nations in Africa and beyond, as refugees. In fact, it became so disturbing that some […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing debate over the fiscal budget proposed to the National Assembly by the President has, once again, reminded us of how serious corruption and impunity have eaten deep into the soul of the nation and the urgent need to deploy spirited efforts to end the malaise if […]
In shalanga they trust The purveyor of waste Unwanted but tolerated in ancient homestead Children scream displeasure at the nasty smell But that is where the Amosus are different Sola and Lara love their salanga to death The treasure pot that holds their hidden grab From the time looting was allowed and celebrated Sola worked […]
By Ridwan Adeola Yusuf While we understand that the Head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Sunday Oliseh, has sent a letter of apology to the NFF, it must be established that this is not enough. Oliseh has offended not only the NFF or his ex-colleagues (whom his, You-tube outburst was obviously targeted at), […]
Beko Ransome-Kuti was the unarmed general of the people who led them in countless campaigns against the perpetuation of military rule and for the enthronement of democracy. In the course of those struggles, he was dragged from his office or the streets and detained, several times. Imprisoned in the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, charged to court […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau The situation in Nigeria last week, appeared like a ‘tragicomedy’ drama. Really, the developments in question as expected, did not to a very large extent, occasion any relieve among many Nigerians, yet, when some characters attempt to be smatter, the discerning minded, only chuckle and mock the […]
By Ido Idoje (ido.2014@yahoo.com) Ever before the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mohammed Musa Bello paid an on-the-spot assessment to the very rural Karshi – Apo Road in the suburb of the Federal Capital City of Abuja, he confessed he had heard a lot, albeit, mostly misinformation. The Karshi – Apo Road, […]
By Godwin Onyeacholem BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari deserves the sympathy of the multitude of Nigerians and foreign friends who want him to succeed, the multitude yearning for the change he earnestly promised, that change the country can’t wait to see and which his administration has consistently insisted would be faithfully delivered. […]
By Ridwan Adeola Yusuf Van Gaal cannot convincingly declare that his inability to stand is due to age. What more? Van Gaal always stands in pre-match warm-up. Interestingly, Leicester’s Ranieri, his mate, stands. Again, Chelsea’s Hiddink is older (69 years), yet stands; same with Arsene Wenger, 66. Since the 1995 ‘karate kick’ incident that prompted […]
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I am not a fan of Kaduna State Executive Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. I find him rather brash. Even with some of my friends serving in his government, I did not think highly of administration. Then last week, I got a call from a close friend. He said his […]
By Ridwan Adeola Yusuf He has been criticized that his side play boring football; He is also a boring character. If kicking and screaming do not change referees’ mind according to van Gaal, it certainly do change the psyche of the players on the pitch. Be on the touchline for the players primarily and secondarily […]
By Owei Lakemfa Ethiopia is primarily in the news this week, but not because it is hosting the on-going African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit. Rather, it is about two worrying developments. The advancing drought for which needed international funds are in short supply and an estimated 350,000 newborns are expected in drought-affected communities between March and August, […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Having realized that the issue (ongoing alleged cases of corruption and raging clamour for application of the rule of law), which I intended to discuss last week (but could not) is still trending, I decided to focus on it today. But as I was concluding, then dropped […]
By Olusola Mathew Fafure For about 6 years now, tradition and youthfulness have been cohabiting in some notable Yoruba kingdoms, and the result of this is visible civilisation within these environs. The practice, which commenced with the enthronement of Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kesenla III), was not without initial criticisms because no one would have thought that a‘youthful’ mind capable of the vast intelligence […]
