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 […]
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Billions of dollars and billions of naira were stolen during the Jonathan kleptocracy, and now reports are emerging how the looting took centre stage during the corruption-driven administration of Jonathan. Jonathan was at the centre of the cash-sharing scam and so far his name has been mentioned […]
Elder Statesman, Chief Bisi Akande was Executive Governor of Osun State for four years from 1999 during which he led his colleagues who were unwilling to pay workers the National Minimum Wage. I was then in the Nigeria Labour Congress, and we went to appeal to him to change his mind. He was adamant, so […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I read with absolute interest Simon Kolawole’s article, The Parable of Dollars and Dullards, published on January 17, 2015. I read the article at least five times. If I had any hope that the exchange rate crisis was going to be over soon, I have since perished the thought. He […]
Ridwan Adeola Yusuf Gone are the days when the big sides relied heavily on their academy products for good performance of the team. The days when La Masia-educated Victor Valdes, Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez led Barcelona to all the trophies their heart desire in a calendar year. The time in question was when Real […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo, akinadejum@aol.com BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have been musing over the conundrum above for a very long time, even before this new dispensation of the sincere and stern President Buhari, and I can’t get it off my mind, the possibility, that is. Corruption is defined nowadays simply as “The abuse of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Madam Christine Lagarde was on a four-day visit to Nigeria from January 4. She claimed it was a friendly visit: “I’m not in Nigeria to negotiate for IMF loans but to promote fiscal discipline and favourable monetary policies” Making the visit look like some […]
By Chinedu Ekeke BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have read the judgement of the learned justices of the Appeal Court and can confirm that it is flawless. But the rented protesters, including those who contracted them, hadn’t read a line of the judgement they were protesting. One then wonders why a people who have […]
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the days of innocence, the preachment was ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ In these days of globalization, rather than make peace, nations tend to stoke the fires of conflict. So is it with the Saudi Arabia-Iran spat which began with the January 2, 2016 mass execution of […]
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr. Dele Momodu took the private matter and domestic dispute between David Adeleke (a/k/a Davido) and the mother of his child, who is a cousin of Momodu, Sophia Momodu, to the public space on December 30, 2015 when he uploaded the video recordings he shot at the Lagos […]
By Buki Ponle Baltimore, MD (African Examiner) – For a long time to come, the forthright explanation offered by President Muhammadu Buhari during his inaugural ‘Media Chat’, especially as it borders on human rights and the rule of law, will continue to evoke interpretations and misinterpretations by lovers and haters of Nigeria, respectively. In that […]
BALTIMORE, MD AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty […]
The gallant Iraqi army and special forces backed by the awesome Western air power, delivered a beautiful New Year gift with the recapture of Ramadi last week. It was a significant victory that some 400 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters who stood to fight, were defeated by thousands of Iraqi troops and air strikes […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively about the notion and importance of true friendship as a determinant of “meaningful” living. In Psychology, “a meaningful life is a broad term encompassing a varied number […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau On Wednesday this week, (later in the morning) around my office area, I ran into some artisans and others who are described as semi-literates, while they were deliberating on the state of Nation. The one I met talking among them was vocal, and just like many other […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different it is almost unrecognizable. In this same country, in the 70s, Christmas was a season of celebration, but also of spiritual upliftment, joy abundant, hope, reaffirmation of faith in the certainty […]
By Eghes Eyieyien BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira is taking an unprecedented bashing in our parallel Foreign Exchange Markets. In the Parallel Market, the Dollar sold for as high as N280 and the Pound Sterling N398 some days back. A friend of mine who travelled to the U.S. to attend the child’s graduation […]
