Why Africa must be at the heart of EU policies
Olukayode Oyeleye
November 22, 2021
GLOBALISATION IS A CENTRAL ISSUE of current and continual relevance to every country, region or continent because of its various contexts. Trade, tourism, technology transfer, pandemic, insecurity and migration are some of the key issues in these contexts with far-reaching, immediate and long-term impacts on livelihoods, economies, safety, and social security. These are also bedrocks […]
Why are we so vulnerable to terrorism?
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoNovember 15, 2021
Regardless of the enormous efforts of our security agencies since 2009, when terrorism officially gained a place in our country, terrorist territorial control has terrifyingly expanded. All three terrorist categories, the criminal herders, the murderous bandits, and the Islamic religious insurgents, have a registered presence in at least one part of the country despite the […]
China’s models Africa must avoid
Olukayode OyeleyeNovember 15, 2021
CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINPING, has just secured a mandate that will enable him go for a third term as the helmsman of China next year. At the weekend, a ‘crowd’ of about 400 insiders in the Chinese corridors of power, the Central Committee members, voted to pave way to re-elect Xi in a country with […]
Time to salvage Ethiopia to save Africa
Olukayode OyeleyeNovember 8, 2021
TRUTH IS EASILY THE FIRST VICTIM in war as in politics. In Ethiopia right now, both war and politics have been dangerously enmeshed and these are driving the country down a precarious precipice, unless someone at the helm comes back to his senses and changes tactics. A year has passed since the war in Ethiopia […]
Nigeria’s worsening jailbreak trends
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoNovember 8, 2021
In what has become a regular occurrence, the medium-security Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, in Abolongo, Oyo State, on Friday, October 22, experienced the nightmare of unknown gunmen who set prison captives free. The attackers gained access to the awaiting trial section of the facility by blasting the wall with several sticks of […]
Bring Africa to the heart of Glasgow climate talks
Olukayode OyeleyeNovember 1, 2021
DICHOTOMY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST climate change is not difficult to find when the global north is juxtaposed with the global south. Even within countries on either side of the great divide, cleavages are apparent. Hidden hypocrisies, double standards, vested interests and limited commitment to a successful realisation of a safe environment are all too […]
Avoiding buyer’s remorse as China visits Africa in 2021
Olukayode OyeleyeOctober 25, 2021
CONTRADICTIONS, CRACKDOWNS, COERCION, COVID-19 and CORRUPTIONS are steadily becoming the defining features of China. Some incurable optimists still hold on to the viewpoint that China’s phenomenal rise would defy any law of gravity. How wrong!! And African countries would do better to be vigilant, watch out for the unpredictable and be wary of Chinese subterfuge […]
On religious conflicts in Nigeria
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoOctober 25, 2021
We are undeniably a profoundly religious country. The 2021 World Population Review data on religion shows that 99.6% of Nigerians profess a minimum of one religious faith. The statistics show that Christians and Muslims dominate the religious landscape with 49.3% and 48.8%, respectively. Adherents of the traditional African religion make up approximately 1.4%. The CIA’s […]
Miyetti Allah and the dying nomadic pastoralism
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoOctober 18, 2021
Miyetti Allah, as an organisation, probably never rang as much a bell as it currently does, until the inglorious epiphany of criminal herders hiding under the Association’s cover. As an umbrella organisation of cattle breeders, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, sometimes shortened to Miyetti Allah or MACBAN, was understandably at the forefront […]
Forestalling irreversible balkanisation of African states (2)
Olukayode OyeleyeOctober 18, 2021
DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN described as a participatory system of government, involving the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, ‘typically through elected representatives.’ In its raw, theoretical context, it is a system of government in which even the very downtrodden is influential and relevant in governance decisions and actions. But we do […]