The Israeli-Palestinian Prisoners’ Exchange
Last week, the long-awaited, Egyptian-brokered, prisoner exchange, between Israel and the Palestinians finally took place, broadcast on live television around the world.
Iraq: Now that the scales have fallen
At a recent meeting of the Bretton Woods institutions, the IMF and World Bank, held in Dubai, the puppet Finance Minister installed
George Bush’s Middle East speech: Beyond the tendentious flight of fancy
The long-awaited speech by American president, George W. Bush, enunciating the official administration vision for a comprehensive settlement of the protracted Israeli-Palestinian
Between Obasanjo, Gana, NTA and religious broadcasts from the Villa Chapel
Since the assumption of power in May 1999, President Obasanjo has left nobody in doubt his self-declared status as a ‘born-again’ Christian,
Walter Sisulu: The passing of a great son of Africa
The death, this week, of Walter Sisulu, at the age of 90 years, represented a major loss to the people of South
President Obasanjo Don’t Tamper With the Democratic Space Please
The media reported at the weekend that President Obasanjo expressed disagreement with the open political space in Nigeria which led to the
Media And 2003 Election
An observer from some distant land might be forgiven If he, in trying to make sense of the political scene in our
No! Kofi Annan, You Cannot Legitimise Piracy
Rather like a shell-shocked soldier just recovering use of his faculties, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was back in the news this week,
Fuel crisis: Who is benefiting from our anguish?
Illustrative of the sorry pass we have come to in Nigeria today is the tot making the round in cell phones across
Stemming the slide to crisis over the onshore/offshore Bill
It is becoming increasingly likely that a new crisis will burst forth soon between the executive and the legislature, this time over
A victory for pluralism and the democratic process
The announcement last week by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it has registered 22 new political parties in the country