Jun 24, 2008

ZIMBABWE: ON THE BRINKS OF COLLAPSE


Oh my God! How come the world is just standing aloof, watching the old lunatic of Zimbabwe tear the soul of that country apart? How come African leaders are burying their heads in the sand like the proverbial Ostrich? The opposition has been so harrassed that they have chickened out of the run-off.And Mugabe is happier for it.Zimbabwe is on the brinks of collapse.Who will save Zimbabwe?

Jun 12, 2008

GADDAFI'S WISDOM NUGGET

Libya's Gadfly, Col. Muammar Gaddafi is one outrightly frank leader who has been able to hold his own,anytime,anyday. He recently passed a very valuable message to US Presidential candidate,Barack Obama,which if taken to, will go a long way in playing a significant aspect in Obama's quest as the next occupant of the White house.It is in the form of a brotherly advice:
''...We tell him to be proud of himself as a black
and feel that all Africa is behind him.''
Well said Muammar! Who say blood is still not thicker than water?

However,the real poser remains whether Obama will readily embrace Africa as being anticipated.If he wins the White house race,Obama will be President of the United States of America and not Africa.Get the drift?



GOODBYE ADEDIBU,WELCOME JUNE 12







The strong nuisance of Oyo politics,Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu has finally succumbed to the the strong whims of death at 81.This guy was a real enemy of democracy and democratic values in Ibadan political scene and Nigeria in general.I know that a lot of people are already jubilating over Adedibu's demise.What an

irony that a self acclaimed anti-democratic element would die on the eve of the 15th anniversary of June 12,a methaphor for Nigeria's struggle for true democratic principles,aptly represented by the late Chief MKO..I wonder what Adadibu would tell Chief Abiola at Heaven's gate?

Jun 10, 2008

JUNE 12TH - A NATION'S HEART ACHE

Fifteen years ago,Nigeria's military cabal under the headship of General Ibrahim 'Maradona' Babangida annuled what was seen as the nation's freest and fairest election.Late Chief MKO Abiola had made a clean sweep at that years presidential poll.The then military ruler wasn't comfortable with this.Fifteen years after,Nigeria is still haunted by that diabolical decision.It was obvious that the then maximum dictatorship was pursuing a personal vindictive agenda against the people's wish.Fifteen years after,Nigeria is yet to recover from that deadly blow. Fifteen years later,Nigeria and her Democracy is still in shambles.At events marking the 15th anniversary of the annulment of the June 1993 elections,real and pseudo Democrats will gather particularly in Lagos and Abuja to take us through the annual drama of eulogising and condemming dramatic personae of the June '93 impasse.The irony of it all is that the real heroes of the democratic struggles are far away from these events.They are either dead-yes dead and forgotten! Or too dissilusioned with the way and manner their cause was betrayed.Remember the masses,workers and students who braved hardships due to strikes called by Labour unions and political coalition groups, in protestation of the dubious annulment,and many of them ended up being felled by bullets fired by Policemen and Soldiers on the orders of both the Babangida and Abacha regimes respectively?Ah,we are too quick to forget the sacrifices of our real ''heroes past''.I remember innocent citizens whose only crime was to have questioned the annulment of their collective will, ended up callously arrested,detained,hauled into jail or gunned down. Lagos and Edo state witnessed many of such dastardly killings.With deep pains in my heart I remember youthful pro-democracy activists, colleagues and students mostly from the Edo state University,Ekpoma who were brutally cut down in their prime,in the early morning of August 14th 1994 at Opoji Junction,near Uromi,Edo state,as they embarked on protest for the revalidation of the June '93 election result.They are the real heroes of the struggle for genuine democracy in Nigeria,even though we have kept asking whether the bloodshed was worth it.Someday,we will have answers.

Jun 7, 2008

SHUT YA TRAP,CLINT!

Some people just enjoy stirring controversies that ends up doing no one any good.Why should a man I have respected so much in the person of Hollywood award winning Director, Clint Eastwood tell fellow film director,Spike Lee to ''shut his face'' simply because Lee had made some observations about not featuring many black actors in his (Clint's) films?

HAPPY B'DAY,PRINCE!



Multi talented pop musical sex symbol and enigma, Prince-real name Prince Rogers Nelson, turns 50 today.The artiste who have had series of name changes in an effort to create an acceptable identity, was once described byKylie Minogue as ''sex on a stick'' and Boy George as ''A dwarf who's been dipped in a bucket of pubic hair''.Prince's smooth voice and stage craft has created a nitche for him,rather than his identity controversy,the height of which happened in 1983 when he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol. Since debuting in 1978,Prince has contributed to re-shapening the music world.where he has made a perfect forray into all genes from rock to soul and on to pop,churning out hit tracks like Purple rain,The most beautiful Girl in the world.To a man who have contributed enormously to raising the stakes of the blackman:Happy Birthday!!

Jun 6, 2008

IS R. KELLY ON HIS WAY TO JAIL?


The trial of 41-year old R & B star, Robert Sylvester Kelly,popularly called R.Kelly in a child pornography case in Chicago is getting quite interesting.Accused of having sex with a 14-year old girl in 2002 and making a video recording of the act,Mr Kelly is looking like someone in some real hot soup.If found guilty,He faces a 15 year jail term.For fans of Kelly,this is not sounding good.I am an ardent fan of Kelly.I am hoping that he won't go the way of some celebrities who have been slammed with jail terms.