Akogun Akomolafe
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23 May 2011 at 05 : 00 AM
Killing Osama, Again!
Hello… Hello, yes. Who is calling? Hello. Femi, wake up, are you still asleep? Yes, can’t you see what time it is? Why shouldn’t I be asleep? Ah, my friend, get up. How can you sleep at a time like this? What happened, what time like this are we talking about? You can’t be […]
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20 May 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
The Mills Gambit
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” – Nicole Rae Lewis […]
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20 May 2011 at 05 : 00 AM
President Mills Comedy of Errors
Were President Atta Mills to know what is good for him, he will fire all his advisers. The sad truth is that the good professor does not appear to have been the recipient of good advice from those that are close to him. The president’s advisors have done little but badly mis-advised him and […]
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17 May 2011 at 13 : 00 PM
Why can’t we also dream BIG?
“The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Anon For some unfathomable reasons, while I enjoy producing TV programmes, I seldom sit behind a television. Yesterday was different; I actually sat down and watch two TV programmes for close to five hours. National Geographic is one of […]
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2 May 2011 at 14 : 00 PM
The Attack On Libya: A Commentary
“Whatever happens, we have got. The Maxim gun and they have not.” – Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc It was the great Simón Bolívar who said: “The United States appears to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” As a citizen of the world, it’s becoming […]
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21 April 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
Questions for Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on Libya
Questions for the Dutch Foreign Minister on the Dutch involvement on the attack on Libya. Dear Mr. Meijer, Greetings. I am writing a story on the NATO attack on Libya and would like to get some information on the Dutch policy vis-à-vis Libya. I will appreciate an early reply. Specifically, I have the following […]
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11 April 2011 at 03 : 00 AM
Nigeria: Another Do-or-Die Election in the offing?
As they prepare to vote in the 9 April 2011 elections, the prayer on the lips of most Nigerians is that the political earthquakes that toppled the governments in Tunisia and Egypt and is threatening the 42-year old regime of Beloved Brother Leader Qaddafi in Libya, should extend to their much mis-governed land and […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
Not Yet Uhuru
“Neo-colonialism, after all, is not centred in a vacuum. It is built on the previous colonial history of the country in which it operates, from foundation that the colonial regime lays before its ostensible departure. The object of neo-colonialism is to ensure that power is handed to men who are moderate and easily controlled, […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
African Chief declare war on the USA!
The tiny West African State of Kosangba stunned the world yesterday when its Chief Minister; Nana Bambeu Kugboji, declared that his hard-to-find-on-the-map, postage stamp-sized landlocked republic has declared war on the US, the world’s only superpower. Addressing a well- attended World Press Conference yesterday at his squalid, dilapidated woebegone capital of Petuje […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
Give the slum a try!
Give the slum a try[/su_heading] (a satire) (This was written and published some years ago. However, my visit to Chorkor in Accra on Saturday, October 26, 2013, revealed to me the shocking conditions many compatriots are still forced to live, and prompted this republishing. Why do we still allow some of our people to live […]
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