VERITATEM with Obadiah Mailafia

THE Russia-Africa Summit which took place in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi recently has come and gone. And from all I gather, it was a successful event, aided no doubt by the sumptuous signature caviar, washed down with the best of…

The art of leadership is difficult enough in normal times. In an age of upheavals, the complexities are infinitely more daunting. Political leadership is the one vocation to which many are called but few are really chosen. Today, sadly, the…

Last week, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, raised a lot of eyebrows when he advocated the use of prayers and “spiritual warfare” in the war against terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State’s West Africa…

The recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly has come and gone. These days we never seem to go anywhere without exposing ourselves as bungling incompetents. Some of it was on display in New York recently.Beyond the very public…

IN an ideal world, Nigeria and South Africa are supposed to be partners of destiny.History, geopolitics and strategic interdependencies compel us to work together on the continent.According to theorists of regional integration, one…

Former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe passed away in a Singapore hospital on Friday 6 September.A state funeral was held for him at a near-deserted stadium in Harare last Saturday.Dozens of leaders were in attendance, including…

After our prolegomenon of last week, the global financial information giant, Bloomberg, corroborates our suspicion that the PI&D vs. FGN case may turn out to be one of the biggest scams of the century.Oil mogul General Theophilus…

On Friday 16 August, Mr Justice Butcher of the London Admiralty Court awarded a record-breaking US$9.8 billion against the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) for breach of contract involving a shadowy off-the-shelf company, Process and…

LAST Friday, August 23, marked UNESCO’s designated Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition.  It is a memorial in honour of the more than 15 million victims of the trans-Atlantic commerce in human souls that took place for…

Food security lies at the foundation of national well-being and national power. Bonaparte famously observed that an army “marches on its stomach”.A viable state is not only one that is able to keep the common peace but also one that…