Our former President needs to know that the election in America is clearly as it is indisputably free and fair in every sense that John McCain had to immediately concede defeat and congratulate Obama in a genuine and sincere tribute… We can not deny Obasanjo’s sense of humour, intellect and charisma, when we recall the way he mesmerized the international community and bulldozzed his way to plum positions even in group pictures with world leaders.

With the November election so imminent and the stake so high, there is no better time to begin the much needed uniting and healing our party than now. The continuation of any type of bickering and acrimonious mud-slinging which many Democratic stalwarts have cautioned against could be irretrievably damaging to our party if not the political process. There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and with Sen. Obama all but clinched the necessary number of delegates needed to secure the nomination

The long standing question in black Africa most populous nation Nigeria is how to transcend what late senate president Dr. Chuba Okadigbo once termed ‘Igbo-phobia’. Phobia of course means fear. This concept relates to the perceived uneasiness amongst Nigerian political elite and intelligentsia insinuating southeasterners, mainly Ibo’s are for all intents and purposes very smart, shrewd and arguably very resilient and thus ought be checkmated to curtail their attainment of the ultimate political laurel, the presidency of Nigeria .

Blacks all over the world must be ready to fail in causes that can ultimately triumph than to triumph in causes that will ultimately fail. Blacks can no longer be known for black-on-black crimes, looting and constantly making decision that favor others but themselves. Black Africans, Africans and especially Nigerians must use their massive population and wealth to move black people forward. It is not a matter of disparaging whites to get ahead but a love of one’s self to compete in the new world order.

He confessed. He apologized. He must have apologized a dozen times or more. Day after day, and at every juncture, he has been apologizing and begging for forgiveness. What more does Reverend Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton and others want from Imus? What else is he to do? Go into social exile? Commit Harakiri? Don Imus is no different from a large number of people in this country who find pleasure in crudeness, indecency and tastelessness -- deriding others on account of their race, gender, nationality, sexuality and creed.

Several weeks ago an Akoben, the Akan word for a call to action, was sounded on the Internet. It was called An Open Letter to Black America Its Time To Bring Back Black. In it three African centered activists called for the emergence of a new level and type of leadership in the African-American community. Bob Law a long time talk radio host and radio executive, Jim Clingman an entrepreneur, nationally syndicated columnist and community activist

During Africa’s struggles for independence, the various groups in a typical African country united to fight the colonial power ruling them? There were identified external oppressors and most Africans, regardless of their ethnicity, focused on them and vented their anger at them. The colonial power offered Africans an external agent to unite and fight. 

Nigerians abroad are questioning the appointment of a non-African born and controversial confidant of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Carlton Masters as ECOWAS Special Envoy for African Diasporan Relations. Masters, whose marriage was reportedly sponsored by President Obasanjo and held in Abuja, is known as the main international arrowhead of the controversial launching of the Obasanjo presidential library, an issue that continues to generate ripples raising ethical questions.

While surfing the Internet recently I found out about the passing of beloved MaVynee Oshun Betsch. I am still in a strange state of mind emotionally dealing with the feeling that one gets when someone passes, the element of surprise, grief and weightiness that one feels when one losses someone dear. The feelings that engulf ones’ reality when one must come to the realization that someone special is no longer with us as before.  My mind became full of thoughts and memories that cascaded like a stream of fond memories.