Nigeria: A battle game of the Ex-Generals 
By Hakeem Babalola

Shortly before his death, Wada Nas predicted it: That the military will rule Nigeria for the next 60 years. Wada Nas died on January 3, 2005. He was a social critic, education minister, and then minister of special duties under General Abacha, who ruled Nigeria with maximum penalty. Note the meticulous precision of Mr. Wada Nas' assertion. If the late critic/politician is correct, then the military has some 50 years more to rule or misrule Nigeria, whichever preferred.  

PEOPLE & HUMAN RIGHTS

South Africa: Xenophobic attacks causes fears among migrants

 It began after the Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, told his followers last month that foreigners in South Africa should pack up and leave. President Jacob Zuma’s eldest son, Edward, chimed in that foreigners were “taking over the country” in a “ticking time bomb.”

NIGERIAN POLITICS

Oba Akiolu: A king or A Jester?  

By Hakeem Babalola

Kabiyesi, ki ade pe l'ori, Ki bata pe l'ese o (Long live the king). Mo yi ika otun, mo yi ika osi o (I sprawl on the floor to the right; to the left) Ti oba l'ase (authority belongs to the king). Gone were the days in the life of a Kabiyesi when he welds so much power that when he dies, at least two of his servants must be buried with him - alive. May such era never come again. Amin...Amen.

HUNGARY

Hungarian Jews march in memory of Holocaust amid far-right alarm

Budapest (AFP) - Thousands of people on Sunday joined Hungary's annual "March of Life" commemorating the Holocaust, as World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder denounced the country's surging far-right Jobbik party as "extremist".

IMMIGRATION

Birthright citizenship: The new immigration scam

Immigration policy – and in particular what to do about the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally – is the new litmus test for the GOP. The arguments over “amnesty” and border security are stale, but the passions are not.