Buzz in 2012

…the Second World War, India championed the process of decolonisation and drew recognition and appreciation from different parts of the world. It became one of the founding members of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM). Even though Indonesia was also a member of NAM alongside India, this relationship did not extend beyond that. The arrival of bipolar politics in Southeast Asia, the Vietnam crisis and India’s close ties with the Soviet Union led to t…

…ives if only to escape the ugly environment and do something meaningful with their lives.     This morning we were greeted with the news of government’s readiness to make clemencies on behalf of 66 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia and other countries. As usual the government attributes so much difficulty in achieving this but stated that pleas would be made. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe “Britain holds 1,46…