Nigeria Deserves Better Appreciation From South Africa, Says Akinboye

Many a time innocuous sentiments from non-state actors in the international relations find their ways into national issues and bilateral relations. This may have informed the organisers of the Nelson Mandela’s memorial service cum burial not to have accord Nigeria any significant role during the celebration of the demise of the great African leader. In spite of the incontrovertible fact of history that Nigeria, far more than any other country, played a leading role in the freedom of Mandela from prison and the liberation of South Africa.
   Many Nigerians, particularly those in active work life when apartheid held sway in South Africa, watched with bemuse of how Mandela’s former tormentors took the centre stage during the burial, making speeches and glorifying the man their countries wished had died in the apartheid gallows.
   Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, Dr. Solomon O. Akinboye, speaking yesterday with The Guardian, expressed shock at

Mandela Daughters Learned Of Death Just Prior To Start Of Movie Premiere

They had smiled and posed for photographs on the red carpet and then enjoyed an animated conversation with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
And if Zindzi and Zenani Mandela had any idea that their father's long life was drawing to a close, they did not betray it for a minute.
Then, in a single instance, everything changed. As they were about to watch the London premiere of his incredible story, the sisters were apparently told that the 95-year-old had died peacefully at home after months of illness. 
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