Atlanta Discuss with Ade Balogun

Atlanta Discuss with Ade Balogun

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  • Season 3 episode 19 - Africa , Past present and the future

    Discussing the past, present and what to expect in the future of the African continent, clearly the continent is acting below its perceived economic potentials.

    We discussed with two scholars Adejuwon Anjoorin and Peter Ogurikwe why the continent is crawling and just maybe Democracy is not the type of system of Government needed on the Continent of Africa.

    It was very interactive with yours truly engaging the two scholars and on so many occasions giving the Atlanta discuss perspective.

    There were a lot of jaw breaking moments in the discussions and we pondered seriously if Mother Africa will survive the next 2 decades with war ravaging almost half of the countries on the continent.


    1 hr 10 min
  • Season 3 Episode 17 Putin - Beginning of the end
    After the Wagner Group rebellion in June and the subsequent March on Moscow led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, it remain most baffling that it required the intervention of President Lukashenko of Belarus to mediate and stop what would have been a bloodbath of historical proportion.
    Even today Putin does not know the elements in his military and Government who were behind the Wagner rebellion, those clearly are signs that his days are numbered as President of Russia.
    Our prediction is premised on the fact that the Ukrainians Army are claiming grounds daily with Russian Army having a casualty of over 150000 soldiers and still counting, military estimate also believe the entire Russian Armed forces have been reduced to just 50% of its entire capacity..
    If and when Ukraine takes Crimea, which is just a matter of time and estimates put it at December 2023 the regime of Putin will fall like a pack of cards..
    Thanks you always for listening.
    25 min
  • Season 3 Episode 16 Sudan - An unmitigated disaster
    An armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began on 15 April 2023, when clashes broke out in cities, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region.
    The primary cause of tension was the civilian demand for oversight of the military and the integration of the RSF into the regular Sudanese armed forces.
    This disagreement has pitched the leader and Inspector General of the Sudanese Armed forces who is also the President General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan against his Vice president who is the head of the RSF Rapid support group General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF based on its modus operandi and the way it was created is not under the Sudanese Armed forces, this clearly is one of the main reason for the conflict.
    Sudan - An unmitigated disaster is a topic you must not missed, make sure you listen as we clearly broke it all down in layman's terms.
    21 min
  • Season 3 Episode 15 - OBJ Asset or Liability to Nigeria
    Two time President of Nigeria and International statesman Olusegun Mattew Aremu Okikiola Ifajimi Ogunboye Obasanjo has a towering image and us clearly a colossus, a man with nine lives and still hale and hearty and rearing to go.
    Loathe him or like him you cannot ignore him, in this particular episode we look at the role he has played in Nigeria’s development and most importantly if he is truly an asset or a liability.
    We made our call on who and what he really should be seen as today and how Nigeria should engage him.
    Like all great men he has made a lot of mistakes but he is clearly on the map of the world and cannot be ignored.
    His name is riddled with a lot of grace and providence in Nigeria and Africa, he has a lot of first also attached to his name, agreed he could have done more but some school of thought believed Nigeria should have given him a third term as president considering Nigeria has been crawling since he left power in 2007.
    While there is a lot to celebrate him for we have equally have a lot to castigate him for, depending on what side of the prism you are looking from.
    He is clearly a world statesman whether you hate or like him.
    Listen and enjoy his scintillating edition about African top statesman OBJ
    30 min
  • Season 3 Episode 14 - Mobutu, can the world ever forget about him.

    Born Joseph Desiree Mobutu but later changed his name to Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wasa Banga Emperor of Lubumbashi.

    He ruled Congo, Brazzaville for over 30 years, the most populous officially Francophone country in the world, his politics according to him was neither left, right or center, his allies were all over the planet.
    Recent polls in Congo Dr shows at least 30% of the population still routing for him, this are mostly due to tribal, religion and ethnic affinity.
    The country has never known peace largely due to the over 30 years rule of Mobutu, in this episode we look at the personality and the origin of Mobutu, how he became president and his power consolidation strategies.
    You cannot afford to miss this episode.


    30 min
  • Season 3 Episode 13 - Bola Tinubu, President elect or select?
    INEC the Nigerian independent electoral commission has declared a winner for the last presidential election, despite having a winner the country is still enmeshed in doubts and there is a lot of tension.
    The people feel the declared winner did not fulfill the constitutional requirement to be declared winner, there are other issue including but not limited to falsification of age, certificates and even drug related criminal past, it is clear that that Bola Tinubu has a lot of explaining to give to the people of Nigeria.
    However, he has been declared President and will be sworn in on May 29th albeit amidst a very flawed process, the inability of the Electoral Commission to organize a free and fair election is a baggage that will live with the Tinubu presidency irrespective of what happens at the election petition tribunal.
    The result of the February 25th presidential election will linger for a long time in Nigeria because for the first time the people believed in the Electoral Commission's promise to transmit the results from the Polling Unit in real time and failed to do so, what makes it worse is they claim they do not have any record of the Presidential result in their data base anymore after receiving a subvention of over 350 billion naira from the Federal government.
    INEC and outgoing President Buhari clearly failed Nigeria and Tinubu will carry that baggage during his presidency.
    30 min
  • Season 3 Episode 12 - Peter Obi, can he win in court.
    The confidence displayed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded February 25th election to claim back his mandate through the Nigerian Judiciary is overwhelming.
    In this episode we look at the reasons for the confidence by examinations of the cases as petitioned before the Nigerian elections tribunal, the hurdles before the case and the strength.
    In our tradition we looked into the merit of the case and made our prediction on the likely outcome.
    Very interesting times ahead for Nigeria.
    30 min
  • Season 3 Episode 11 - Buhari's 8 Wasted years.
    How a man that was giving so much bungled an opportunity of a lifetime is the case of the outgoing President of Nigeria.
    It does look like you can't give what you don't have is the scenario in this case, Buhari clearly lacked the capacity to steer Nigeria out of abyss after promising heaven, hopefully lesson has been learnt.
    We take a look at why we think his 8 years was a failure and why the new president may have his work cut out.
    We remain objective always and just follow the facts wherever it leads, our conclusion is simply that the last 8 years of Buhari was a wasted period for Nigeria, almost no value added which is clearly a shame.
    25 min
  • Season 3 Episode 10 - Richest Monarchs in the World.
    Monarchs are mostly wealthy and stinking rich but the degree differs from King to King, in this episode we examined the wealthiest 12 in the world, how they make their money and in some cases their type of lifestyle.
    There is always something to learn when you listen to Atlanta Discuss.
    19 min

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