Atlanta Discuss with Ade Balogun

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...

To commemorate the two years anniversary of Atlanta discuss we invited two renowned podcasters Femi Ajiboye of Sabi Nation and Kenny Awosika of Stakk to share their experience with the Atlanta Discuss Host, Ade Balogun. It is also the first video edition of Atlanta Discuss on Youtube.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Listed and discussed the Ten oldest leadest in the continent of Africa, oldest in age but not years in power. A lot of them are old in age but have not been in power for too long, some have aged in power and may die before they are replaced. Top ten oldest African leaders will tell you why and where Africa needs new blood and leadership. Enjoy another historically revealing episode.

Who are the longest serving African leaders, some would say Dictators but we need to remember there are still monarchs in Africa. This episode examines who the longest serving African leaders are and their likely successors if any? We examined reasons why they stay so long in power . Don't miss this episode.

After he granted numerous interviews calling out INEC ineptitude and carelessness in announcing Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect without fulfilling the minimum requirement. We took a look at his family, academic and political background, Yussuff Datti Baba-Ahmed is clearly a firebrand and he is not scared to say what others fear to say publicly. This is another episode that you cannot afford t...

There is a battle Royale ensuing in Nigeria's most populous state between the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu and the Labour Party Governoship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. It promises all the flashes and unpredictability that you can imagine in politics, tempers are high, a lot of tribal innuendoes in the land . Will the votes of the people count this time around ?

The results of the recent presidential election was analyezd empirically , looking at what the INEC declared manually, what was in their server IREV and what the international community is saying about the election. We also examined all the cases in court and what to expect in the coming Gubernatorial election. Nigeria has a way of getting out of situations that has broken other countries in to pi...

This episode looked at what we predicted at Atlanta discuss and secondly we examined what happened and finally what to expect for Nigeria subsequently.

Final part of the three part series of who will be the next president of Nigeria, the election is just seven days away , May 25th and it is clearly a make or mar election for Nigeria. This time around we are looking at the major advantages and disadvantages of the top four candidates , we examined the different polls that have been conducted both by local pollsters and International ones , we anal...

We looked at the personality of Dr Kenneth Chibuogu Gbandi, the Senatorial Candidate for Delta North in Delta state of Nigeria. We looked at the value he would bring to the good people of Delta North with it's 9 local government.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukranian comedian/actor turned politician and the current president of Ukraine since 2019. Born into a Ukranian Jewish family. He has defined all odds by basically confronting Putin and Russia in a war that was predicted to be a walk over but lo and behold the Ukranians have stood up and embarrassed the Russians by simply erasing their invisibility. There is...

The episode is dedicated to late Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most longest reigning monarchs in the history of the world, we are sharing with our audience things about her the world does not know. The last episode of the year and it is only logical it is about a very great woman, take your time and listen to things about her you have never heard anywhere else.

A one on one interview with the author of from ''Drug lord to presidential candidate'', David Hundeyin on the Presidential candidate of APC really, he spoke about his very detailed investigation and why Nigerians need to recalibrate, read more and not allow their leaders take them for granted. We discussed about why Bola Tinubu is a clear and present threat to the Nigerian democracy because if he...

We looked at the emerging and consistent relevance of Turkey since the turn of the century, this is not unexpected as they have been positioning themselves since the beginning and creation of the country. Initially a Christian country but now majority Muslim but it remain secular and a major ally of the West. Turkey has half it's Kansas in Europe and another half in Asia , it is a country strategi...

While the world is filled with a lot of Constitutional monarchies especially in Europe the world still has a lot of Monarchies who still have absolute and total powers. This episode is dedicated to the Monarchies of Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Eswatini , UAE etc. This is not an episode to miss as there is a lot to learn from the historical angle and the difference between the absolute monarchies and the...

Continuation of the 3 part series on the 2023 Nigerian Election, this time we examined the level of preparedness of INEC and the issues the top 3 contenders are currently facing.

We spoke to Folasade Falaki about her role as content creator with Audapp, this app is a medium for Nigerian podcasters to showcase their culture , heritage and also to propagate it all to the world, yours truly @atlantadiscuss is also on the app. What captivates me personally is the quality and the content spread , the imagination is truly unlimited.