The governance, administration and management of the affairs of a modern state stand on a tripod. It consists of the making, execution and interpretation of laws. In most modern democratic…
The Okigbo mystique Sometime in 2015, some young poets undertook a pilgrimage to River Idoto, a muddy-colored river in Ojoto in Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria. Among them were Chuma Nwokolo,…
The gap in life expectancy between the average Africans and their leaders is indisputably wide. African leaders have better medical care, besides being insulated from the vicissitudes of poverty, ignorance,…
Mbize: Rage of Red Earth (Stories, Songs on Landslide, Erosion in Igboland) by Chuka Nnabuife; Heinrich Boll Stiftung; 2011 The erosion menace in Southeast Nigeria is a twice-told story.…
Students of creation believe that God – the incomparable master geometrician – designed, created and sustained the universe on mathematical laws and numbers. “To whom then will you compare Me,…
We begin by appreciating the Federal Government for the very laudable economic intervention programmes it has initiated in recent times. We consider these programmes as fundamental interventions towards the economic…
Nigeria as a country has served all its useful and useless purposes, and must perforce be sold for good. I have spoken. I cannot just understand the piecemeal selling of…
Romantic poetry is love for, and of nature and lovers of nature often write nature poems. Poetry as such was known as Romantic Poetry. That was the Romantic Age in…
The quest for power shift to the Southern part of Nigeria, particularly to the Igbo-speaking people may be having an early turbulence, so devastating that the flight may indeed become…
Anambra State scored a remarkable feat on March 30 by becoming the first state in Nigeria to bring together eminent stakeholders in a conference to singularly address the obstacles facing…
Sections 38 and 39 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution respectively guarantee the rights of citizens to freedom of thought, conscience and religion – including the freedom to change…