President Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after Nigeria crashed and burned at the …

Visiting Nigeria in mid-November, I became aware that the country was going through darkening times. The choice of adjective—darkening—is rather advised. For several decades, Nigeria has been mired in dark …

With just a month or two left for us to go to the polls to elect those who would determine our future in the next four years, Nigerians have witnessed …

At the Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared his ambition to contest the 2015 Presidential Elections, the incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, vowed …

An Igbo proverb: A child that dances to the sweet melody of “surugede” does not know surugede is the song of the spirits. This is exactly the kind of dance …

The yuletide is upon us again. It is that time of the year when both true and copycat Christians traditionally assemble to celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior …

A victim of circumstance is a person whom something bad happens to because of factors outside his control. I’m not from Abia state, neither am I a fan of the …

“People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible” – US Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor. The resilience and determination of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to …

I used to teach the SATs. And one of the modules that gave my students the greatest problem is the one known as ‘critical reading’. The students were getting those …

In war of propaganda any side with a megaphone will certainly have the loudest voice. The other party without a megaphone cannot shout louder. When some people on the staff …