One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of the Obasanjo government is that we have all been brainwashed to suppose and agree with the dictum that ‘even the worst civilian government is better than the best military dictatorship’.
As we approach the upcoming Nigerian general election, how will the election impact the Anioma people? What will be the role of the Anioma people in the political, economic, and social outlook after the election?
The genius of a man’s eyes works optimally upon alighting a woman’s
body. With his eyes, a man can conveniently strip a well-clad woman to
the bare…
“I get all carried away, let me tell you a little about myself. I’m pretty sure you have met my friends, and they have all described me as bubbly. Indeed, I am bubbly, but most times, I only appear to be bubbly. Austin proposed to me after we found out I was pregnant with our daughter, Ekanem. He claims that he would have proposed even if I wasn’t pregnant; I know I only accepted his proposal because I was pregnant…”
Each time I ruminate about happenings in both Nigeria and Kenya, as representatives of the continent of Africa, I become confoundedly worried. Situate the current political logjam in both countries and you begin to appreciate my standpoint…
I wouldn’t know how to thank Globacom for its wonderful initiatives in Nigeria. Over three years in operation, it has helped break the monopoly in the industry…
The period of gunboat and bazooka diplomacy died a dishonourable death a long, long time ago with Lord Palmerston, Otto Von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler. Today’s wars are usually wars of the mind and I hope that nations know today that being the biggest, the richest and the strongest is not an alibi to trample on the less strong, the less rich and the less big…
The insertion of certain voices of reason into public discourse usually changes not only the tone of that conversation but the direction. Professor Wole Soyinka’s recent eruption, I’m afraid, has shown the persisting lack of discernment that pervades the moribund opposition movement in Nigeria…
The need for the South to unite and form a joint political platform is imminent. There is the need for the Yorubas and Igbos in particular to forget the past and work together to achieve a common goal…
Soyinka, for whatever reason, is missing a simple point: At this point in our nation’s life, Buhari is one of a handful of men that can bring sanity, probity, clear direction and accountability to our socio-economic and political landscape…
In those days, when an undergraduate walked the streets, everybody rallied round him; the elders thronged him for the ever-involving intellectual debates and news about the latest discoveries, while the children flocked about him to listen to fables from ‘I don’t know where’…