For heavens sake, let's stop this nonsense! Insulting our president will not make our nation better or greater, or make us look great in the eyes of the world; but instead, it will make us look like juveniles and vagabonds…
The democratic practice that has become popular in Nigeria is one in which our elected government who claim to represent the people steadily encroach on the powers and rights of other element of society. We have in Nigeria a president who appoints a cabinet of cronies…
It is true that the developed nations have better standards of living, which may cause many Nigerians to emigrate in search of greener pastures; but all Nigerians must realize that our commitment to the success of the Nigerian project would create a ‘greener’ Nigeria, which would cause others to come to bask in our ‘locally-made’ prosperity…
This minister has the combined benefits of time and youth to retract his political steps; change direction from being a bull in a china shop and appreciate that in politics, you never step out to fight your enemy, unless you are guaranteed the demise of his political career…
Where do the Ijaws belong? Where do we belong? What is our destiny? Why do we remain part of a republic that treats us like a broken piece of glass? What makes us carry the cross our neighbors have forced us to bear? Why do we, with our eyes closed, turn the other cheek for unnecessary slaps and abuse? Why are we the way we are? Why?
In plain language, Obasanjo's moral standing is beginning to be dented. And, to consider that this is the same man, who came from prison to praise and from praise to presidency, one wonders what is going awry…
I may cross the seven rivers and seven seas and traverse the highest mountains. At heart, I'll always be a simple country boy who loves moonlight folktales and McDonalds' fries….
In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria’s Newest Literary Voice
by Ike Anya
by Ike Anya
Do NOT copy John Grisham. And as you write a story, imagine that your parents and uncles and aunties and relatives will NEVER read it. You are more likely to write truthfully, more likely to write things as they are…
Tafa Balogun was accused of corruption and of extorting some government functionaries. Whatever became of those allegations? What happened to the vice president after being accused of illegally amassing real estate in his home state?
Don’t allow your wife to take what rightly belongs to you to another man. Come and pick up an envelope…
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict to free Amina Lawal, the chest thumping began and personalities and groups claimed her acquittal was a victory for themselves and their ideology. But does anyone care about what Amina Lawal had to say about her acquittal?