“Those wanting secession, and restructuring of Nigeria, are dangerously naive”. -Muhammadu Buhari Nigerians screamed in disquiet, as a chicken ravenously pecked a mound of shit. Little did we know that, …
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It is becoming a kind of ritual for the Rivers Governor to pummel perceived political opponents each time he schedules a program to commission projects he was elected to execute …
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In a report credited to Robert I. Rotberg, the founding Director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and President Emeritus of the World Peace Foundation, and John …
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I will start with my conclusion. This phase will pass – very soon. It shall be well with the people of Nigeria. Nigeria will survive. I won’t add a caveat …
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Okot p’Bitek, the great Ugandan poet, author of Song of Lawino, always held court at the bar in the foyer of Oduduwa Hall, the big theatre of the then University …
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The agitation for a separate country out of what is known as Nigeria, by two major ethnic groups – the Igbos and the Yourubas, both of Southern Nigeria rooting for …
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This piece will, no doubt, elicit mixed reactions from its readers, with some preferring to view it as the random cogitations of a misguided mind, while a minute fraction would …
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Only simpletons are deceived, by the obsequious silence of a canary. Or the banal tranquility of a thorn bird. When those condemned to sing, suddenly pretend to silence, then nature …
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Back then in the USA, it was someone in Bill Clinton’s campaign team as they battled to trump Bush Snr’s presidency in 1992 that’s credited with coining the snowcone ‘It’s …
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Nigerians take so much pride in making pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem in the name of religion. The Muslims and Christians obviously can never have enough of acting holy through …