Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said the Nigeria presidency should go to the southeast region to heal from the wounds of the civil war.
The Nigerian civil war lasted for three years between 1967 and 1970 after the southeast … Read the rest
Nigerian intellectuals
Apparently, there is no stopping the unbridled distortion of our recent political history even by otherwise respected intellectuals to advance their pet project, the remaking of Nigeria via the mechanism of re-structuring the polity.
Just as well, many of us … Read the rest
The federal government yesterday accused the social media giant, Twitter, of double standards in its treatment of issues affecting Nigeria.
It warned that it would not allow the microblogging site to dictate to President Muhammadu Buhari his views on national … Read the rest
“Bros, how country?”
“Omo, we live in perilous times. Ilu le. Country bad.”
“I agree with you absolutely. It has never been this bad in peace times”
“You think Nigeria is at peace? If you call this peace time, then … Read the rest
Bandits
In the beginning when the genesis of the phenomenon of bandits and banditry was shrouded in some anthropological puzzle, those whose mandate it was to crack the mystery and treat it for what it was – an incipient war by … Read the rest
A Biafran soldier during the Nigerian civil war
Fellow Nigerians, I know how easy it is for men and women in politics, particularly those in the hallowed corridors of power, to readily dismiss important warnings by well-meaning citizens as rantings of enemies of government, but I’m the last … Read the rest
Nnewi, Anambra State
Before the 1966 pogrom against the Igbo and indigenes of the former Eastern Nigeria, Nnewi in Anambra State was under the shadow of Onitsha. The markets in Nnewi were like the typical Igbo markets that were in session every four … Read the rest