Declaring a State of Emergency in Bayelsa State
A state of emergency is not a solution, politically or constitutionally, to the problems of Bayelsa state. The ultimate solutions lay in political rearrangements, common sense and tolerance…
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Please, do not ask me about religion. I get the evil look every time I tell people I am an agnostic who teeters on atheism. My world resolves around ethics and the rule of law. That’s it. I have no use for religion: religious convictions are not part of my existence -- the laws of man are good enough for me. I have lived in several cities: Seattle, Miami, Norman, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Saint Cloud, the District of Columbia, Houston, and Mankato. I am not sure where I am going to live next. And I have never really had a profession, only jobs: been a cook, a dishwasher, a civil servant, house cleaner, university instructor and researcher and so on and so forth. Every so often I get questions concerning the role and place of the African woman. Well, I don’t know; at least not with any certainty. What seems to work best is when both partners work as a team: cooperate, coordinate and collaborate their marital efforts. And they should be mindful of the insidious effect of modernization on the African family.
Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Updated)
Revisionists are everywhere. For the most part they are attempting to rework history by allowing their prejudices, illiteracy, and preconceived notions to cloud their reasoning. These critics have become masters at injecting willful fallacies, calculated falsehood and historical nonsense into history…
Why Does The Black World Hate Nigerians?
To be hated and to be loved is one of the ironies of being a Nigerian. If you are a resident of the United States, and you observe your immediate community as much as I do, you may have felt or noticed the simmering heat emanating from the tension within the Black World…
Theophilus Danjuma’s Reckless Ultimatum
If General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma and members of his advisory committee wants to quit, well, they certainly have the right to do so. Their former vocation and hobbies await them…
Going to Nigeria In Search of a Wife?
In spite of the current putrid and abysmal conditions, Nigeria is still home to some of the most disciplined, well-behaved, well-schooled and well-brought up women. To find, to meet or be introduced to such women can be challenging…
The Political Permutations of a Somnambulist
There are Nigerians of immense faith, who believe in prayers and in miracles and in abracadabra and all that and so believe that President Yar’Adua will be back to assume the daily functions of the Presidency…
The Joy and the Beauty of Old Age
There was a time we couldn’t wait to mature. At five, we longed to be ten and then fifteen. At sixteen, we couldn’t wait to be twenty and thirty and all that. Rare is the person who wanted to be a child or an adolescent for ever…
Goodluck Jonathan: The Domestic and Global Implications of His US Visit
For the first time in many years, it seems as though the Nigerian community had a reason to be happy, to celebrate and to reaffirm their Nigerianness. For the first time in many years, it was nice being a Nigerian again…
The Messy State of the Nigerian Judiciary
As flawed as successive Nigerian Constitutions have been, it has always, in theory at least, provided for an independent judiciary. In practice, however, this has not always been the case…
The Trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha
Is Al-Mustapha a security risk? Did he endanger the wellbeing of the nation? Is he a murderer? Did he conspire with others to kill the innocent? Must it take another decade before he knows his fate and for us to know the answers? This is a travesty, a violation of his rights.