If you’ve been listening and dancing to western and Latin-American music for most of the year, and suddenly, you hear the African music, gosh, it moves your soul; it touches …
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Some observers of the post-1983 Nigerian political scene have come to the conclusion that the Igbo are their own worst enemy. Indeed, one cannot but be perplexed at the miscalculations …
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I sometimes wonder if Nigerians didn’t “invent” religion, especially Christianity. On the exterior, they are more Catholic than the Pope, more pious than Vatican Saints…
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Wasn’t there a time in the history Nigeria when people were afraid of being branded thieves, when people guarded their reputation and family name with all their might, a time …
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For almost two decades, Nigeria has been adrift within the global system. Unclear and irresolute about its role and place within such anarchical system, she has not been able to …
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There will be no God and there will be no Rawlings. Nigerians, wherever they may be, must take back their Homeland. They must wake up and begin the journey to …
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Every now and then, I come across Nigerians who were men and women of substance and great intellect when Nigeria was a hopeful land. These Nigerians reminiscence about a country, …
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What happens if the President dies? Constitutionally, Vice President Jonathan Goodluck takes over. But it is not as simple as that…
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I do what I do on this and other sites only as a leisure pursuit. But considering what I have gone through in the last couple of months, and more …
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What Rutam House has demonstrated is that it is very much like most other organization that has been oppressing and exploiting its workers. The Guardian, when it is all said …
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Aesop was a Greek fabulist who had intoned “we often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.” For reasons best known to him and him alone, Spitzer offered …
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Almost one year into the administration of President Yar’Adua, the External Affairs Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe, seems to be Missing-In-Action. If Yar’Adua is anything like his predecessor, then, Maduekwe will …
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Senator Hilary Clinton is both a change agent and a steady and experienced hand. She also comes with a team full of vigor, vision, and foresight to tackle domestic and …
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Africa was supposed to be the Mecca for the Black race, but somehow, it has turned out to be a killing and chaotic field. And so, Pan-Africanism, at least for …
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In Bayelsa State, things are, for the most part, stagnant. Billions and billions of dollars since 1999 under two administrations, one cannot point to noteworthy progress in the state. Whatever …
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One need not dig deep into the mind of White Americans and their European counterparts to know what they think of Africans. You know it, and I know it, too…people …