L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu

Arizona-Ogwu writes from Oyigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Bauchi: Tears of God, Fears of Gore!

Nigeria has officially stopped being the tolerant nation it has always proclaimed to be, especially when it comes to religion. The country with the world's largest black population, one that has long prided itself for its diversity and peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths, is no longer a safe place...

Of Unclaimed Oil-wells and Deprived Rivers People!

Conflict in Nigeria is ethnic pluralism, in which diversity of culture and institutional practice occur, and where divergences cluster to demarcate distinct and closed social sections...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Oil Money In Nigeria’s Democracy

Despite the influx of an accumulated  $30 billion of crude revenue, the poor in Nigeria continue to languish without jobs, education, healthcare or the bare necessities of life, while the small percentage of rich mostly with their extorted money manage to get whatever luxuries they want...

Northernization

For too long now there has existed an unholy nexus between Nigerian politicians and their bureaucrats leading to favouritism, cronyism, vendetta and a “revolving door bureaucracy” syndrome...

Successful Nigeria: A Government Order or Citizens’ Bother?

Nigeria has a particular problem with fraud in the area of procurement. In Nigeria, procurement personnel are, generally speaking, not very well paid, yet they operate independently, are responsible for spending large amounts of money...

Nigeria's Prodigal Government: A Road to Economic Recovery?

The number of hungry people in Nigeria has jumped by 100 million in the past two years, aggravated by high food and fuel prices and the global economic slowdown...

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