Nnaemeka Oruh

Nnaemeka Oruh writes from Port Harcourt

Big Brother Africa: Tayo Faniran and the Lessons we Learnt

A lot of people who consider themselves 'serious minded' claim that they do not watch Big Brother Africa as it is a waste of...

Child Sexual Abuse: Recreating Tomorrow by Taking Definitive Action Today

Statistics detailing the extent of perpetration of child sexual abuse is hugely alarming. Projections show that this statistics will increase if something is not...

#30PercentOrNothing? Not This Generation…At Least Not Yet

The #30PercentOrNothing hashtag is one of the newest to flood social media in Nigeria. From what I gathered, it is a campaign initiated to...

Deconstructing the Weaker Sex Stereotype

Over the past century, the position of women in human affairs has received lots of attention. There has been a delineation into several camps...

My Dear Nigerians, Ebola is Here, Do Not Trivialize This

There is a tendency in this country called Nigeria for us to trivialize everything. When a serious issue comes up and gets widespread attention, instead of attaching the importance that it demands to it, we look for a way to turn it into a joke...

Why the Chibok Girls May Never Return To Us

It has been over one hundred days since the abduction of the Chibok girls. Over one hundred days in which the girls have had to endure pure horror and pain in the hands of terrorists. Over one hundred days of waking up at the mercy of the mood swings of terrorists...

Mandela's Death: The Departure of the Soul of Africa?

2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African struggle to make Africa a better place...

Empowerment Meets Militancy: Commissioner, TV Host and Four Germans Held Hostage

I tried to find out from the protesting militants the reason behind the anger. I am ashamed to write that they said they were angry that after the training, the government did not pay them for "wasting" three months learning. As the destruction and riot continued, the Empowerment Support Initiative and the NDDC sent a negotiating team who even went as far as offering the irate youths fifty thousand Naira each...

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