Nnaemeka Oruh

Nnaemeka Oruh writes from Port Harcourt

You Can Weep Beloved Country: The Murder of the Aluu Four

Even as those four young men were being bludgeoned to death and burnt, elsewhere in Port Harcourt, the rains had started. Gently at first; then it started pouring. Then as twitter was on fire on Sunday the 7th of October, 2012 with campaigns for justice for the murdered boys, the skies over Port Harcourt caved in again...

Nigerian Youths, the reason for the Crimes

Everybody talks about the bad image that Nigeria has internationally. While I accept that this is true, what irks me is that nobody devotes time to addressing the reasons for the proliferation of crimes by Nigerians all over the world...

Big Brother Star Game and the Gender Issue in Africa: A Revelation

Loads of critics will arise after reading this essay.  Many African feminist critics could come for my jugular. I hope though that they will appraise the issue objectively and address it effectively...

FL the Zagaza Master Makes His Way into the Clique of Nigeria’s top Musical Artistes

The city of Port Harcourt stood still on the 26th of November, 2011 at Tunnel’s Bar and Lounge, GRA Port Harcourt. It was the occasion of the album listening party of FL, the self-styled Zagaza Master...

Boko Haram, Human-gods, and Allah’s Will

I love Allah, he is a merciful God. I know you love Allah too, he is a God of peace. Allah will not ask you to go and destroy innocent lives...

Karen Igho: Africa's Most Beloved

Big Brother Africa season six has come and gone. It was the first time in the history of the show that two housemates were crowned winners - Karen and Wendall. But the fact that there were two winners was not the best part of the show...

Still Nigeria Rises

Boko Haram, MEND, bombings, kidnappings, political schemings and all, can only but last a moment. Battered though Nigeria might be by all your efforts...

IBB Must Think We Are Fools

Very early in IBB’s time as military president of the country, former Newswatch Editor-in-chief Dele Giwa was assassinated through a letter bomb. There were many pointers to the fact that the IBB administration orchestrated that assassination...

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