Ossie Ezeaku

Ossie Ezeaku is a Metallurgist and public commentator. A native of Ukpo-Dunukofia, Anambra state, Nigeria, he currently lives in Belgium.

Boko Haram: Looking Beyond The Current Strategy

The fact that Nigeria is not alone in this problem should give the administration the motivation to work with other nations having similar problems. There is a long standing history of terrorism in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel etc., therefore, Nigeria can learn quite a lot from their intelligence units...

Ivory Coast: Before Putting our Boys in Harm's Way

The quickness to which the UN took sides in the Ivorian elections was unprecedented and highly suspicious. The UN has to exercise her independence and must not make pundits see her as to be protecting the geo-political and economic interest of a leader of an influential nation...

Between A Future Presidency And The Reconciliation Of The Eastern People

With the emergence of a Nigerian president of Ijaw extraction and his political ambition, the Igbo and their input, I suggest, should be guided by the burden of history...

Jos Carnage: Synopsis, Leadership And Gen. Gowon

The present carnage in Jos is certainly a harbinger of things to come in the future. I might sound like a doomsday prophet...

The Fragile State Of Ndigbo and Unguarded Statements (2)

The majority of Ndigbo, today, are determined to take their destiny in their own hands, and to retake their rightful place in the country their fathers and grand fathers once led...

The Fragile State of Ndigbo and Unguarded Statements

People go to war for different reasons, chief amongst them to address injustices. But whatever the objective is, winning or losing a war could spell misfortune for the social, political or economic life of a people...

Delta Igbo And The East: Typical Twists In Oral Tradition

African peoples have long relied on oral accounts to learn about their past.  But the down side of this tradition remains its vulnerability to embellishment. The absence of written records, passage of time and the hunger for greatness have made the method most unreliable...

The Dalai Lama and the New South Africa: Today and in Hindsight

Given the circumstances that surrounded the birth of the new South Africa, many had expected that issues of especially liberty, would shape and dictate the trajectory of South Africa's foreign policy...

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