SOC Okenwa

Okenwa writes from Cote D'Ivoire.

Africans in the Diaspora: Tears and Cheers!

According to a World Bank report $3.3 billion was remitted home last year by Nigerians in the Diaspora who topped the list. Some 400 billion Naira approximately wired home is indeed a great feat and it goes to show how Nigerians take home seriously...

Elumelu's 'Suicide Mission' and the Generator Generation

The prevalent darkness in our national space has given a sharp rise in the percentage of the generator generation, a generation condemned by leadership mediocrity and the Nigerian factor to living dangerously...

Zimbabwe: Invasion as Solution

Zimbabweans deserve praise for their collective rejection of Mugabeism which has ensured nothing but cascading economic and social fortunes. They have collectively said via their votes that Morgan Tsvangirai is more...

Did A 'Jezebel' Murder Commissioner Enoma?

Pray, why did the Commissioner prefer disguising himself if the business he had there was of no immoral import? Why did he instruct the hotel personel not to distract him in any manner? Or did he know by some satanic premonition that he was keeping a date with death?

Between Islam and Allam

A religion whose history is steeped in blood and recurring violence, one whose leaders feed the youth daily with the nonsensical doctrine that equates imaginary paradise with glorified matrydom cannot be described rightly as one worthy of emulation...

Encounter With a Melody Woman that 'Stole' my 'Heart'

South Africa, to be sure, has many potentials. Apart from being the only sub-Saharan African nation with world-class economy and infrastructures the rainbow nation has given Africa a rich culture...

IBB: A Misunderstood Statesman?

Is IBB by any means a misunderstood statesman? I think he's not qualified to be addressed as a statesman and least of all a misunderstood one...

The Element of Eliot Spitzer in Some of Us

There is an element of Eliot Spitzer in some of us and we rarely accept or acknowledge this fact for fear of repercussions...

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