SOC Okenwa

Okenwa writes from Cote D'Ivoire.

The Nagging Sycophancy of the Igbo Elite

In Igboland our political elite are completely detached from the suffering of the people. Based in Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Awka or Owerri they partake in the national dispossession without qualms...

Vive La Paix En Cote D'Ivoire!

Last Monday, Presidents Mbeki, Compaore, Toumani Toure, Nino Viera, Faure Gnasingbe, Yayi Boni assisted the Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro Kigbafori in the popular celebration of peace and end of war in Bouake...

After The Pain In Spain…

VP Goodluck was over the weekend pontificating on why he did not believe declaring his assets publicly is worthwhile...

The Old Randy Daddy and His 'Wolosso' Daughter

Something of international dimension and significance is happening in Bouake, Cote D'Ivoire Monday...

The Anini In Anenih

That Anenih understands the dynamics and mechanics of power is an understatement. That he is a political survivalist is a statement of fact. 'Mr Fix It' is ever in the news. Always on the winning side!

'Di Na Nwunye Obodo Oyibo'

From Paris, France, in 2005 I remember calling my mother in Nigeria and informing her that I had found a 'wife', a white French lady I was in love with then. My mother reacted surprisingly negatively...

Ribadu's EFCC and the 'Indicted' Quartet

Stamping corruption out of the Nigerian political landscape can only be possible if EFCC is made to be independent and not answerable to a 'god' in Ota...

The Tower of Babel

Man as an intelligent animal is full of problems and reading his mind is the crux of the matter. Only God can decipher the mind of man full of intrigues...

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