Miscellaneous

A Hospital For Chima Ubani

In this sad season in Nigeria I got filled with so much joy when the news reached my end that Abia State Governor, Dr...

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what if I told you the state was born, indirectly, from an insult. Yes, really. In 1945, Chief...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of men or women running about kicking any roundish object. We had no special name for...

Journalists fighting Journalism

By the time you read this, my guess is that the FFK gaff would have simmered and we would have moved on. When things...

Apotheosis of Ironsi

Ironsi – Nigeria, The Army, Power and Politics by Chuks Iloegbunam; Eminent Biographies (EB), Awka, Nigeria; 2019; 298pp There is an almost general acknowledgment that...

Let this be the Year you Really COMMIT to a New Year Resolution!

It’s 2020, a new year and a new decade. You spent the latter part of last year putting together a list of New Year...

Of Michael Bloomberg and Michael Faborode

What is it that Michael Bloomberg knows that Michael Faborode does not know? Michael Bloomberg is the world's 9th richest man and Faborode  served as 9th Vice...

Of Michael Faraday, Obafemi Awolowo and Michael Faborode

Michael Faraday and  Michael Faborode were born on September 22  1791  and  1956  respectively. Faraday, a British Chemist, Physicist and Forerunner of the electrical Engineering Profession...

After India comes Nigeria?

There are strange developments between Nigeria and India. India has a population of 1.36 Billion and the Nigerian Leader being the head of the...

Of Dele Momodu and the Future of the Black Race

I do not know how Dele Momodu arrived at the name “Pendulum” for his column in the THISDAY newspaper. You can use a Pendulum...

Before it is too late

There are individuals who have contributed immensely to making the world a better place, some of whom even after death we cannot forget their...

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Extra-Judicial Killings: We should all be Alarmed!

If the Nigerian state will not protect her citizens from their own excesses, should it also then kill them to satisfy the notion of peace for elitist satisfaction? Who benefits from this much sought peace in Nigeria, and can there really be peace in the midst of poverty, ignorance, class chasm, inequality and pervasive injustice?

Poet of the People: Niyi Osundare

Poets from all over the world today do not...

Is Nigeria Worth Dying For?

Love, respect and loyalty are the primary ingredients for patriotism. Nigerians are devoid of these ingredients. Loyalty to the country takes a back seat to ethnicity...

Thoughts On Nigeria Realities

In assessing ten years of civilian rule in Nigeria, our citizens have expressed misgivings. Many have said that they are not satisfied with the journey so far, while some have said that they are disappointed...

Salami Case As Symptom of Nigerian Judicial Atrophy

I don't know what was possibly on the mind of President Goodluck Jonathan as he quickly acceded to the generally criticized recommendation of the National Judicial Council to remove Justice Ayo Salami, the President of the Appeal Court...

Marketing Products Beyond Politics

The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I...

Could Orji Kalu Be An Agent Of The C.I.A.? (2)

What is most annoying, disappointing, incomprehensible and incredible to believe is the condemnation of the arrest of Kalu for embezzlement by the  Igbo Youth Congress...

Life in America: New House Blues

Lik a dutiful husband, I accompanied my wife to new home developments and we traipsed from model home to model home in search of that home that was powerful enough to kill the disease in my wife’s eyes. We ooohed and aaahed over tastefully furnished homes that we would never live in unless we won several hundred million dollars in a mega-lottery...

Unzipping Reality: I Will Obey Court Verdict Says Buhari

Buhari made obvious mistakes when he ruled the nation and he is yet to come out outright and acknowledge that, so he can begin to live an honorable life and establish a foundation for future opportunities...

Dollar Salaries In Nigeria: Why the Court of Appeal Goofed

It is my observation that in rushing to judgment, the revered Court of Appeal omitted one important facet of our law, Due Process. The Court of Appeal did not allow the parties directly affected an opportunity to be heard in the matter...