Miscellaneous

Osun: By this time on August 16

By Dotun Afolayan ​History does not merely happen; it is summoned by the friction between human agency and temporal inevitability. Across the vast tapestry of...

Osun: When words betray the throne

By Akintunde Adewoye ​Power is not just a tool to boss people around or a simple office job; it is a sacred trust. The words...

Osun election: If you ask me…

By Maxwell Ajibola ​Walk down the bustling streets of Osogbo, stop by a local market in Gbongan, or sit under a tree with farmers in...

Understanding Our Weakness, Our Powerlessness

Damn it! The white man will continue to dominate and show manifest signs of superiority over other races as long as we lack initiatives and the required wisdom to do things right for our people…

Between Blacks and Whites: The Issue of Genetics!

Is it not safe therefore, gentlemen and ladies, for one to consciously conclude that the whites are indeed more superior than blacks in terms of reasoning power and general comportment?

Paul Adujie…Where is Paul I. Adujie?

For quite sometime now Paul has been absent from the pages of NIA and other sites. And quite frankly I miss his style...

My New Year Resolutions for 2008

In the first week of January 2007 more than a dozen friends asked what my New Year resolutions were going to be. I had none...

Who Wants 'The Guardian' Dead?

From all indications some entrenched forces unhappy over The Guardian's vocal independence and resourcefulness are manipulating the staff against the management...

Wanted: Native Speakers of Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba

I had no clue that there was any demand for native speakers of any African language by anyone in America; let alone the ACTFL...

Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds

I signed up to be a student. I didn’t sign up to visit cemeteries. I was going to tell my professor that I am a complete Naijaman and Naijas don’t mess with cemeteries...

Simple Pleasures In The Midst Of Frustrations: Lessons From An Unemployed Nigerian Graduate

Unemployed Nigerian graduates should never give up but should rather, discover themselves in the process of roaming the streets searching for a job.They should find something they believe in...

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Rescuing the Insatiable Custodian from Self-Destruction

Sustainable development ensures that the use of resources and the environment today does not restrict their use by future generations. Man has a responsibility to handover his planet to generations unborn in a manner in which they can also meet their needs...

Desperate Hours In Nigeria

In other climes, democracy is a most exciting experience, and a handover day, a national carnival that provokes widespread joy and pleasant feelings across the land. But here it was a day of great fear and trepidation, a day of gloom and mourning, a funeral almost...

Princewill: From PDP Registration to Voter Registration

Without much emphasis, it is in the news that King TJT Princewill is the first Professor to be anointed a King in Rivers State and also the first Kalabari King to head the Rivers State Traditional Council of Chiefs...

Comparing nigeria with developing or developed countries

That I frequently hear Nigerians, educated and exposed, make illogical excuses for Nigeria is unexplainable. This weird idea of rebuffing anybody who dares to ask why Nigeria, in spite of her natural and human endowments, is not sitting up the ladder of developed countries is first of all sycophancy of the first degree...

Kill The Boer! So What If A White Racist Is Killed?

What is unfolding in South Africa is not quite different from how economic controls remain in white hands in post slavery Africa...

Ronald Reagan: An Introspective

He may have acted in true spirit in some cases, but in most others, his actions were questionable. To be called greatest, is to be impeccable in some specific ways and I don’t exactly see that in Reagan...

State of the Nation and a Credible 2011 Elections: Matters Arising

In a recent interview which Goodluck Jonathan granted the Cable News Network, he confirmed the much speculated news that he might be heading for the running mate’s ticket of the presidential ticket bearer of the PDP...

Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...

As Soyinka Joins Partisan Politics

Soyinka is a man who is much respected, if not idolised by most people who can string words together. Therefore as he dabbles into partisan politics with his full creative weight, questions are bound to arise...

The Real And True Enemies Of Nigeria And The Nigerian People

Yes, our leaders have always been looters. They are utterly unsympathetic, selfish, greedy, diabolical and morally bankrupt...