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Bart Nnaji, Okey Ndibe & African Commentary Magazine

“Publishing is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.” -...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family, friends, and well-wishers of Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, as the charming leader marked the...

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...

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...

What's In A Name?

In this modern era in Nigeria where morality has taken a backstage for ostentatious lifestyles, we hear people giving themselves names like Eze-ego, king of money...

Understanding Death!

While death may be seen as normal in the evolution of man, the abnormality lies in its permanence, perpetuity and indiscrimination. As many are born daily, many die daily...

The Guardian: A Day in the Life of the Flagship

‘Oga, good afternoon, what is happening, why is everybody sad?’ I queried. He looked at me and I could at once see that he thought I was dumb for not. ‘Na because Guardian never come’  he answered disinterestedly…

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Party Delegates: Another Venal Enterprise

As part of the electoral requirements before elections, political...

Jesus: Lover of our Souls

Man is apparently now even more helpless because what is like an escape route actually made man not only to see his deep helplessness to save himself but to know, as well, the seriousness of both his offense and the sentence it rightly attracted from the Hand of God...

David-West’s flaring faith for Nigeria

What else could be called moral corruption? To the intellectual dude, politicians have morally crippled the country and the governance, but they will be destroyed by God...

Nigeria’s New MINTED Hope

Again and again, experts, foreign and home-bred, have foretold that Nigeria was on the cusp of becoming a stupendous economic miracle. With each new prediction, many Nigerians, especially those who presume to be “leaders,” would go into a tizzy of celebration, as if the word potential was interchangeable with reality, as if promise were the equal of performance...

Giant Of Africa, My Foot

Before you pass judgment on me, let me quickly add that I have not given up on Nigeria, but I think it is time we woke up from this slumber to realize that we are sliding deeper and deeper into this abyss...

Essays from Exile: The Oporoko Chronicles!

Acting on the advice of my lawyers, I don’t take lunch to work anymore. I do miss chomping on cow foot, ox tail and stockfish at lunch time. I don’t know what it is about the fragrance of stockfish that drives ordinarily reasonable Americans insane…

NNPC Appointments: Much Ado about a Conflict of Interest

I was as usual browsing the noted and respected...

Revisiting the Legal and Moral Right of Biafra to Self-Determination

Introduction The ongoing discourse around Biafra's right to secede from...

Failed Governance: Revealing The Crooked To Relieve The Hooked

Nigeria has no alternative to harnessing natural resources, promoting prosperity, protecting the right of every citizens and planning and or balancing the economy on freedom, equity and justice platform...

Timipre Sylva, enough of insult on non-Bayelsans

It is very sad that some public office holders in Nigeria can do anything to stay in office. This is what we have observed the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Strategy is doing...