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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...

Fireworks, Street Urchins New Year’s Eve

So there I was, feeling very pious with my Bible tucked under my arm, heading to church...I had a bad feeling about this trip…a feeling I could not shake off try as I may...

Under The Lizard’s Belly

"At least my son still eats the food you cook. My son has not once asked you to cook for his new wife. Be glad that he has not brought his concubines home to live with you..."

Readers' Responses to a Labor of Love

There are times when I think I need a personal assistant to help with responding to the emails I receive from readers on a daily basis. In all, one can never tell how readers will respond to any given essay...

Readers' Responses to a Labor of Love

There are times when I think I need a personal assistant to help with responding to the emails I receive from readers on a daily basis. In all, one can never tell how readers will respond to any given essay...

Between Me, Wifey And The Kitchen

After a recent experience involving a Saturday morning fajita wrap, I have come to the conclusion that there is no use wasting my time in the kitchen...

Begging For The Life Of Your Twins

In today's Nigeria, twin children are very attractive and somewhat celebrated. The parents of these children usually get some kind of support from neighbours and friends particularly when it seems that it is mostly the abjectly poor that often have twins...

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The Re-building of Nigerian National Flight Career

During the period of aviation industry development in Nigeria, politicians who did not understand the importance of aviation in a nation’s growth strangulated and rendered capable aviation professionals useless...

Buhari is not a Nigerian!

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is not a "Nigerian."...

Of Okuko Nti Ike and Similar Fates!

It sounded like a fire alarm, on a sinking...

After The Successful June 29 Protest, What Next?

If we ever want to change things for the better in Nigeria, we have to do more than speaking big big grammar...

To Date A Married Man

There have been many cases of married men who have come to speak the words to me that in their heads, no woman can say no to: I want to marry you. There have been men who have tried to pretend to be unmarried, men who have said they are unmarried but quickly explained why their wives have made it an unbearable marriage, and why I, have been sent by God to save them...

Sino-Japanese Territorial Dispute

Chinese diplomacy is firing on all engines in forcefully defending its territorial sovereignty and national integrity. The current Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu islands and rights over the territorial sea has taken on serious dimensions...

High Stake Challenges of New UNIZIK Pro-Chancellor Kukoyi

By Felicia Maduka The disbandment of Ambassador Greg Mbadiwe led...

A Politician Armed With The Bible

The venerated writer of the Black Power epoch, Obi...

Critical Times, Revolutionary Times (2)

I read Dr. Tunji Braithwaite’s treatise on the need for revolution in Nigeria. I propose, in this essay, provoked by his thoughts, to take national and global views on the subject...

The Rule of Law

Nigeria apparently operates what may be termed a Constitutional Democracy, but to what extent we approximate to a Democracy is a question best answered by the rulers. Nor indeed can we say the so-called Democracy is governed by the Constitution. ..