Permit my reminiscences about a land I left behind so long ago. Permit my tears and frustration about a country I love and cherish so much. It is early morning …
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Nigeria Matters
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The sudden and violent outbursts of power-mongers rowdies are often triggered by the authorities’ failing to meet their unlawful demands…
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Last week, our conclusion as citizens and students of politics was that the most fascinating political formation in the country at the moment is the newly formed All Peoples Congress…
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Orji has refused to budge for progress. The only progress his government is making is to manufacture nasty stories against anyone who dares to pinpoint these facts…
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Regrettably, some Nigerian commentators – specifically, Igbo and Yoruba tribal warriors – are also beginning to wreck my enjoyment of Saharareporters and other Nigerian internet-based discussion forums…
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From the mouth of his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, we heard that Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election…
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The Nigerian Government under president Goodluck Jonathan’s government appreciates the role Nigerians in Diaspora are playing in the development of the country through their expertise and remittance of money…
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Given that politics in Nigeria is based on and practised with no reference to ideology, very strange things can easily happen in Nigerian politics. Its actors are prone to improvising …
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I had often heard that Oyo State was difficult to govern and Ibadan, in particular, was impossible. And I had often wished I governed the State one day….just for one …
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Where did I work with that government or who has ever seen me with the ex-governor in question? No wonder Ndigbo would say that a child who does not know …
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The registration of a coalition of Nigerian political parties signals a dramatic turn in the politics of business as usual, of no vacancy in Aso Rock, of brutal imposition of …
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It is very sad how petty Akpabio has become with the NGF election result…
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What shall say we say of the ruling President of the federation and his team who, on their own democracy day, put us through a litany of achievements and reforms …
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A people without shame do not regard honour. This is what the government in Abia State and its agents have turned out to become…
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It has been a challenge for me to write this. Several times I tried to write this piece but each time my emotional strength failed me. The reality, however, is …
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I never met Ojukwu when he was alive. But every historian and other researchers worth their brief know that you need not know your subject personally to write about him …