“Why do you say that Nigeria has got no electricity? Isn’t that Lagos all lighted up? That’s a very beautiful sight, isn’t it?”
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Nigeria Matters
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A recent social intellectual gathering in Lagos somewhat illustrated how some prominent progressive-minded Nigerians viewed the viability of a revolution as the only way of re-launching our hopes and dreams …
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Wasn’t there a time in the history Nigeria when people were afraid of being branded thieves, when people guarded their reputation and family name with all their might, a time …
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I am not a soothsayer but if I were asked to say something, anything, to the present government in Nigeria, I would say: Beware of the Ides of Rice! Why?
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Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the …
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Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the …
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Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the …
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Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the …
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Do you want your ethnic group to be part of a country even if the probability of your ethnic group producing the president is practically equal to zero despite the …
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There are professors and there are ‘professors’. Can some one please tell me what Maurice Iwu is still professing at the INEC? I am really shocked by this man’s vaulting …
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For almost two decades, Nigeria has been adrift within the global system. Unclear and irresolute about its role and place within such anarchical system, she has not been able to …
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Unfortunately for us in Africa, we do not value knowledge. We consume rather than produce. We buy rather than sell. We receive rather than give the reason for our poverty …
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Oil has retarded the ability of Nigerians of differing regions and differing talents to invest in far more rewarding activities other than angling for revenue allocations, graduating to become class …
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In the Nigerian context, newspapers do not enjoy greater intellectual respect than the Guardian, yet their editorial of the 24th April titled “The Proposed 2 Refineries” is a case in …
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Recovering a stolen car in Nigeria is no less insurmountable than arresting murderers. The system is simply not set up to work…
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We are learning the hard way that the nation and all life is protected, that we are all economically viable and reliable, that we are all related…