Nigeria Matters

I have always been fascinated with the aeroplane. I always go to the airports and go to the viewing areas just to see planes land and take off. It is exhilarating for me and makes me appreciate technology. Unfortunately, it is not an invention of the black man. I have always wondered at the brains that came up with the idea of throwing such a huge metallic weight into the air, with people and goods inside...

This week, my ever curious eyes took a peep into the various arms of government in my dear country Nigeria.  And my eyes specifically picked up one of the most dangerous blight silently eating away our social, economic and political fabric. This is no other than sycophancy...

The smoldering smoke from the ill fated Dana Airline crash in Iju Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos, has gradually died down and with it, a nation tottering on the brinks of security maelstrom has gone back to its troubled sleep. Life, as in the greatly unsecured and un-assured form we have known it as Nigerians, has assumed its normal style...

The very first time I came across the word “leukemia” the patient was a Medical Doctor, now I am amazed at how derisive I was with my unspoken reaction. “Is he not supposed to be a physician? Knowing the symptoms and dealing with them before he becomes ill?” Reality of life most often do not follow logic, the advantage of medical training and pragmatic views aided by the experience of practice all succumb to any kind of illness if and when they come calling...

From the onset let me unequivocally declare that my late dad, Chief Okenwa Unachukwu, "Enyimuru Ezeoke 1" was a traditional polygamist who married three wives. Though he belonged to the past when keeping to tradition and culture of our people was sacrosanct and binding on almost everybody living in Igboland he may have not done so if he were born in this new millenium, this new sophisticated IT age...

My mission and response to Lukman-El-Rufai's articles is to show Senator Tinubu, the leadership of the ACN and Yoruba respectively that  the intention of Buhari and El-Rufai to form an alliance with ACN against the 2015 elections has nothing to do with their love for Nigerians...

Some persons are behaving as if they own Nigeria. They are spitting fire that Nigeria will combust if the 2015 presidential elections does not go the way they want. They have become self-acclaimed mouthpieces of their different ethnic regions...

The events of this past weekend have been unpleasantly familiar for many Nigerians: Dana Air Crash in Lagos killing all 153 passengers on Sunday June 3; Allied Air Cargo Nigeria Crash landing in Ghana killing 10 people in a commercial bus on Saturday June 2; bomb Blast in Bauchi State...