As the 2015 general election draws near, we have seen and read series of open letters written by Journalists, critics, analysts, party faithfuls, friends and associates giving words of advice, admonition …
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Shortly after the coup of December 1983 in Nigeria, in which the seemingly no-nonsense duo of General Muhammadu Buhari and General Babatunde Idiagbon took over by force the government of …
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The primaries are over. Some politicians are happy. Many more are grieving and recovering from the shock of losing. That is their world; they are rational political beings. The most …
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Well, I used to think that only the All Progressives Congress (APC) is exploiting and cynically looking to profit from the Boko Haram impasse. I mean, just a few days …
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Let me warn you, reader, in advance: If you have a squeamish constitution, please do not read this piece. Just stop here and flee, for the story I’m about to …
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Since the onset of the ongoing insurgency in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, spearheaded by the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko Haram (Western Education is Sin), against the Nigerian State, the …
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Visiting Nigeria in mid-November, I became aware that the country was going through darkening times. The choice of adjective—darkening—is rather advised. For several decades, Nigeria has been mired in dark …
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With just a month or two left for us to go to the polls to elect those who would determine our future in the next four years, Nigerians have witnessed …
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At the Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared his ambition to contest the 2015 Presidential Elections, the incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, vowed …
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An Igbo proverb: A child that dances to the sweet melody of “surugede” does not know surugede is the song of the spirits. This is exactly the kind of dance …
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A victim of circumstance is a person whom something bad happens to because of factors outside his control. I’m not from Abia state, neither am I a fan of the …
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“People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible” – US Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor. The resilience and determination of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to …
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Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Ahamafule Orji, Abia State and the Media War
by Suleiman Ojiby Suleiman OjiIn war of propaganda any side with a megaphone will certainly have the loudest voice. The other party without a megaphone cannot shout louder. When some people on the staff …
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My weeklong visit to Nigeria last week was enlightening. Here’s one of the clearest things I discovered: that most enlightened Nigerians are deeply dissatisfied, indeed troubled, by the state of …
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Must Rule Charlatan Syndrome is a kind of political disease mostly transmitted to politicians by their politically demented supporters. The infected victims are every where in the polity of our …
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It always comes down to this. How selfish, greedy and insensitive can some of these our rulers be? They are parasites feeding fat on the blood of the people, causing …