The wave of mass marrying-off of (poor) women which seems to have become a new fad in some northern states – read Zamfara, Kano and Sokoto states – in Nigeria just mirrors every other form of bullying known to us…
So much drama is unfolding in Nigerian political arena today, and the big players seem to care less about the people or the identity of the people they are governing. Otherwise, how best can anyone define the power play or the movement of a political class from PDP to APC?
This past Wednesday, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan elevated crassness and primitiveness to the highest level imaginable by signing into law a bill banning homosexuality in Nigeria…
Why should relationship calamity stop us from loving? We cannot say because we have made wrong choices historically we won’t love. If we continue to do things that some people did that resulted in their demise, why should we not love simply because we or other people have done it in the past and it did not turn out well…
The question among many Abia people is whether Governor T.A. Orji has built a new capital city in the state, except Umuahia…
In my opinion, the current politicking for 2015 and the religious perceptions being created may only fuel an extremist movement. President Jonathan is not my flavor of the month and I will not vote for him but what if he wins fair and square?
Again and again, experts, foreign and home-bred, have foretold that Nigeria was on the cusp of becoming a stupendous economic miracle. With each new prediction, many Nigerians, especially those who presume to be “leaders,” would go into a tizzy of celebration, as if the word potential was interchangeable with reality, as if promise were the equal of performance…
I am deeply troubled by the current pattern that our civilian democracy is trending in Nigeria. It is frightening and if not curtailed, will metamorphose into a cancerous worm that will envelope the entire fabric of the society…
For now, may we say that the disenchantment of the people about Ogboru is not mono-causal. We have said it well enough previously that Ogboru’s repeated failure in getting it right in the end each time the people give him the mandate has had incurably dampening effect on them…
The Southern part of Nigeria is dominated by people who studied in Britain, speak fine English, but are short of the political philosophy evinced in nation-building…
Quality public primary and secondary education provides the fountain for human development and a catalyst for social and economic development in Nigeria; a nation endowed with natural and human resources finds itself politically, socially and culturally polarized…