In any locality, state or country where the leader is weak, not as a result of old age, but out of incompetence, such an environment is bound to grow weaker and the people that such a leader is heading, susceptible to suffering…
Two issues grabbed the headlines this weekend. Here, I will try to examine these issues as reflections of the state of our country Nigeria…
We have a largely complicit elite class that’s just too comfortable and happy with the status quo to be bothered about changing it – only rising up in response to events or people that directly affect or threaten their continued enjoyment…
Social injustice in our country is the real clog in the wheel of progress of the country. This is what Kalu has been toiling to re-write, to make the message of justice clear…
The military intelligence operations in Egypt, which purportedly terminated the democratically elected government of President Morsi, was a coup d’état…
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 but do permit the expression of my frustration about my fatherland…
Nigerian governments, over the years, have voted barely single digits of our budgets to health contrary to international recommendations and the requirements of the World Health Organisation…
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…
The sudden and violent outbursts of power-mongers rowdies are often triggered by the authorities’ failing to meet their unlawful demands…
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…
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…