Revisionists are everywhere. For the most part they are attempting to rework history by allowing their prejudices, illiteracy, and preconceived notions to cloud their reasoning. These critics have become masters at injecting willful fallacies, calculated falsehood and historical nonsense into history…
Last Friday, May 28, was the 15th anniversary of the death of my father, Christopher Chidebe Ndibe, a man who was C.C. to his friends and, simply, C. to his wife. For me it’s somewhat hard to believe that so many years have rolled by since the passing of the most morally well-funded man I have ever known…
To be hated and to be loved is one of the ironies of being a Nigerian. If you are a resident of the United States, and you observe your immediate community as much as I do, you may have felt or noticed the simmering heat emanating from the tension within the Black World…
Only a decade and half ago, most of what constituted entertainment on television in Africa were B-grade Hollywood and Bollywood movies. Contrast that with now. African movies are everywhere. The access to these movies is so widespread, it’s unbelievable…
Sovereignty, Economic Security, Barrack Obama's Visit, Jonathan, 2011 Election And The Development Of Nigeria
In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being equal, the more resources a country has at its disposal, the more development programmes it can accomplish…
Sovereignty, Economic Security, Barrack Obama's Visit, Jonathan, 2011 Election And The Development Of Nigeria
In order to accomplish its development pogrammes and make its citizens live much better, a country needs different resources: human, mineral, intellectual, land, water, financial, etc. Obviously, all things being equal, the more resources a country has at its disposal, the more development programmes it can accomplish…
The attraction to politics should not be inspired by the pay because in ideal situations, politicians are people who are already established in one call of life and would need to take a pay cut and put in time to the service of their constituencies…
Understandably and regrettably, most politicians are not lawyers. As a result, they are not always sure of their political rights. They often rely on opinion leaders and views expressed in newspapers and magazines, which are often misleading, inaccurate or biased…
Nigeria needs to re-think the fight against corruption, and a general amnesty programme could offer the needed break with the unproductive, selective justice and vendetta-driven strategies of the past…
President Jonathan Ebere Good Luck is not at the moment great. However, he has every opportunity to write his names with gold. On the surface, he is a lucky man as his name suggest. It appeared that he was always in the right place at the right time and for the right reason…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives recently attempted another of its legislative misadventure, when it sought to decree into existence a two party system for the country through a legislative fiat…
