One year after the death of Chief Abiola, General Sanni Abacha died. Though his death was unexpected and sudden, it was a welcome relief to the people who have for several years been gagged, coerced and silenced by a regime headed by an empty headed drunk…
There is raging debate between Nigerians as to whether or not Nigeria indeed requires branding or re-branding, and if so, whether such effort ought to be Nigeria’s priority…
There is raging debate between Nigerians as to whether or not Nigeria indeed requires branding or re-branding, and if so, whether such effort ought to be Nigeria’s priority…
On a Sunday morning, you should try this experiment: turn your television on, sit back and listen. From some Christian synagogues, to some of the mosques that dot the Nigerian stratosphere, you find men of God playing hide and seek with the destinies of an already traumatized people…
Long before the formation of the most ferocious non-state group to ever traverse the Nigerian landscape, I had penned a series of essays warning of dire consequences: unless measurable and significant actions are taken to ameliorate the sickening socio-economic and political conditions that were pervasive in the Niger Delta…
Recent post elections uproar in Iran witnessed internal and external manipulations. I wholeheartedly supported and still support Iranians who seek a better society and a better country…
Despite the influx of an accumulated $30 billion of crude revenue, the poor in Nigeria continue to languish without jobs, education, healthcare or the bare necessities of life, while the small percentage of rich mostly with their extorted money manage to get whatever luxuries they want…
The “Maternal home system”, just like the African extended family system that I’d written about in the past should be of research interest to scholars and individuals who are interested in understanding types and nature of relationships in Africa…
The illiterate of the 21st century, in the words of the American writer Alvin Toffler, will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn…
Why do continental Africans and people of African descent feel the need to wear blue, green and cat-like contact lenses? Who, exactly, does a continental African with blue eye looks like?
Is there any possible rational explanation for the nationality one comes from? Is there any reasoning to the selection of people in a country or even continent? Why was one man born an American and another a Nigerian?