In 2002, Chinedu Ogoke, a Nigerian writer resident in Germany published his first novel, Under Fire. His second novel is being awaited. In this interview with Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Mr. Ogoke speaks on his work and the state of African Literature in relation to the still thorny issue of audience definition…
According to a World Bank report $3.3 billion was remitted home last year by Nigerians in the Diaspora who topped the list. Some 400 billion Naira approximately wired home is indeed a great feat and it goes to show how Nigerians take home seriously…
No matter what you are doing outside Nigeria, once it is legal, you have a role to play in developing Nigeria…
For the umpteenth time, Anambra State is embroiled in a man-made crisis, staged to arrest the peace and progress of the state. Predictably, the provocateurs of the present crisis are the same as the ones that have spent a great chunk of their active time sowing dread, confusion and disorder in Anambra…
President Umaru Yar’Adua is a listening leader but it appears as if the people are complicating the matters. I support the withdrawal of the military presence in this region, but not to its totality…
Barack Obama Does Some ‘Weightlifting’ and Condi Rice Finds her Voice
by Sheyi Oriade
by Sheyi Oriade
Looking across the vast spectrum of mainstream American politics, but through the perspective of African American representation in the upper echelons of the United States government; one would be hard pressed to find two more notable figures than Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Senator Barack Obama…
Twice a week for three freaking hours, I had to sit in a room and look into the faces of people just like me – except they were not me. I had to look at my failures dead in the eye and face them. If I had a gun, I would have gladly put a bullet in my head…
The question before us is should Nigeria remain as one country? Given the present fraudulent Constitution that deprives bonafide owners of the right to the use of their land,, mineral and human resources first and foremost for their own development, the best option for the south in general is to break away from the North…
The question before us is should Nigeria remain as one country? Given the present fraudulent Constitution that deprives bonafide owners of the right to the use of their land,, mineral and human resources first and foremost for their own development, the best option for the south in general is to break away from the North…
The contemporary brand of Christianity in Nigeria is in dire need of re-branding. We need to face reality and accept the fact that we have failed to meet our own expectations and that of the wider society…
It is only by correctly understanding the class character of Nigeria’s economy and its ruling class that one can appreciate why every general election has always been full of organized violence and fraud…