It goes without saying that almost all countries that do business with Nigeria gain more in the relationship than Nigeria and as such would lose more from a break in diplomatic relations…
Does anyone want to be Nigerian anymore? Why are too many Nigerians making so much effort to be everyone else, but Nigerian? Why are so many things Nigerian ceded to foreign controls and operations these days? Is this some inferiority complex?
Judith Miller is in jail for upholding fine principles, and everyone in America is in some sorts of ear-piercing silence! Where is everybody? Why is there no agitation for Ms. Miller’s release? Why is the controversy dead? Shouldn’t we all demand the release of Ms Miller? Why are we not asking, “What Did Judith Miller Do?
To every thesis there is an antithesis and to this a synthesis. However, truth is a never dying process. The truth is that there was no election in Nigeria in 2003 and there won’t be one come 2007…
What should the international community do when oppressive leaders that have maintained themselves in power by rigged election, gangsterism, terror and corruption all in the name of democracy and anti-fundamentalism are removed from power by military force?
Charles Taylor’s removal and departure from Liberia was a sorely needed impetus for ending decades of war, a needed respite for West Africa in search of peace and development. Charles Taylor’s surgical removal from Liberia was at the behest of Nigeria…
Women in Nigeria are beginning to find their place and their voice in a society that was for so long dismissive of their feelings and concerns and their sexual needs. In a society where men thought it was their birthright, a sort of entitlement to have 2 or 4 or as many sexual partners as possible now find that women are now demanding…
There are Nigerians, though occupying very high positions of responsibility, who would never be able to gain my respect and, perhaps, that of other decent Nigerians, until they learn to straighten their crooked paths, and purge themselves of the acute hypocrisy and sickening dissembling that seem to run in their veins…
Attention to IVF must not be allowed to foreclose other options open to combat infertility that would not turn the human origin to subject of vulgar determinism. Human life is still sacred. The basis of IVF, surrogate motherhood and sundry practices is allergic to morality…
By not exercising caution in your choice of stories and captions, you do your profession, the New York Times and the great majority of Americans who are ignorant of life outside the United States, a great disservice…
Without doubt, the present high crime rate in Wilmington is having some adverse effects on the economic and social landscape of an otherwise beautiful city. The city fondly described as “a place to be someone” is fast becoming a city of nobody…