Mutallab Incident as a Teachable Moment
PAUL I. ADUJIE|NEW YORK, NY|24 JAN 2010
The failed attempt by Umaru Farouk Abdul Mutallab to bomb United Airlines flight 253 out of the air and the aftermaths, have managed to act as a reminder to those who pretend to be temporary citizens of Nigeria, that they are in fact still Nigerians, just like other.. || more
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On Acting President Jonathan
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA|YOLA, NIGERIA|24 JAN 2010
On January 12th, 2010 Nigeria’s President Umar Yar’Adua sent what amounted to a written transmission when he granted an interview to a credible news channel, the BBC. In that interview, President Yar’Adua said that whenever his doctors made a medical || more
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What Good Must I Do?
CORNELIUS OLUKUNLE EWUOSO|IBADAN, NIGERIA|14 JAN 2010
‘The hospital has become my second home’. ‘No day passes by without my going to the hospital either to pay a bill or check on my sick wife’. ‘No week passes by without me having to spend an average of five hours in the hospital’. I have had to move some of my..|| more
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Gov. Fashola & the Nude Dancers
DR. JIDEOFOR ADIBE|LONDON, UK|24 JAN 2010
The recent report that the Lagos state government had shut down four strip clubs around Opebi Street and Allen Avenue in Lagos made headlines and elicited naughty.. || more
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Neglecting the Handicap
TONY-ANTHONY JOHN| NNP|30 JAN 2010
In the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, every Nigerian, irrespective of any circumstance, has right to freedom from discrimination. This, then, leads me.. || more
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Is Nigeria Becoming a Terrorist Haven? (I)
MAX SIOLLUN |NEW NIGERIAN POLITICS|30 JAN 2010
What did Nigeria do to find itself mentioned in the same sentence as "terrorism", and be blacklisted in the same illustrious company as Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya? || more
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Nigeria & Haiti: Case failures in Human Mgt
DR. OLUSEGUN FAKOYA|LONDON, UK|FEB. 2 2010
The Republic of Haiti, a living testimony to the desire of man, irrespective of colour to achieve freedom, is once again in the news. Haiti has caught recurrent international.., || more
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Religious Crisis, Terrorism & Our Security
CHINEDU V. AKUTA|MARYLAND, USA|12 JAN 2010
This must be a very difficult time for Nigerians and Nigeria itself, especially with recent events such as; Bauchi crisis (Kala Kato), the attempt to blow up flight 253 by Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the second Nigerian who caused a security concern on the same... || more
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Why I'll Not Support Prof. Soludo (II)
CHUKWUDI NWOKOYE|MARYLAND, USA|12 JAN 2010
I am sorry to say this but Prof Soludo looks phony to me. Even his campaign picture looks like someone trying so hard to look Igbo! I was in Anambra until a few weeks ago, and the first day I saw his campaign picture coming to while I was coming to Awka from Enugu.. || more
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The Burden of Being a Vice President
DR. JIDEOFOR ADIBE|LONDON, UK|09 JAN 2010
The American entertainer Will Rogers summed up the job description of a ‘good’ Vice President: “The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ‘How is the President?’” For Hubert H. Humphrey, || more
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Message to Nigerian Students
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA|YOLA, NIGERIA|05 JAN 2010
The incontestable evidence that the Nigerian student of today has caught the strange sickness of inaction and passivity under any degree of provocation was when the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), after the four months of...|| more
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Happy New Year to Nigerians! Not For Me!
AKINTOKUNBO ADEJUMO|LONDON, UK|04 JAN 2010
I just chatted with a friend, Gani on Facebook this morning (the morning after Boxing Day) and the first thing I told him is that I am a sick, frustrated, despondent and discouraged Nigerian. Gani shared my views and all I listed above but, true Nigerian as he is..|| more
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Is President Yar'Adua Dead?
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA| YOLA, NIGERIA|12 JAN 2010
The Nigerian President Umar Yar’Adua has been away from duty since November 2009. The rumor about his health is as strong as that about his death. In the news, one” || more
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Do You Believe in Juju?
MAX SIOLLUN|NEW NIGERIAN POLITICS|14 JAN 2010
In a country as deeply religious as Nigeria, there is still great belief in non-Christian/Islamic supernatural forces. Nigerians seem to have a two-tier belief system. On the one... || more
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On Yar'Adua's Health, Benue & Gov Elections
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA|YOLA, NIGERIA|14 JAN 2010
This was published on January 11, 2010. I would like to believe that the month of death should be January and not “December”. The burden is now on the spin doctors of the Yar’Adua.. || more
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Generalizations against Nigerian Muslims...
PAUL I. ADUJIE|NEW YORK, NY|04 JAN 2010
Amateurish criminal action by a Nigerian citizen, against Northwest or Delta flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, has unleashed unwarranted and unbridled criticism against Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian Security Agencies and Nigeria the country. This, even though || more
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The Ladies are Marrying the Men
ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE|RIVERS, NIGERIA|04 JAN '10
Don’t tell enybody that I said this; it is what I have been observing in the society. Nigerian ladies, are marrying their Nigerian men. This is becoming a norm in our country, as against the axiom that, “He who foundeth a wife foundeth favour in the sight of God”. || more
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N250 Million Question for Gov. Peter Obi
ODENIGBO C. ANYAECHE|NEW NIG POL|14 JAN 2010
A man’s word should be his bond. More so when the man is an elected public office holder. In Nigeria and more particularly in the case of Governor Peter Obi, the sitting executive.. || more
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Self-Flagellation & the Abdulmutallab Affair
AKINTOKUNBO A. ADEJUMO| LONDON, UK|12 JAN 2010
Sometime not too long ago, it seems, in the early 1990s, I was at a London court to help interpret for a young Nigerian who had been charged to the court for armed robbery. || more
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Is President Yar'Adua Dead?
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA| YOLA, NIGERIA|12 JAN 2010
The Nigerian President Umar Yar’Adua has been away from duty since November 2009. The rumor about his health is as strong as that about his death. In the news, one” || more
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Do You Believe in Juju?
MAX SIOLLUN|NEW NIGERIAN POLITICS|14 JAN 2010
In a country as deeply religious as Nigeria, there is still great belief in non-Christian/Islamic supernatural forces. Nigerians seem to have a two-tier belief system. On the one... || more
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On Yar'Adua's Health, Benue & Gov Elections
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA|YOLA, NIGERIA|14 JAN 2010
This was published on January 11, 2010. I would like to believe that the month of death should be January and not “December”. The burden is now on the spin doctors of the Yar’Adua.. || more
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Religious Crisis, Terrorism & Our Security
CHINEDU V. AKUTA|MARYLAND, USA|12 JAN 2010
This must be a very difficult time for Nigerians and Nigeria itself, especially with recent events such as; Bauchi crisis (Kala Kato), the attempt to blow up flight 253 by Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the second Nigerian who caused a security concern on the same... || more
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Why I'll Not Support Prof. Soludo (II)
CHUKWUDI NWOKOYE|MARYLAND, USA|12 JAN 2010
I am sorry to say this but Prof Soludo looks phony to me. Even his campaign picture looks like someone trying so hard to look Igbo! I was in Anambra until a few weeks ago, and the first day I saw his campaign picture coming to while I was coming to Awka from Enugu.. || more
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The Burden of Being a Vice President
DR. JIDEOFOR ADIBE|LONDON, UK|09 JAN 2010
The American entertainer Will Rogers summed up the job description of a ‘good’ Vice President: “The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ‘How is the President?’” For Hubert H. Humphrey, || more
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Message to Nigerian Students
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA|YOLA, NIGERIA|05 JAN 2010
The incontestable evidence that the Nigerian student of today has caught the strange sickness of inaction and passivity under any degree of provocation was when the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), after the four months of...|| more
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Happy New Year to Nigerians! Not For Me!
AKINTOKUNBO ADEJUMO|LONDON, UK|04 JAN 2010
I just chatted with a friend, Gani on Facebook this morning (the morning after Boxing Day) and the first thing I told him is that I am a sick, frustrated, despondent and discouraged Nigerian. Gani shared my views and all I listed above but, true Nigerian as he is..|| more
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Is President Yar'Adua Dead?
DR. LEONARD SHILGBA| YOLA, NIGERIA|12 JAN 2010
The Nigerian President Umar Yar’Adua has been away from duty since November 2009. The rumor about his health is as strong as that about his death. In the news, one” || more
