Biafra by Other Means: Achebe, Awolowo and the Civil War of 1967-70 – By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Oct. 13, 2012 – The recently released civil war memoirs of Prof. Chinua Achebe There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra has generated a violent and virulent furore in regards to comments made by the author in regards to late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s conduct as […]

Gov. Peter Obi: The “Saint” who Sinned – By Churchill Okonkwo

By Churchill Okonkwo | NNP | Oct. 12, 2012 – In the beginning, he claimed not to be a politician but a saint and successful businessman that volunteered to serve and build a new Anambra. Less than 2 years to the end of his tenure, Ndi Anambara are beginning to see the true color of […]

Port Harcourt Bridge Collapse; Emblematic of Public Infrastructures in Nigeria – By Paul Adujie

By Paul I. Adujie Esq., | New York, NY | Oct. 8, 2012 | As I wrote to complain and gripe about the traffic mayhem and gridlocks on Nigerian roads last week, and more particularly so, about the traffic standstill in Choba Port Harcourt, a bridge on a major road artery in Port Harcourt actually […]

Nigeria: Slumbering or in Induced Coma? – By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Oct. 7, 2012 – Precisely a week ago, I was unable to attend an event that I had so much looked forward to in the last few years. This was the inaugural lecture, as a Professor of Public Administration, of someone who twenty years ago ceased to […]

Of Politics, Freespeech & Religious Extremism – By Leburah Ganago

By Leburah Ganago | NPP | Oct. 4 , 2012 – In the 2012 election year, Republicans have made it clear that bad news is good news for them. All along, they have been strategizing  for bad economic news- slow economic recovery, bad monthly job reports  have always provided them with their own version of […]

52 Years of Flood in Nigeria – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2012 – So, who do we blame, and really is it a blame game or the scary realisation that we are just a nation run on auto-pilot, one for which after 52 years, we are still plagued largely by the same problems? We are 52, […]

The Re-invention of Goodluck Jonathan (III) – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | NNP | October 4, 2012 – The first instalment in these series was published on 1December 2011 while the second instalment was on 13 September 2011. In these series, which will not run consecutively, I will try to monitor the putative re-inventions of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) and the consequent […]

Nigeria: A Tale of Three Generations – By Anthony A. Kila

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Oct. 2, 2012 – At today’s Independence Anniversary declaration, we are compelled to analyse the history of Nigeria once again. The first imperative is that although a lot of people try to make it appear a complex and peculiar incredible series of events and situations, the history […]

”Nigeria is Just a Toilet of a Country Where Evil Reigns”- Lord Apsley – Femi Fani-Kayode

By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | October 2, 2012 – Lord Apsley and I were colleagues at Harrow School in England approximately 36 years ago. I have never forgotten his uncharitable remarks about Nigeria which led to a heated arguement between us. At that time I found it ironic, and I still do, that this […]

Patience Jonathan, The Inimitable Dame! – By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 26, 2012 – It is a classic case of ‘One Week, One Controversy’!  And the inimitable Dame, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has been in the news again. She hardly disappoints. Perhaps, before your read this piece, Mrs. Jonathan would have returned from Germany where she had gone “to […]

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