By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 23, 2019 – As usual, on October 1, 2019, Nigeria held her annual ritual: the commemoration of Nigerian independence. The day that was celebrated fifty nine years after is October 1, 1960. On that historic day, the Nigerian Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Belewa, concluded his speech with, […]
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | November 21, 2019 – I have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II. However, the critical mass of Nigerians still seems to be going about their daily social activities as if nothing frightening is in the offing. […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 17, 2019 – To become the president of Nigeria, a presidential candidate must battle for power and be bruised, battered and bloodied in the political trenches for power. The global advance of democracy and its peaceful transfer of power, through the ballot box, made obsolete Mao Tse Tung’s […]
By Teresa Studzinski, Arlene J. Schar, and Dr. David Leffler – “May you live in ‘interesting’ times” is an oft quoted expression to connote living in times of danger and uncertainty, and surely the citizens of the Middle East are living in such unprecedented times. Countries divided against themselves will not last long. And so the […]
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | November 8, 2019 – Genevieve Nnaji is a brilliant and impressive filmmaker. To be frank I never anticipated from her the level of sophistication and intellectual audacity she has exhibited since her emergence on a global stage. She deserved a lot of credit for rewriting the perception of Nollywood female […]
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | October 23, 2019 – Ralph Miliband was a key twentieth century political thinker. Ralph Miliband once said that the hottest place in hell will be reserved for those who sit on the fence in the face of great moral crisis. No one will want to go to the […]
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | October 23, 2019 – When he emerged from obscurity as the favourite of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, then incumbent governor of Lagos State, not many persons gave him a chance, least of all residents of the bustling metropolis of Lagos. He sooner became governorship candidate of then Action Congress (AC) […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 22, 2019 – During the Ambode administration, there was a lull in Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) officials’ harassment of the poor and hapless Nigerians trying to survive the impoverished mess that our morally bankrupt rulers made of this country by hawking in the streets of Lagos. But, […]
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | October 13, 2019 – Expectations are heightening among inhabitants and political watchers of Bayelsa state politics as the state gubernatorial election slated for November 16 draws nearer. The query is centred on whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should continue to rule the state or there should be […]
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | October 12, 2019 – Let me start by confessing that recent events in Nigeria have not only shamed my trust, they have also shown how complicated we are as a people. In 2015, Muhammadu Buhari swore to “serve as president to all Nigerians” and uphold the Rule […]
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