By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 26, 2015 – The first time I watched Fela perform was in the mid-1970s at the Enugu Campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Then, he was lusty and nimble. He sprang across the stage, as he danced, sang and played both the piano and tenor saxophone. […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | October 26, 2015 – Two recent stories about former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan are likely to have conflicting impacts on his supporters and also on the trajectory of his post-presidency life. The first story is a report that Tanzania is agog with excitement that former President Jonathan […]
The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people, platforms and processes, the richer our democracy, the stronger the society evolves to deliver a brighter future for the sovereign. The greatest residue of our democracy in the last 16 years (1999–2015), […]
Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | October 21, 2015 – The inspiration for this reflection is the arrest and detention of two Nigerian bloggers – Seun Oloketuyi and Chris Nwandu – who respectively run the blogs Naijahottestgist and CKN. According to reports Oloketuyi wrote in his blog that Nnamdi Okonkwo, the CEO of Fidelity […]
By Brian Rees, M.D., M.P.H.; David O’Connell, Ph.D.; and David Leffler, Ph.D. | NNP | October 21, 2015 – For over a decade, 18 African nations have been ravaged by war, exposing military personnel and civilians to violence and trauma. As a result, one hundred million Africans now suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | October 15, 2015 –This piece was inspired by a robust telephone conversation I had with someone who claimed to be an “avid reader of my column”. He was concerned that I might be “over flogging” the issue of nation-building as the panacea to the country’s numerous challenges. […]
By Olakekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | October 15, 2015 – What happens when an organism stops growing? My guess is that you know the answer, but I do not request yours. If we agree with the “evolutionists” that the main purpose of life is growth, then the extinction of certain creatures like dinosaurs […]
By P. Alalibo | NNP | Oct. 10, 2015 – I am disappointed at the president’s long awaited ministerial list that kept the entire nation in suspense and in an expectant mood. Given the presence of old and tired politicians on that list that has invariably diminished expectations, Nigerians should question why it took the […]
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Oct. 4, 2015 – It is heart lifting to receive the news of the triumph of the Nigerian Army against the dreaded group, Boko Haram. This is coming at the time when public support for, and the confidence in, the Military is at all-time low. We can only […]
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – In 2009, Bishop Desmond Tutu was on the campus of the American University of Nigeria as a guest speaker. In his speech, he apologized to Nigerians for the xenophobic attacks on black Africans the previous year. More than five years later today, South […]
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