By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 30, 2015 – The governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, once defined armed robbery as “small work with big pay.” Armed robbers, in their laziness, lounge around as others toil for a living, and then, they emanate from their shadowy hideouts and criminal dens to rob and […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 11, 2015 – Human behaviors are mostly determined by interests, be them group, personal, ideological or class interests. These interests can be outrageous, dictated by selfishness, avarice, mean-spiritedness, etc. They can also be altruistic, determined by indisputably selfless concerns for the betterment of others. These diverse interests […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 31, 2015 – The lecture, Wole Soyinka delivered at Harvard University titled, “Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies”, was something of an acidic tirade. It read like a vent of disgust and frustration with the state of affairs in Nigeria. He was caustic in his denunciation of Goodluck Jonathan, […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 15, 2015 – In addition to its defeat in the presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost its dominance in the Senate and the House of Representatives and control of some time-honored PDP states like Plateau, Niger and Benue. Following these losses, the party is in […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 9, 2015 – A onetime American president, Richard Nixon, once wrote that: power is not for everyone because it takes a unique kind of man to win the struggle for power. It takes qualities like courage, perseverance, self-confidence, and especially, the belief in one’s ability to change […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 21, 2015 – Years back, men of God in Nigeria, for the most part, preached hell and heaven. They urged their congregants to live godly lives, so, as to inherit eternal life, in the hereafter. These days, the pastors, generally, preach prosperity. They exhort us to empty […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 13, 2015 – Tears dripped from my eyes as I watched President Goodluck Jonathan’s nationally televised address. His speech was short but momentous. He conceded defeat, and accepted the electoral victory of his political opponent, Mohammadu Buhari. In the lawless and unprincipled milieu of Nigerian politics, that […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Jan. 15, 2015 – The year 2014 bore depressing tales of terrorism, corruption, transnational epidemic, government ineptitude, official brutality, religious exploitations, etc. Like tiny rays of light piercing through an encompassing gloom, the last few months of the year bought us a few refreshing reports. For one, we […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Dec. 4, 2014 – I was recently a guest on a radio talk show. I was to discuss the Nigerian government’s inability, thus far, to contain and defeat the Boko Haram. At one point, the talk show host asked my opinion on the court marshal of mutinous Nigerian […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 27, 2014 – Following the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Jonathan was celebrating his electoral victory. In such elation and jubilation over […]
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