The Excellent, the Special and the Nigerian Factor – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2014 – One of my recent articles, “The problem with the striking doctors”, elicited a number of responses from my readers. Some of them called me on the phone, some texted in their messages and others e-mailed me.  They were almost evenly divided between those who thought […]

A Presidential Red Herring – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 26, 2014 – The recently held International Youth Day Conference in Abuja was an occasion for President Goodluck Jonathan to address economic, political and other issues with specific relevance to the Nigerian youths. The forum presented an opportunity for the president to showcase his administration’s accomplishments, or […]

Who Really Deserves to Be Impeached? – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 8, 2014 – With the story of his life, especially, that seemingly miraculous rise to power, Goodluck Jonathan won the love and admiration of so many Nigerians. Nigerians saw him as a man thrust forth by Providence to usher in a new era of good governance and […]

Fueling the Culture of Impunity – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 28, 2014 – Long ago, that relentless nonconformist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, in one of his many sad songs, Sorrow, Tears and Blood, lamented official brutality in Nigeria. He sang about people running and scattering and confusion was everywhere because the police and the soldiers were coming. And […]

University Degrees Do Not Make Leaders – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 17, 2014 – Leadership is more an art than science. It is therefore hard to set rules, theories and formulae for good leadership. Despite their differences in background, weaknesses, strengths, personal habits and styles of leadership, good leaders tend to have some qualities in common: vision, courage, […]

A Perversion of the Gospel – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 13, 2014 – For many years, I heard about the famed Christian preacher, Uma Ukpai. Finally, I was opportune to see him and listen to him. It was at Pastor Josh Umechuruba’s church in Lanham, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC). His audience was Nigerian with a […]

Free Speech & The Lessons of History – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 28, 2014 – Democracy is the best form of government. Consequently, the most successful countries of the world are mostly democracies. These are countries that allow independence of thought and freedom of expression. They do not repress individual rights to free speech in an attempt to protect […]

The Measure of a President – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – At the 2014 Democracy Day Interdenominational Church Service, President Jonathan talked about his enemies. He called them evil forces, and said that their violence and other distractions are planned to bring down his government. It was the Nigerian president at his best – his […]

Now That Sucession is in Vogue – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 9, 2014 – I am totally opposed to the dissolution of Nigeria. I am an avowed, unrepentant proponent .of one Nigeria, Advocates of secession, sometimes, attribute Nigeria’s litany of problems to the country’s diversity and size, and thus, argue that the solution of these problems is in […]

I Propose Buhari/Ngige Ticket – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 10, 2014 – The fundamental problem of the Nigerian society is lawlessness. It is lawlessness that finds its most frequent and widespread expressions in acts of corruption. It is leadership that informs and shapes a nation. A nation essentially “draws its will principally from the example of […]

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