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Thursday, September 5th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 5, 2013 – In his article: The bitter truth about the Igbo, Femi Fani-Kayode spectacularly exhibited his ignorance, narrow-mindedness, xenophobia and a penchant for lying. The three part article is a shameless convulsion of Nigerian history, brazenly, skewed against the Igbo. It is tendentious rubbish, just a […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, July 13th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 13, 2013 – Recently, Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), called for a one day sit-at-home. I was deeply disturbed that people, especially at Onitsha, heeded his call. But then, the masses barely think, and consequently, […]
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Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – It is leadership that defines a nation. Essentially, it builds or destroys a nation. General Charles de Gaulle relevantly stated that “nothing great can be done without great (leaders)”. In other words, national greatness can only result from great leadership, and corollary, national decline […]
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Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 2, 2012 – Peter Viereck once defined barbarism as “blindness to the standards of conduct which civilization has over eon imposed on human nature”. Civilization is less about scientific inventions and technological advancement and their concomitant enhancement of the quality of life for the generality of humanity. […]
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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / May 26, 2013 – In theory, Nigerian institutions, like the Church and government agencies, are motivated by the loftiest ideals. Usually, they have mottoes: pithy and poetic expressions defining their guiding principles and objectives. But due to the moral and ethical collapse of the Nigerian society, occasioned by […]
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 15, 2013 – Members of a terrorist gang that has targeted and bombed civilian centers; murdering and maiming the innocent in droves deserve severe punishment. Therefore the prospect of an amnesty for Boko Haram rankles and boggles the mind. In its gross unfairness, it disregards the comeuppance […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Laghos, Nigeria | April 16, 2013 – Undoubtedly, Boko Haram is a terrorist organization. It is indiscriminately striking at civilian centers, wantonly murdering and maiming the innocent and the defenseless. Its bomb laden, suicidal operatives have bombed places as innocuous as bus stations and sanctuaries as inviolable as the church. It […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 -A female friend of mine is a born again Christian. Routinely, she preached the bible to me and invited me to different Christian crusades. One day, I visited her at her furniture showroom. I was appalled by how this “Christian” friend of mine treated her […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 21, 2013 – The German theologian, Prof. Motlman, rightly stated that “it is not the idealistic concept of none violence that is in consonant with the Gospel, but a responsible action of love”. It is a misunderstanding of the Christian Gospel of nonviolence for a man to […]
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / March 8, 2013 – One of the many things that that tireless nonconformist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, did for Nigerian music was to change it from merely a medium for praising and ingratiating the rich and mouthing romantic platitudes to a medium for mass enlightenment and crusading against bad […]
