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Sunday, June 2nd, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 1, 2019 – According to the Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing, fifty four buildings collapsed in Nigeria within a period of five years (between 2012 and 2016). This is an average of more than ten buildings collapses every year, which is, by whatever standard, unnervingly excessive. […]
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 8, 2019 – In saner countries of the world, a workman takes pride in the quality of his products. Apart from the pecuniary incentives of his labor, he appreciates his moral obligation to society to uphold professional standards in his work, and, for his credibility, he strives for […]
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 1, 2019 – I am incontrovertibly Igbo, and I am unwaveringly committed to the good of the Igbo. However, I am unrepentantly anti-Biafra. I am opposed to Biafra because the Igbo have the most to lose in the case of a break up of Nigeria. Secondly, Biafra […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | February 28, 2019 – Ndigbo should be wary of Fani-Kayode and Obasanjo By Tochukwu Ezukanma In his earlier writings, Femi Fani-Kayode venomously castigated the Igbo. He accused us of excessive greed and unbridled tribalism, and indicted us for virtually everything that ever went wrong in Nigeria. Olusegun […]
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Sunday, January 27th, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | January 27, 2019 – There are inherent conflicts between sedentary farmers and itinerant herdsmen because of their competing needs for water and ever diminishing arable land and pastures. With population growth and increasing urbanization steadily encroaching on available land, the competition for land between them continually intensifies; increasing the […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | January 17, 2019 – At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus saw a man that had been sick for thirty eight years, and asked him, “Do you want to be made whole”? It was a question that seemed irrelevant and insensitivity. But then, some are sick but do not […]
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2018

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | December 19, 2018 – One Nigeria is not a homogenizing vat where different cultures blend into one. Consequently, although I am an avowed proponent of one Nigeria, I am exceedingly conscious that I cannot be a true Nigerian without first being a consummate Igbo. So, as I brood […]
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Friday, December 7th, 2018

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | December 10, 2018 – It was Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate of Action Congress (AC), that originally wielded the broom, as a symbol of change. It was in November, 2006, and I was at the Old Parade Ground, Abuja to witness his declaration of his presidential candidacy. I was […]
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 22, 2018 – Despite our relentless, vociferous denunciation of Nigeria and her woes, most Nigerians are committed to Nigeria, and her continued unity. As such, any group of Nigerians seeking to secede from Nigeria will invariably incur the wrath of the majority of Nigerians. And, as in […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2018

By Tochukwu Ezunkanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 9, 2018 – It is most exhilarating that as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries ended, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, chose Peter Obi as his running mate. That choice has been characterized as a masterstroke by some political pundits because Peter Obi brings so much […]