Matters Arising from Buhari’s Medical Tourism
Opinion February 26, 2017
By Perry Longjohn Having carefully watched the flagging popularity of President Buhari and his government, even among his core support base, the poor, largely uneducated masses in the north, and the even more openly disappointed migrant workers in the south of Nigeria of northern origin, it was clear to me... Read more
Just Before We Forget
Opinion February 23, 2017
By Charles Ogbu On the 31st day of December, 1983, a young over-ambitious but poorly trained Katsina state-born soldier called Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari and Alex Ekwueme and ruled the West African country called Nigeria with iron fist for 20 months before being... Read more
Food for thought on Nigeria
Opinion February 19, 2017
By Nnadi Noracynthia In Nigeria, lazy Men who could not compete in life started blaming Igbo domination for their failures. It may interest you to know that during and immediately after the civil war, Saro Wiwa & family, and then young captain Sani Abacha and family lived in and... Read more
Nigeria and Prodigal Environmental Stewards
Opinion February 12, 2017
Guest lecture by Nnimmo Bassey at the 18th Bassey Andah Memorial Lecture hosted by the Bassey Andah Foundation at Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, Nigeria on Saturday 21st January 2017. —————————————————————————————————————- Let me begin by thanking the Board of Bassey Andah Foundation for giving me the opportunity to share my... Read more
By Adekoya Boladale When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship election in the State, it was not for the desire to vote in a government that will... Read more
Uyo Church Collapse: More of human error than evil forces?
Opinion December 18, 2016
By Bassey Bassey The Akwa Ibom capital, Uyo, like other parts of the state has witnessed tremendous infrastructural development since the advent of the current democratic rule in 1999. Building construction for residential purpose, event centres, filling stations, play ground, churches and educational purpose, has also been on the... Read more
Issues on Natural Resources In SE/SS Nigeria
Opinion November 26, 2016
By Osita Mordi IKWERRE versus IGBO – oil and gas production Many Ikwerre people often claim that Igbos like to “claim them” because of the massive oil and gas resources in their land. The Igbos who according to them lack natural resources like oil and gas, want to annex... Read more
By John Okiyi Kalu As someone raised in Assemblies of God church I can easily tell you that if Rev. Dr Uma Ukpai had dressed in “ishi agu” attire in the 70s many in the church would have seen him as a backslider. In fact when he started... Read more
By Duru Lyndia Chika The 8th wonder of the world is how Nigerian President; Muhammadu Buhari managed to convince sane adults and some foreign countries that his govt is waging war against graft. Fact is, there is no war against corruption. The so called anti-graft war is one hell... Read more
By Adekoya Boladale Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, Florence Chukwu, Abdullahi Umaru, Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, Bridget Agbaheme and Eunice Elisha all have one thing in common; they were gruesomely murdered in cold blood by religious fanatics acting on the disguise of impulsive cerebral dysfunction termed blasphemy. For Christiana, a mother of... Read more
