The Other Problems Of Corruption
If we can’t call corruption by its appropriate name consistently, regardless of place, time, context, and who is involved, how can it be fought? If Nigerians cannot forge a consensus—forget unanimity—on how to name corruption, if they cannot agree on the indicators of malfeasance, how can they...
Time to Change Nigeria’s National Flag
Nigeria undoubtedly has one of the world’s worst designed flags.
1 in 20: The fight for varsity places in Nigeria
Nigeria’s 170 million people have a grand total of 156 universities, when we should have at least two or three thousand.
The shenanigan of Portuguese embassy
it transpired that the Portuguese Government had determined not to grant visas to citizens of Nigeria and India!
Grandpa in Politics: The Necessity of Sober Reflection
The good news for Professor Ango Abdullahi is that no Nigerian who has followed his history of public utterances since the 1980s runs the risk of accusing him falsely of being blessed with the ability to place reflection before speech.
The Fear of Things Fall Apart.
Pa Achebe has made a graceful exit. He must have rejoiced to have seen the internet blossom. For it pained him – he said as much in interviews - that not enough authentic stories are coming out of Africa.
Northern elders doing their best to demonise Jonathan
How do you pacify this group of old, wily, shifty and disgruntled regional political champions? With northern elders like these, Jonathan can never win. Jonathan will be damned if he ignores them. He will also be damned if he listens to them.
Monkey Business in the Ivory Coast
The Ivory Coast government is founded upon racketeering, smuggling and the arbitrary use of power by unelected thugs who operate with impunity.
Just Look at the Time!
I have been here for a while, beginning with a contribution to this page 30 years ago in the maiden issue of The Guardian on Sunday.
From “Village” Ethics To A Moral No-Man’s Land
One of the enduring lessons in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is that the ethical interests of the Umuofia community assert themselves, again and again, over the overweening pride and impulsive actions of the novel’s tragic hero, Okonkwo.
NATION BUILDING: HOW WE MISSED THE PLOT
It took me by surprise. Well, since it is the refrain that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable it was unusual for someone so highly placed to say the British should have seen so clearly how different we are as peoples, North and South of Nigeria.
The hypocrisy of yesterday’s men
A loosely bound group of yesterday’s men and women seems to be on the offensive against the Jonathan administration.
Jonathan’s Half-Time: Club Down, Manager Out
May 6th 2013 would make it 3 years since Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became president of Nigeria. As an elected government, the administration would be celebrating its second anniversary next week.