Moment to Reflect by Oguchi Nkwocha, MDMonday, February 23, 2015
A storm rages. A flash of lightning announces the arrival of the following frightful thunder clap. It reveals briefly but with the clarity of a thousand daylights how and where the feckless ship of state called Nigeria tosses precariously, caught in the black void of the vortex of a perilous sea. I ...
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Plain Lessons from ScotlandWednesday, September 17, 2014
On the eve of the all-important vote for Scotland s separation from UK, a Scottish lad was interviewed on public Radio about why and how he had come to a Yes decision after months of being undecided. He agreed that life was good with the status quo Scotland in UK, as it has been for three hundred od ... |
Time to say, No! to NigeriaMonday, May 19, 2014
Over two hundred Christian girls are in captivity somewhere in Northeastern Nigeria and contiguous territories, abducted with impunity from Chibok, Borno State, and are now being forcibly converted to Islam (and who knows what unthinkable else) by Boko Haram. How many? How? Where did they go? How is ... |
Domingo Obende and the Gay Culture: Wicked and Ignorant ValuationThursday, January 23, 2014
A measured response to There Is No Value In Gay Culture, Says Senator Domingo Obende, Posted: Jan, 21 2014, 3:01PM Sahara Reporters. (http://saharareporters.com/news-page/%E2%80%9Cthere-no-value-gay-culture%E2%80%9D-says-senator-domingo-obende) ... |
At The Bewitching Hour: Nigeria Clocks In At 100 Still In DenialSunday, January 5, 2014
KNOWN DIFFERENCES Time was when the British colonialists were accused of creating one-Nigeria in total ignorance of the stark differences existing between the different peoples that erstwhile lived independently and as neighbors in the geospace currently occupied by Nigeria prior to 1914. ... |
At The Bewitching Hour: Nigeria Clocks In At 100 Still In DenialThursday, January 2, 2014
KNOWN DIFFERENCES Time was when the British colonialists were accused of creating one-Nigeria in total ignorance of the stark differences existing between the different peoples that erstwhile lived independently and as neighbors in the geospace currently occupied by Nigeria prior to 1914 ... |
Warfare among TribesMonday, November 25, 2013
Have you run across this recipe for Tribes facing the dissolution of the treaty that binds them together? Here it is: Pass a referendum bill referendum campaigns conducted in a constructive manner the need for a robust yet respectful debate arguments passionate and at times heated , but inf ... |
Decoding The Threat: Nigeria's Message Through Governor Fashola To The IgboTuesday, August 6, 2013
Nevertheless, he warned that while his government respects the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the constitution , none of them is absolute in the way that some experts want the public to believe. This is quoted from: Governor Fashola Dismisses Story His Gove ... |
Corpses, Igbo Corpses, Biafran Corpses, In IgbolandMonday, February 25, 2013
Hardly anyone remembers this headline on BBC News of Tuesday, 8 December 2009: Nigerian hospital 'overwhelmed by corpses from police' , reported by Caroline Duffield, BBC News, Lagos. That hospital is the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa ... |
Nigeria: Averse to FactsThursday, October 11, 2012
Nigeria is a place where facts mean nothing. Regarding Professor Achebe's not-as-yet-released book, There Was A Country , pre-release excerpts have caused an already rumbling active volcano re-cocking for eruption to explode prematurely. At the center? Chief Awolowo's role in Nigeria's genocidal wa ... |
Olympics and the giantMonday, August 20, 2012
Nigeria's performance (or lack thereof) at the recently concluded London Olympics provides not just another sentinel event (since sentinels warn of approaching danger) but rather, a confirmation and affirmation of an already failed and self-destructing state. Leave it at that and move on to other un ... |
Olympics and the giantMonday, August 20, 2012
Nigeria's performance (or lack thereof) at the recently concluded London Olympics provides not just another sentinel event (since sentinels warn of approaching danger) but rather, a confirmation and affirmation of an already failed and self-destructing state. Leave it at that and move on to other un ... |
In Rejection of the OHANAEZE Constitutional Review Draft document…Thursday, July 19, 2012
OHANAEZE Draft Submission to NASS Committee on Nigerian Constitution Review A Response from BIAFRA FOUNDATION on behalf of Igbo People We have studied the OHANAEZE Draft Submission to NASS Committee on Nigerian Constitution Review (supposedly on behalf of Igbo-speaking ... |
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