Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]
Them belly full, but we hungry, by Owei Lakemfa
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is in a celebratory mood as more politicians defect, depleting the ranks of the rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In what was like a tsunami in Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa and their political appointees, defected. However, such defections are not unexpected as the ruling party, […]
“One-party participatory democracy” by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On 13 December 1972, Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, signed into law the Constitution (Amendment) Acts, numbers 3,4 and 5 ending the country’s First Republic and ushering in a new constitution for the country, which promised a “One-Party Participatory Democracy” under “one and only one party…., namely, the United National Independence Party (UNIP).”
Nigerian Killings: Is enough not enough? By Tonnie Iredia
From 2009 when insurgency reared its ugly head in the Northeast of Nigeria till today, it has been killings, killings and killings in Africa’s most populous nation. Authentic figures of how many citizens have since died or suffered from traumatic kidnapping are unknown. What is not in dispute however is that insecurity is now topmost […]
Nigerians are desperate without hope, by Dele Sobowale
“There are no desperate situations; only desperate men [and women and children]” – Josef Goebbels, 1897-1945. Adolf Hitler’s Chief of Propaganda, during the last hundred days of the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich, was the man saddled with the task of broadcasting frequently fake news about the war situation to the German people – who […]
Fear not, you shall overcome, by Funmi Komolafe
Christ lives and this gives us the confidence that we serve a living God.Christ rose from the grave after three days. Matthew 28 vs. 5&6 ( KJV) bears testimony. It states: “ And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He […]
