Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (II), by Ochereome Nnanna
How did the Igbo nation, in about 70 years, move from dominating the officer grades of the Nigerian Army to being begged to fill their quotas today? The simple answer is that the Nigerian armed and security forces have been the primary kinetic instrument used by colonial Britain and its willing vassal post-colonial Nigerian state […]
The Godfathers who own Nigeria, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Ballots are cast, results are announced, but power is… is negotiated in living rooms, brokered at midnight, and auctioned to highest patron
Stop turning children into prayer warriors, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The societies that thrived were not those that prayed the loudest but those that trained their young to question, reason, and innovate
While Nigerians starve, their governors clap at jets, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The men elected in 1999, for all their faults, would never abandon their states just to line up at an airport and wave at a departing president.
Nigeria and the lessons from Nepal, by Ugoji Egbujo
A few days ago, things fell apart in Nepal. The country had seen political instability and grinding poverty in recent times, but this week it saw the gates of hell open. The parliament was burnt. The presidential palace was ransacked. The government fled. Ministers were dragged through the streets and chased into rivers. The youths said they […]
University age of admission conundrum, by Francis Ewherido
The age for admission of students into Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions is becoming an unending conundrum with no immediate end in sight. With heightened emotions and personal interest, it gets even more interesting and complicated. Last Tuesday in the heavy rain, a group of concerned parents under the banner of The Movement Against JAMB Injustice […]
