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 […]
Akunyili is playing the game
By Ochereome Nnanna WITH a lady like Professor Dora Akunyili, there is no dull moment. It is either hot or cold, but mostly hot. She is an interesting personality and public figure to watch. People are either mostly good or mostly bad. But in the case of Dora Akunyili, she is mostly good and sometimes […]
Yar’Adua was OBJ’s dud cheque
NIGERIA has gone into another political impasse. An impasse is a situation in which things neither move forward nor backward. It is a time when a major political issue freezes the nation to a spot, and nobody has time anymore to discuss core issues of development. It is like when a major calamity befalls a family.
A headless body
WATCHING former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair, last Friday answering questions on why he took Britain to war in Iraq, I felt very sad about my country all over again.
Mutallab Snr: Another view
HAPPY New Year, folks! Sorry I did not sign off formally when I proceeded on my annual vacation which, by the way, is still on-going. You know how things can get sometimes. I just had to pop in and say my mind on a couple of issues. The first is the phenomenon whereby Nigeria produced her first international terrorist.
The courts as gambling houses
Once upon a time in this country, election petitions were settled within the two-month intervals between the polls and swearing-in of elected officials. For instance, the staggered elections of 1979 culminated in the presidential poll on August 11, 1979.
