An open letter to Kingsley Ogundu Chinda
All human beings are flawed be cause we are all mere mortals. And even those who are essentially decent sometimes do the wrong thing. Kingsley Chinda is a kinsman of Nyesom Wike, the overbearing FCT Minister and ex-Governor of Rivers State. They both hail from the same Ikwerre ethnic group and local government area; and […]
Solving a huge problem
THE recent United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report – which accused Shell and the government of failing to protect my Ogoni homeland from chronic pollution – has generated bitterness as well as satisfaction.
President finally ready for action (we hope!)
Many Nigerians, me included, have complained about the fact that President Jonathan did not hit the ground running as soon as the polling season ended.
Tribute to an icon
The late great Justice Anthony Nnaemezie Christopher Aniagolu, OFR, crammed so many impressive achievements into his curriculum vitae that one wonders how he was also able to do normal things like sleep, eat and enjoy family life.
All that jazz!
CAN someone please explain to me why so many intelligent and seemingly rational Nigerian Christians and Muslims are such ardent believers in juju or “jazz”?!
Suffering and smiling!
NEWCOMERS to this country often ask me why most Nigerians are so slavishly willing to endlessly, cheerfully and calmly tolerate bad situations that would trigger off riots or other forms of mass protest in other parts of the world.
