Biodun Jeyifo (1946-2026), by Obi Nwakanma
There are these times when uttering words feel too overwhelming, because words sometimes weigh like stones. Such moments are like now, when we must make offerings to the memory of a man like Biodun Jeyifo – BJ for short. At his death, I was too tongue-tied to make appropriate tribute. In these times, when vulgar […]
Militarizing the East
This policy of militarizing the East will have a blowback that many have not thought about. And I also really wish that the Biafra activists should understand that they are about to turn the East once again into another theatre of war
Nigerian universities? Where are those? (1)
I hate to rain on this parade, but let us be clear, the Nigerian university system is a sick joke. It does not exist. Or let us say, it does exist, but it exists as a danger to the word itself
Eke-Ukwu Owerri, and Kanu’s meeting with the governors
The business of government is development, but it must not be “forceful development.” Governments work in partnership with the people, through a civilized process of negotiation
The message Buhari passed
This government must begin to take both symbolic and practical steps to restore belief in “one Nigeria” – through social programmes; through actions that validate the supremacy of the citizen under the rule of law and the givens of equity, but not by threat or deceit or force
In Silverspring, Maryland, Umuahians Meet, To Restore, “The Eton Of The East.”
The elements were kinder this time. Friday night was clear. After a few inevitable hiccups, the host branch, the DC/Washington branch, welcomed us all with a reception dinner, and as usual, it was the place to renew acquaintances
