Nigerian psyche warping dilemma (1)
The most disturbing phenomenon confronting our youth is the absence of space for ventilating positive attitudes in daily life. People in active life tend...
Primary education woes
Primary education is foundational. It could be described as the base of education. Where it does not exist, no superstructure is conceivable. At this...
Despotic politics
I will speak today of despots. They are usually people from low estates who hit stardom by chance and become so enamoured with their...
Brightening story of Nigerian Railways
I must, here, tell the story of Nigerian Railways for the education of our new generation of technocrats. My father, Jacob Oguguom Odu, was...
Flashback: Town and Gown concourse 1990
I was National President of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association from 1989 to 1991 (two terms). By happenstance, Chairmanship of Conference of Alumni...
Destabilising whispers from Northern power elite (2)
Even as minorities have risen to relevance, people are upset. Yet there was courting of the same minorities when it mattered most in the...
‘Nigeria: The Imperative Alternative’ by Ben Ogu – A philosophical analysis
When a human being is motivated to subscribe energies towards betterment through printed matter, he builds on two presumptions: first that he has something...
A letter to Igbo youth (2)
The general elections in 2011 showed that you have become aware of your role, especially in Imo and Anambra where you called a halt...
Jingles, chants but no issues at APC Enugu rally
The signs that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was an ill-prepared contraption in Nigeria’s democratic experiment were apparent from the campaign rally held in...
Nigeria police: Monstrous forebodings of institutional corruption (2)
Nze Chukwuma Nwachukwu was a permanent secretary in the Local Government Ministry during Ikedi Ohakim’s administration. He had employed Anthony Anyanwu for purposes of...
