Confab: Consensus and tribal interest
By Sam Akpe
They talk, rage, throw tantrums and grandstand. Disagreement is a norm. Agreement is optional. Then they vote; and the majority celebrates. While...
Leadership lessons from South Korea
In his concise but revealing book, The trouble with Nigeria, the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, stated emphatically that the only trouble with...
FFM syndrome
What is it about sports, football in particular, in Nigeria? Why does it engage our citizens so much? The passion from citizens is so...
The Nigerian Politician: A Portrait
I am a member of the vast majority, I presume, that holds a very dim view of the Nigerian politician. I understand and fully...
Calls for military take over
Some Nigerians are at it again. They have started doing what they are good at, forgetting too soon how we got to where we...
Genocide? Nyako should shut up
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd) is not an ordinary Nigerian. He was an officer of the Navy who rose to become Chief...
Why me? Coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis
By Ngozi Uche
I cried and cried. I had held out hope that somehow the battery of tests would prove the oncologist’s initial diagnosis wrong....
Putting our people first
Apart from Nigeria, is there anywhere else in the world where foreign agencies and businesses treat the locals with disrespect in their own country...
Nigeria, a failed state?
There are three non-complex books about Nigeria, written by foreigners, which, at a time like this, I am persuaded to re-visit. This is not...
Bourgeoning insecurity
I don’t envy President Goodluck Jonathan. Nobody should wish even his worst enemy to be in the president’s seemingly precarious situation. Nobody assumes the...
