Steve Orji One blind spot in Africa’s poltical journey is absence of succession plan in many facets of it’s development endeavour. This has not come as a surprise. The burst of capitalism onto the economic scene of the continent dates back to the early 19th century-featuring dynamic trade engagements between the white settlers and blacks. […]
One blind spot in Africa’s poltical journey is absence of succession plan in many facets of its development endeavour. This has not come as a surprise. The burst of capitalism onto the economic scene of the continent dates back to the early 19th century-featuring dynamic trade engagements between the white settlers and blacks. This was […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo, It was sometime in May 1999 that I dared venture to visit my country, Nigeria, after over nine years in the UK. Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military Head of State, retired Army general and Civil War hero, convicted of treason and incarcerated, nearly executed by the detested dictator, now dead, Sanni Abacha, and brought out of incarceration and […]
By Steve Orji Enchanted eyes see through shades of after dark, To spot ripened fruits on withered trees, Gifted eyes indeed could tell graves of trampled honour, And cruel foots that stood in their places, Only eyes dyed deep in furnace of ancient wisdom, Stare deep and long with halo of a messenger, Unraveling puzzles […]
Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, Nigerians are inherently and by tradition farmers. They live on land resources right from birth as crop farmers, fishermen, herdsmen and other livestock, hunters or related activities that link their survival to the land on which they live. Their produce and all the results of their farming activities are consumed upfront without maintaining or keeping the records. […]
Obinna Akukwe Ohaneze Ndgbo have urged for restraint in the responses from Igbos over the issue of their deported sons and daughters on the orders of Lagos State Government. The group also called for restraint in the ongoing Igbos-Yoruba hate comments to avoid unnecessary tension in the polity. This was stated by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Joe Nwaorgu […]
Obinna Akukwe The disqualification of Prof Charles Soludo from contesting for the governorship of Anambra State under the ticket of APGA has been traced to a presidential pressure from Goodluck Jonathan to the trio of Governor Peter Obi, Chief Victor Umeh and Chief Mrs Bianca Ojukwu . Prof Soludo had earlier been disqualified by the Alhaji Tayo Sowunmi led Gubernatorial Screening […]
Obinna Akukwe, Academic processes and procedures have been bastardized by many universities in Nigeria. I mentioned in the preceding piece ‘Nigerian Universities and the Bastardization of Admission Processes’ that the decay in the admission processes started from the early nineties. The same period witnessed so much strike that academic activities were flippantly suspended. I spent five years in the university for […]
Akintokunbo A. Adejumo I was about to write another article dealing with Africans’ penchant for power, abuse and perpetuation in power, and then our First Lady’s excesses caught my imagination instead, and in a way, what I was going to write was apt to the First Lady anyway. I have studied and observed my people […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo Adjective 1. not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine. 2. unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty. 3. disorderly; uncontrolled. 4. not regulated; irregular: inordinate hours. Greed and inordinate ambition lead to great human tragedy “He that seeks to be […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo Many Nigerians were naturally shocked, concerned and apprehensive at the news on 07 March 2013 that the (notorious, inept and ineffective) Nigerian House of Representatives is planning to include immunity for federal legislators in the on-going amendment of the 1999 constitution, with the bills passing a second reading, and inevitably will be […]
