My father was a professor, and we lived on the University of Nigeria campus in a house full of books; bougainvillea plants lined our driveway in splashes of purple. This was the small, gated world of my childhood: I went to the university primary school, the university children’s library, the university chapel for Sunday Mass. … [Read more…]
By FEMI ADESINA The ruckus over a new (which is in fact old) National Anthem has subsided. And as with many other things, Nigerians have moved on. We always do. For those of us who were in school in the 1960s and 70s, ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’ was the staple we fed on. It was … [Read more…]
By Okey Ikechukwu Let us start the new year on this column by looking at the mining sector and some matters arising therein. This is particularly important because of the much-talked-about need for alternative streams of largescale income for the nation. About two weeks ago the ban on solid minerals exploration and exploitation in Zamfara … [Read more…]
By Oseloka H. Obaze President Bola Tinubu’s Maiden Presidential Media Chat on 23 December, 2024, elicited understandable eclectic reactions. There were rave reviews and some unfavourable judgments. As 2024 ends and Nigerians behold 2025, there will be more punditry and assessments of the 500-and-something days of Tinubu’s rulership and a peep into the crystal ball … [Read more…]
I am of the Igbo stock from Ukala-Okpunor in Oshimili North LGA of Delta State. I am 61 years of age and have from late 1965, during my undergraduate days at Downing College, Cambridge, England, been fascinated by my people, the Igbo, and specifically by what makes them such a pulsating enigma of a people. … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s paradox is that it is as simple as it is complex. In Nigeria, both the simple and complex are fungible. Primarily, Nigerians make simple and straightforward issues unnecessarily complex. Bad leadership, in turn, compounds already complex issues. The sum total of this byzantine political alchemy is that in her sixty-four years of independence, Nigeria’s … [Read more…]
Publication sponsored by: IKENGA NKANU WORLDWIDE Raymond Nwobodo Okenwa was born on April 18, 1949, into the Royal Family of Igwe Ogbuzulu Okenwa Nwadenyi, Igwenezoruoha I, of the Umuokenwa Nwedenwachi Clan in Umuchiani, Oruku, Nkanu-East Local Government Area (LGA) and Madam Mary Nebiem Okenwa, from Umuchinwoko in Akpugo, Nkanu-West LGA. Both parents came from esteemed … [Read more…]
By Steve Oruruo Long foretold, the world has finally gone fully digital. How did we get here? First came the modern binary system in 1679, thanks to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Then George Boole’s work in 1847 on mathematical logic opened the door to universal computation. Decades later in 1954, General Electric installed UNIVAC I, demonstrating … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh On August 27, 2024, Enugu State commemorated its 33rd year of existence as a legal entity and state within the Nigerian federal system. But for the dark clouds and the thunderstorms on that fateful Tuesday, August 27, 1991, everything else was normal —the hustle and bustle of the buzzing atmosphere. The … [Read more…]
By Samuel Ameh Miscommunication is like a pebble that often falls into the pool of human interaction, particularly in the realm of creativity. While some miscommunications can be easily resolved, others linger for days, months, years, decades, and possibly centuries. Recently, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics brought forth a typical example of miscommunication. … [Read more…]
Oseloka H. Obaze Bad leadership and its consequence, bad governance, are dismembering Nigeria. Both are repetends in current Nigerian political discourse. Both are also indicative that rather than focus progressively on nation building, Nigerians are distressing over the unraveling of their country. The New York Times on its 13th June, 2024 front page declaimed that “A resourceful … [Read more…]
By Samson Ugwu Every man is an embodiment of thought-patern, mindset, insight and imagination which reflect in his words and actions. The mindset of a man is one of the factors that determines his altitude and achievements. Similarly the mindset of a political leader also determines the impact he will make in his administration. It … [Read more…]