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President Jonathan Legacy: A Lesson For Posterity
- By Ritchie Ejiofor
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
A Stiff Sentence for a Pickpocket & Con Man
- By Sheyi Oriade
- Published 05/23/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Had the notion occurred to, and the possibility existed for, Kelvin Ighodalo to have sought the counsel of a Careers’ Adviser prior to embarking upon his chosen career, for which he is now to spend an extended period behind bars; he might have been counselled to pursue a career path in Nigerian politics...In Achebe's company 'the prison walls fell down'
- By Max Amuchie
- Published 05/23/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
In the couple of months following his death up to his burial, the world has risen in unison to celebrate Chinua Achebe as a man universally acclaimed to be the father of modern African literature and as the man who used literature to bring Africa to the world...Where the rain began to beat us
- By Nnaemeka Oruh
- Published 05/23/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Encounter with Chinua Achebe: A Critique of Traditional Igbo Society
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 05/23/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Upon my return to Lagos in February, 1974, I was commissioned by the US Embassy in Lagos to interview the author of Things Fall Apart, for publication in their magazine...Which gods must be appeased?
- By Okey Ndibe
- Published 05/20/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
British colonialism built roads, established networks of communications, and established bureaucratic jobs that encouraged – or forced – people to wander outside their immediate natal addresses. Yet, wherever they went within Nigeria, the compass for these half-hearted Nigerians remained pointed towards that home...Why this State of Emergency May Fail
- By Michael Oluwagbemi II
- Published 05/20/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The world of security and strategic thinking is not for the fickle minded; neither is it for the “go along” person. In this world, knee jerk reactions are often not the right ones. While emotions should give way to careful analysis, so should logic and strength of conviction be carefully weighed and ingratiated in the decision making process...JAMB and the Integrity Question
- By Peter Ejirika
- Published 05/20/2013
- Education
- Unrated
A cursory glance at the news media’s account of the management and reporting of the scores of the recent Jamb Exam is very troubling to any beneficiary of Nigeria’s education system...The Role of Health Care in Socio-Economic Development of Nigeria
- By Ronke Adebiyi
- Published 04/11/2013
- Health & Environment
- Unrated
Nigeria is a nation rich in natural resources and earthly beauty. However, there are a number of issues blocking its socio-economic growth and development. Chief among these issues are the problems of healthcare and unemployment...Recent Articles
From “Village” Ethics To A Moral No-Man’s Land
- By Okey Ndibe
- Published 05/18/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Part of Okonkwo’s curse is to lack the mental wherewithal to realize how the white man, though outnumbered, has nevertheless radically transformed Umuofia. Achebe’s tragic hero goes to his death without understanding how thoroughly the white man has redrawn Umuofia’s – nay Africa’s – map. Okonkwo has no inkling that his nine villages had become, in effect, the tiniest dot on a much larger map...
The Afropolitan Fear of Traditional Religion
- By Ololade Siyonbola
- Published 05/18/2013
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
Available for sale in certain parts of Lagos are chopped human body parts. They may be sold from the back of a car or in more remote parts of neighboring towns. They are used most often for rituals requiring human sacrifice for gaining riches. The demand for these body parts is so high that Nigeria especially remains besieged by an undeclared state of emergency...
The Problem with Fixing Nigeria: How to if we really try
- By Michael Oluwagbemi II
- Published 05/15/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
There is this natural tendency to despair in the rot called Nigeria even when one lives in this paradise of misgovernance in fits and bursts. However, despair is exactly what the rulers of Nigeria want us to feel...
Charles Chukwuma Soludo Vs Nasir El-Rufai: The Rising Stars Of Nigerian Politcs
- By Sadiq A. Abdullahi
- Published 05/15/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
After reading Nasir El-Rufai’s The Accidental Public Servant, I anticipated that many people would have something to say about the book. Those people who have implicated in the book have started voicing their dismay...
Ahiara Diocese: Time For Truce
- By Peter Claver Oparah
- Published 05/15/2013
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
I find really disturbing the on-going slugfest over who should succeed Late Bishop Victor Adibe Chikwe as the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese...
The Accidental Public Servant
- By Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
- Published 05/15/2013
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
It is an indelible historical fact that Nigerian political development has been shaped by chance happenings, of unprepared leaders accidentally jumping onto the stage, rigging themselves into high political offices, for which they are neither academically equipped nor did they possess the requisite experience in statecraft...
Let Jonathan and Amaechi fight…
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published 05/13/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
What is the cause of the fight? Simply and again, speculations are rife that Ameachi, once a close confidante and a member of Jonathan’s kitchen cabinet is nursing a vice presidential ambition together with a candidate from the North. If that is true, it would be a strong challenge from one ‘brother’ to another.
Would CAN elect Desmond Tutu President?
- By A.A. Kila
- Published 05/13/2013
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Long after Tutu showed the world how the church can help people against tyranny and bad governance, Nigerians had to deal with brutal military regimes and corruption, and we are yet to discover the positions of many of our most prominent men and their women of God against those that oppress and abuse power...