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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 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...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. 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 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...
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...
The American Files Are Not From Heaven: It Was Much More Than Ironsi Not Executing Nzeogwu And Company
- By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
- Published 05/13/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
My understanding of Nigeria’s chequered history from the fifties to the coup period indicates that the political leaders, by their actions and inactions, gave these idealistic, naïve and ambitious soldiers the opportunity to strike. Nigerians were sick of the politicians, though in varying degrees, by January 1966...
President Goodluck Jonathan: A Panacea For 21st Century Nigeria’s Political–Economic Development
- By Benjamin Ogbebulu
- Published 05/13/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Developed and developing countries are going through the most severe global meltdown since the days of great depression. Originated in United States of America, the Economic recession is affecting all major players...
Jonathan, Obasanjo And Alcohol
- By Michael Egbejumi-David
- Published 05/8/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
In actuality, all of our democratic leaders have been recruited and put into office by tribal and political warlords. Jonathan is the latest stooge occupying our national centre stage...
The insensitivity of Abuja land swap and demolitions
- By Ahmed Dodo
- Published 05/8/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Sometimes it seems those selected or elected to rule us are more of aliens than human beings like most of us. This is so because of their inhuman and unsympathetic attitudes to their fellow countrymen and women as they carry out their myopic policies...
Between Inordinate Ambition and Good Governance
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 05/7/2013
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is no longer surprising that inordinate ambition, narrow-mindedness and greed have been the causes of insecurity, mindless corruption, poor or bad governance, all culminating in poverty, mediocrity, underdevelopment and conflicts in many African countries...