SOC Okenwa
Okenwa writes from Cote D'Ivoire.
Articles by this Author
Africans in the Diaspora: Tears and Cheers!
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/19/2008
- Life Abroad
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According to a World Bank report $3.3 billion was remitted home last year by Nigerians in the Diaspora who topped the list. Some 400 billion Naira approximately wired home is indeed a great feat and it goes to show how Nigerians take home seriously...
Elumelu's 'Suicide Mission' and the Generator Generation
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/16/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The prevalent darkness in our national space has given a sharp rise in the percentage of the generator generation, a generation condemned by leadership mediocrity and the Nigerian factor to living dangerously...
Zimbabwe: Invasion as Solution
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/12/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Zimbabweans deserve praise for their collective rejection of Mugabeism which has ensured nothing but cascading economic and social fortunes. They have collectively said via their votes that Morgan Tsvangirai is more...
Did A 'Jezebel' Murder Commissioner Enoma?
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/8/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Pray, why did the Commissioner prefer disguising himself if the business he had there was of no immoral import? Why did he instruct the hotel personel not to distract him in any manner? Or did he know by some satanic premonition that he was keeping a date with death?
Between Islam and Allam
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/4/2008
- Africa & World
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A religion whose history is steeped in blood and recurring violence, one whose leaders feed the youth daily with the nonsensical doctrine that equates imaginary paradise with glorified matrydom cannot be described rightly as one worthy of emulation...
Encounter With a Melody Woman that 'Stole' my 'Heart'
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 04/1/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
South Africa, to be sure, has many potentials. Apart from being the only sub-Saharan African nation with world-class economy and infrastructures the rainbow nation has given Africa a rich culture...
Idi Amin & His Monumental Mosque @ 36
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 03/29/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
Though Idi Amin in his time demonstrated how a man could be a barbarian in power the mosque and its eventual completion represent an evergreen legacy he left behind...
IBB: A Misunderstood Statesman?
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 03/26/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Is IBB by any means a misunderstood statesman? I think he's not qualified to be addressed as a statesman and least of all a misunderstood one...
The Element of Eliot Spitzer in Some of Us
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 03/23/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
There is an element of Eliot Spitzer in some of us and we rarely accept or acknowledge this fact for fear of repercussions...
Governor Ohakim And The "Otimkpu" Phenomenon
- By SOC Okenwa
- Published 03/16/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Nigeria is full of base fellows. It is a haven for all manner of dishonourable and ignoble people. So there is no point saying that we are about to witness a change of attitude or mentality...
