Essays

Permit me to begin by saying that I am proud of being a Nigerian and I would have it no other way. Yet we must look in the mirror once in a while and share some bitter truths about who and what we are. This is not a self-deprecating piece but a journey of self-discovery […]

As each day passes the illusion of a Southern Presidency in 2023 melts away like an iceberg approaching the tropics. At the end of the day both parties will present a Northern candidate, NOTHING will happen and the heavens will not fall. This is because Southerners do not know the meaning of unity or collective

When it comes to the Presidency of Nigeria the facts are as follows. 1. The North West zone has produced a democratically elected President with full executive powers for approximately 15 years since independence. (President Shehu Shagari from 1979 till 1983)(President Umaru Yar’adua from 2007 till 2010)(President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 till 2023).2. The South

When the skeptics say that it is impossible for 800,000 Nigerian civilians to have been killed by Biafran forces during the civil war because the war was fought on Biafran and not Nigerian soil it nauseates me. This is an example of the very real dangers and consequences of believing your own propaganda.Quite apart from

Make of the following what you will and work out the implications. Of the 13 leaders that have led our country since 1960 seven were working for the British MI6 and/or the American CIA. Only the remaining six were working solely for Nigeria. The other seven were firmly within the power, control and grip of

The proposed legislation to send mainly African and Arab asylum seekers and immigrants that are attempting to settle in the United Kingdom to Rwanda by the British Government coupled with the threat by the leaders of a Swedish political party to publicly “drench the Koran in pig’s blood” and “burn it” puts a lie to

Even though we are now in different political parties I can always vouch for the integrity and decency of one of my dearest friends and brothers, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state. The wild and baseless allegations of financial impropriety being peddled about him all over the social media and the list of properties that

If you insist on talking or writing about the war in the Ukraine kindly get your facts right and do not repeat the one-sided, subjective and monotonous clap trap and fairy tales that CNN and the other international media networks are continuously churning out. Any student of modern history will tell you that the Russians

I deplore and condemn the barbaric killings and vicious barbarism that has been unleashed against a mainly defenceless and helpless civilian population in the Ukraine. Yet the bitter truth is that all that President Volodymyr Zelensky has to do to stop the relentless slaughter of his people is to state clearly and categorically that the

Bring light where there is darkness, joy where there is pain, hope where there is despair and respite where there is suffering. Fear not the mighty, be strong and confident in all circumstances, uphold the truth and defend the weak. Ignore the mockers, the scoffers, the haters, the unbelievers, the children of perdition, the spawn