Essays

Permit me to begin this contribution with two incontrivertable assertions. Firstly had we successfully answered what has come to be collectively known as the ”Nationality Question” in the ’50’s and ’60’s there would have been no civil war in 1967. Secondly had we not chosen to forget our differences but instead had we tried to […]

I have always been very critical of American foreign policy in the Middle East and as far back as the time that Mubarak was removed from power, right here on this wall, I predicted that all that is happening in Egypt today would happen. Yet I never thought that it would be this bad with

Earlier today I empathised with some of my igbo friends who were hurt by some of the things that I said and I expressed my regrets for hurting them. However despite this they must understand that I meant no offence and I did not say anything out of malice. I simply spoke the bitter truth.

Those that call me a tribalist and an igbo-hater are simply misguided and ignorant. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of those words or the true import of their meaning. Those that know me well like you can confirm the fact that I am not a racist or a bigot and that I consider

Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the igbo and the yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up Nigeria secretly wish that they were yoruba and consistently lay

WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO? A year after British Prime Minister Cameron promised to legalize homosexual marriage by 2015, he touted Britain as “the best place to be gay, lesbian or transgender anywhere in Europe” (Telegraph, July 24, 2013).

”The claim that the igbo helped to develop Lagos is hogwash. The major institutions of the south-west were developed by the diligence, hard-work, industry and sweat of the yoruba people. This is a historical fact” Femi Fani-Kayode

Bradley Manning exposed the activities of US assassination squads in the Middle East. He is my hero. Julian Assange exposed the illicit activities of US diplomats and foreign governments. He is my hero. George Galloway stands for truth and consistently exposes the hypocrisy and double standards of American Middle Eastern and foreign policy.

I received the following short note from my dear friend Pastor Yinka Akintunde who is a London-based Pastor and a highly respected writer and author. I have his permission to share it with you.

According to the respected islamic scholar Professor Ishaq Akintola there is ‘no age restriction in islamic marriage’. He may well be right and I honestly believe that islam, like christianity, is a humane and compassionate faith which seeks to protect the weak and guide its adherents on the path of righteousness and light.