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  By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu  A mere four years after emerging from a civil war, in 1974, Nigeria was at the beginning of an oil boom. Then,...

  By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu   This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy by Adewale Maja-Pearce ; (Verso, UK, 6 Meard Street, Lo...

  By Dele Sobowale “Many people sold their boys and girls for a little rice…Hunger stalked us…People of all ages began to die….Everyone ha...

By Ikechukwu Amaechi Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have bothered commenting on former President Muhammadu Buhari, the man who, rather than build,...

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some contenders and wannabes are talking tough on rescuing Nigeria fro...

  By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Nigeria today stands on wobbly legs, and what needs to be done to make the country to stand steady and strong is to...

  By Ray Ekpu The descent by Nigerians into the poverty hole seems very rapid despite the country’s fabled wealth. In the 70s we were swim...

  By Olu Fasan  Every  well-meaning Nigerian must remain outraged by the choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the p...

  By   Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There is talk here and there of bringing back History with a capital “H” in the Nigerian school curriculum. It is...

  By Olu Fasan Every well-meaning Nigerian must remain outraged by the choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the p...

  By  David Hundeyin Fourteen years ago, when I was a 19-year-old fresher at the University of Hull, I met Ify. She was at that time, probab...

  By Tony Eluemunor Give it time, and the Lekki Toll-Gate Massacre will assume the nature of the Asaba Massacre. Then, it will have no off...

  By DAN AMOR For those who were born during or after the Nigerian Civil War, recent publications, provide an illuminating pathway to the ...

By   Guy Ike Ikokwu The situation in Nigeria today, is egregious and monumental that it gives a great majority of our peoples a feeling of...

– A Review By Chuks Iloegbunam  Authors : S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli. Publishers : Cambridge University Press (2017)....

By Ray Ekpu It was on May 30, 1967 that Col. Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the military governor of Eastern Nigeria, declared that region the Re...

By Chuks Iloegbunam The first shots shattered the peace of the night at the Abeokuta Garrison of the Nigerian Army a few minutes after mi...

By Amanze Obi   It is sometimes said in certain circles that the Yoruba is the only ethnic bloc, among the ma­jor ones in Nigeria , that...

By Chuks Iloegbunam December 1994 and June 2016 are two ep­ochs, separated by 22 years, which send an unambiguous and implacable message ...

By Amanze Obi President Muhammadu Buhari was recently quoted as saying that it is better for all Nige­rians to “jump into the sea and ge...