Estimated Reading Time: 6 By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although there is no art to decipher the cunning of crooked cops, DPC Abba Kyari gave us many red flags to cause us to be suspicious of his policing, but many people ignored it. I, for one, have an abiding suspicion[Read More…]
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Cheta Nwanze: Funding sporting success
Estimated Reading Time: 4Our national basketball team just lost their first game at the Tokyo Olympics to a very good Australian team. But the real victory is that they got to Tokyo at all. I was privy to a debate about D’Tigers two weeks ago, and the funding problems they[Read More…]
Law Mefor: A Memo to the Indigenous People of Nigeria
Estimated Reading Time: 4By Law Mefor Permit me to take the liberty of addressing you on a matter, which I consider quite crucial. I am of a well-considered view that the indigenous peoples of Nigeria are big and staunch enough to fix Nigeria for common good. Yet, you chose the[Read More…]
Top 10 Popular Nigerian Lies with Enormous Staying Power
Estimated Reading Time: 7 By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi In Nigeria, once lies and historical myths take roots, they are almost always impossible to uproot. But the stubborn persistence of lies is no reason to give up on correcting them. Find below 10 oft-repeated lies with the most staying power[Read More…]
Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria is heading towards an implosion
Estimated Reading Time: 4Four years ago now, I wrote this piece about the thing of collective guilt, and what it leads to. I think it’s more relevant now as Nigeria falls to pieces because of the bad leadership of Buhari. I’ll talk, first in general terms, and then about the[Read More…]
Opinion: Twitter ban will have drastic implications on Nigeria’s economy
Estimated Reading Time: 3 By: Odewale Abayomi In retaliation for Twitter deleting President Buhari’s tweet for violating its “abusive behaviour” policy, the federal government suspended Twitter’s operations in Nigeria indefinitely on the premise that the platform is persistently used for activities that are “capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. It[Read More…]
Eugene Uzor: The crates were found to contain the missing Nigerian
Estimated Reading Time: 4By Eugene Uzor On Thursday, July 4th, 1984, at the cargo terminal of Stansted Airport 40 miles (64km) north of London, a young British customs officer, Charles David Morrow was on duty and his suspicion of the situation around a particular crate was triggered even further by[Read More…]
Cheta Nwanze: There was an advert that used to run on Radio Biafra, Enugu
Estimated Reading Time: 4A few months ago, I asked about Okonkwo, and unfortunately, most Igbo people think he was a hero. Newsflash, he was not. Okonkwo was that person who didn’t have the ability to think. Even Prof Achebe once said that he’d prefer if we were like Obierika. So,[Read More…]
Fredrick Nwabufo: Who offended Buhari? Twitter or Nigerians?
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Government is a relationship – between the leadership and the governed. A democratic government, in particular, should not operate in vacancy of citizens’ imprimatur. A government needs the trust, support and goodwill of its citizens. Legitimacy is the reward for good governance. Any government, which by[Read More…]
Fredrick Nwabufo: What is happening in the south-east is terrorism
Estimated Reading Time: 3 At a time when evil spars against good, we must choose a side. We either opt to be a part of darkness or take a place in the phalanx of virtuous knights. Staying taciturn while evil course through the land like molten magma from a volcano[Read More…]
