Opinion
Opinion: Soyinka, Islamized and Christianized God
By Odimegwu Onwumere
Organized religionists in Nigeria are running into aggressive mentality causing a devastating approach to the unity of Nigeria. This people think that God is their personal acquisition because the constitution of Nigeria stipulated Christianity and Islam as the two official religions in Nigeria oblivious that this is the British imperialists’ hindsight. Read the rest of this entry
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Corruption and development: the Nigerian Example
With Dr. Edet Ukpong
Cheryl W. Gray and Daniel Kaufinan of the World Bank define corruption as “the misuse of public office for private gain”. They state further that the private sector corrupts the public sector. Their definition of corruption is inaccurate and unacceptable. Also they ignore the fact that there is a degree of corruption in the private sector independently of the public sector, as this discussion will show. Read the rest of this entry
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Gov Lamido Sanusi and His Many Controversies
Lamido Sanusi is not a man to quiver in the face of verbal attacks resulting from his views. His upbringing as a prince must have imbued him with the courage to defend his convictions no matter what his adversaries say. But the last one month has not been the best of times for the economist and grandson of Muhammadu Sanusi, the 11th Emir of Kano. Read the rest of this entry
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Democracy in Nigeria
By Joe Etokudor
Nigeria as a nation has witnessed major events and milestones in her journey from colonial days through independence, the military rules and the interludes of civil rules. Nigerian intellectuals who have studied the histories of democracy in developed and stabilized nations at equivalent level and stage of development as that of our country must have come across similar social and political obstacles in their journeys through the development of true democracy. Read the rest of this entry
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OPINION: Is the south shrinking? Silence or fight for “true federalism”?
By Joe Etokudor
For how long will Nigeria have to search and cry out for selfless true nationalistic and gubernatorial leadership on behalf of all Nigerians as is offered Americans and Europeans? Home grown democracy is a failure and is working against Nigerians. To avoid politicians terminating Nigeria, Nigerians as a matter of fact, want an end to sectional, ethnic leaders who seize or are given the Federal and State Governments only to advance their own narrow ethnic agenda. Read the rest of this entry
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