Tracking many stories of remarkable progress currently taking place in Nigeria can be a challenging task. This is so because these important stories are lost to some who daily indulge in the cacophony of adverse reports. This negative news often dominates the headlines. With a 24-hour news cycle that tends to focus mainly on distasteful…
It Is Not Well with Nigeria Yet – By Sylvester Odion Akhaine
I am 60 today. I have decided to share my reflections on my journey so far and the lie of the Nigerian state. I could recall aspects of the Civil War years. The then Mid-West region was liberated from the Biafran forces that had overrun it with lightning speed. Engr. Emmanuel Omofuma, my cousin, and…
Helen Paul and Other Bastardy Stories
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 November 2023) Everyone has a history; how you act and tell your story defines you. Ace comedian and celebrity, Helen Paul, trended wildly last week. Men and women with very difficult beginnings should seek out Helen Paul and learn from her how to manage life’s complexities and…
Akpata, Ex-NBA President Joins Edo Governorship Race on LP Platform
The immediate past President of the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) Olumide Akpata, has thrown his hat into the ring to vie for the governorship of Edo State on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Formally announcing his ambition on Thursday at the party Secretariat in Benin City shortly after meeting with the leadership of…
The US Court Proceedings on Order Directing Discovery from CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY: A National Embarrassment
From Osita Chidoka I speak as a Nigerian. That it took the courageous activism of HE. Abubakar Atiku to force the discovery of information concerning the President of Nigeria is a disgrace to our national institutions. As a nation, we have a full retinue of staff at the Department of the State Security, the National…
Alaafin’s Stool is Not for Sale
An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually, the successful oba is praised as “so’gbó di’lé/sò’gbé dì’gboro/ oba a s’ààtàn d’ojà – the successful king is he who turns forest to home; the one who turns bush to town. Karin Barber’s ‘I Could Speak Until Tomorrow’ (published…
Ozekpedia and The Toxicity Of Buharocrazy (PART 6)
This is the sixth trench of our write-up on Buharocracy- a corruptive and disruptive genre of democracy. It is a concept that dwells on hypocrisy, laziness, narcism, opaqueness, corruption, lack of vision; directionless, and cluelessness. Ozekpedia has so far explained the meaning, plenitude, amplitude, depth, and breadth of this amoebic and hydra-headed pseudo-democratic concept. We…
A Six-Year Presidency: To Be Or Not To Be?
INTRODUCTION Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has a rich and diverse political landscape. Since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1960, Nigeria has experimented with various forms of governance, including parliamentary system and presidential system. From the 1922 Clifford Constitution; the 1946 Arthur Richard Constitution; the 1951 McPherson Constitution; the Federal Constitution (otherwise known as the Lyttleton Constitution) of 1954 and the 1963 Republican…
Trailerload Calabash Of Sacrifises By Satanic Forces Cannot Affect Me, An Anointed Child Of God
I have been laughing in VERNACULAR since this evening when my attention was first drawn to a banal trending story on the social media, titled, “OUTRAGE AS ENTRANCE TO MIKE OZEKHOME’S HOUSE IN IKOTUN-IGANDON IS LITTERED WITH CALABASHES OF SACRIFICE” (news.phxfeeds.com ). I would have completely ignored the story, but for the fact that numerous…
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