My thoughts are many and spread. Sometimes, I try to find the truth; what am I actually doing here? What brought me here is truly to live and work or to work and live or simply, to make money without working but...
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- More than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United...
My friend and long time colleague, Maero Ozako had created a group on Facebook (we belong to the ‘Agbayas on Facebook Clan”) titled “Throw a shoe at the Rebranding Nigeria Project” (a la the...
My first intuition was to head this treatise “How Not to Help a People” or “How best to Assist a People” but I ended up following other instinct probably because the discourse is about financial...
Text of a lecture delivered by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as part of activities marking the centenal birthday celebration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo held at the MUSON Centre, Lagos, on Tuesday, March...
Nigerians have not ceased to call for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, over the disappointments that trailed the April 2007 general election. But...
Some believe we live in dangerous times. They look at what they can see; the deep in the world economy, turmoil in some places of the earth, natural disaster, lack of food in Haiti and elsewhere which is a bigger...
The discriminatory practice of the Osu caste system in Igboland has thrived against copious attempts to abolish this inhumane, sadistic, heartless and degrading treatment. Many statutes, laws, edicts and proclamations...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka in this encounter takes a swipe at the regime of President Yar’Adua and dismisses it as a government on sabbatical. He describes OBJ/Atiku reconciliation as a marriage made...
A BROKEN GOVERNMENT: The Threshold of Constitutional Crisis and Abuse of the Impeachment Process in Nigeria - By Roy ChikwemSince the introduction of democracy in Nigeria, five governors have been impeached in a...
Police authorities in Nigeria have rescued 17 suspected victims of human trafficking, including a nine year old, from a bus which crossed the Nigerian border from Benin. Two suspects arrested by the police say the boys...
The latest deadline set by the Nigerian government to stop flaring natural gas from oil wells in the Niger Delta has passed without stopping the flames, which campaigners say are poisoning local people. "Sometimes...