Nigerians Need a Conversation
Ken Ugbechie In those days, in the times of old, dialogue was the weapon that won freedom for nations and peoples. In those days, in the times of old, discourses,…
Uduaghan: A Doctor with Honour
Ken Ugbechie It is not always that a prophet is honoured by his people. In rare cases when such honour comes, it is usually celebrated with buntings and banners. It…
Table Manners: The Good, the Ugly
By Annabelle Macford Some weeks back I visited a very prominent office in Lagos to make inquiries. I was directed to a lady to get what I needed. I knocked…
Nigerian Economy: Boomers and Busters
By Tessy Igata From the beginning, the Nigeria Economic Summit has been tailored to impact certain changes and policies to move the nation forward. The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG)…
Nigeria is Foolfty-three…
By Ken Ugbechie Chinua Achebe’s swansong, There Was a Country, a compelling personal narrative of the civil war, best captures the state of the nation called Nigeria. Once the novel…
Animal Farm…
By Ken Ugbechie In his epic novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell ( real name Eric Blair) painted the picture of an animal family which badly wanted to free itself from…
Politics, Religion Tear Nigeria Apart
By Tessy Igata “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people”….
Are you a phone nerd or nag?
Twelve years ago, precisely in the month of February 2001, the first digital mobile license auction was organized in Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for General System for…
Senator Sani Yerima, Tufiakwa!
KEN UGBECHIE…. Baby-boomer Sani Yerima has just taken delivery of his fourth wife. As a Muslim, we cannot accuse him of bigamy. A fourth wife is just it for…
We don’t deserve this Obama guy
Ken Ugbechie…. Yes, you heard me, we don’t need President Barack Obama visiting us. Nigeria is too big a country for Obama to visit. The US government officials point to…