Volunteerism: Perspectives From A Nigerian-American

By Kelechi Acholonu
The church was packed and buzzing with excitement. It was a joyful day in Obohia and everyone was celebrating. 
The high school band began to play a gleeful marching tune as they led the procession from the church to the library. My family and I, dressed in traditional attire, followed behind, smiling with pride. When we reached [...]

Reason For Optimism

In the two weeks preceding the Supreme Court ruling on the Anambra State governorship saga, I had wondered whether evil had not ultimately triumphed over good in our country.
 
Last week, I wrote an article, “The triumph of evil in Nigeria” but which I refused to publish for the simple reason that I asked myself [...]

The Village As A Crime Theatre

 A few years ago, many young men from Mbaise, the most populous and homogeneous community in Imo State, particularly those that suddenly came by wealth, developed the rather bizarre habit of not sleeping in the village when they visit home from the city.
They would spend the daytime in the village and in the evening [...]

As The Emperor Departs

Olusegun Obasanjo
 
It has been two weeks of drama in the huge theatre of the absurd called Nigeria. The country’s former president, General Olusegun Obasanjo, a man who obviously loves the sound of his own voice was the main actor.
Aware of the inevitable verdict of history, the man made a brave attempt to start writing the [...]

The Path To Nowhere

On the eve of the 1998 elections in Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, just released from prison, cautioned the head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, that “Nigerians cannot be taken down the path leading to nowhere again.” But with the outcome of the April 2007 elections, which he organised, Obasanjo has dragged Nigerians, exactly, down that forbidden [...]

Adams Oshiomhole As A Metaphor

Obasanjo and Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole As A Metaphor 
Since after the April general elections, I have done a lot of soul searching, trying to figure out why we are where we are.
 
Why do Nigerians revel in plumbing the depths of ignominy? Why do we, always, whoop it up and paint the town red with our dishonourable [...]

Will Peter Obi Ever Get Justice?

Peter Obi
 
One question that has concentrated the minds of many Nigerians since the April elections is how to avoid, in the future, the colossal fraud that seriously blemished the exercise. To be sure, this is not an entirely new question. Long before the elections were conducted, pundits, with the benefit of hindsight, proffered many solutions.
 The [...]

Why Akunyili’s god Is Not God

Dora Akunili
 
It is bound to happen. Nigerians are experts in the art of blasphemy. At any given time, their behaviour and language are profane and sacrilegious.
 
They are not contented with committing deplorable crimes against fellow human beings, they always add insult to injury by invoking God’s name in vain. They use His holy name [...]