Reaction to my article ‘Defending the Igbo interest’ has come in different ways. Apparently, Government has reduced checkpoints in Eastern Roads. Contractors have resumed work in the

dilapidated Aba-Port Harcourt expressway at Aba. The President reportedly told the…

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A lot has happened to the Igbo nation with the end of the civil war but the consistent destruction of their economic means of livelihood is something that must be addressed quickly by all concerned. It is of utmost concern because reversal of the present trend promises to impact positively on the economic recovery efforts of the Federal government of Nigeria.It is of such global impact that the world should help Nigeria find a solution to the igbo problem because it has already become the… Continue

Last week I took a holiday to my village. As usual it was not really a holiday because it was forced. I had to attend the many funerals lined up. I was home a week before last on the same mission. Quietly millions of Nigerians are dying out, unsung. I was actually being forced to take a holiday because I needed to shed a tear. In the South Eastern Nigeria where I come from, only funerals provide enough reason to come together, against all the odds; A very negative life indeed. Eastern… Continue

Last week saw the real test on the resolve of the World to see through a Middle East Peace settlement in this generation. It was known as the Flotilla, and it sailed within our very gaze into the troubled waters of

the Gaza strip expecting to be welcomed by the open arms of the much trumpeted

2-state solution. Instead it was awakened by the rude reality…

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What has happened to the Nigerian revolution? Hamilton Odunze of the African Analyst raised this salient question recently. Hear him out: “The Nigerian media published many articles that suggested that Nigeria was at the verge of a revolution. Such headlines as “The Nigerian Revolution Has Begun”, “What the Nigerian Revolution is Not About” adorned Nigerian newspapers. Although this was just a few months back it feels as if it were ages ago. Those of us who believed then that… Continue