by Ebenezer Obadare Yet, while Mr. Odimegwu’s diagnosis of the Nigerian crisis is unimpeachable, it is what he proposes as remedy that I find deeply troubling. Like most watchers of Nigeria’s continued struggles, Mr. Odimegwu is frustrated at the apparent derailment of the democratic system. Once you set aside the crass immodesty and off-putting self-congratulation,... Read More

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Ebenezer Obadare: Where is Daddy G.O?

by Ebenezer Obadare It is this very significance that throws the silence of pastor Adeboye into bold relief. Why, you may ask, does his voice matter? The reason is simple. His intervention matters because he is one of the people who foisted the current occupant of Aso Rock upon us. Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the... Read More

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January 18, 2014

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Opinion: Nigeria’s anti-gay law is a crime against reason

by Ebenezer Obadare There are many reasons why every right-thinking person should oppose this law. Months after it was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill that criminalizes homosexual relationships in Nigeria has been signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. The President gave his assent to the bill, which... Read More

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August 19, 2013

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Opinion: On Wole Soyinka’s verbal overreach

by Ebenezer Obadare Yet, for all her innumerable personal flaws, Mrs Jonathan still deserves to be treated with some courtesy. Clearly, Professor Soyinka disagrees, or how else does one explain the shocking intemperateness of his language? Considering its ramifications for the principles of civility and mutual respect in a democratic public sphere, it is quite... Read More

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August 7, 2013

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Opinion: How Asari-Dokubo became a ‘big man’

by Ebenezer Obadare …although there is a notional forswearing of violence, this is strategically counterbalanced by frequent threats to ‘return to the creeks’, as seen in the example with which I began this piece. A while ago, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo’s visceral defence of the Jonathan regime against all real and perceived enemies left many observers bewildered.... Read More