Joe Igbokwe writes to Fellow Igbos; Stop defending thieves

by Joe Igbokwe At the risk of being tagged once again as anti-Igbo by rabid, commissioned slave traders who see Ndigbo as easy wares to be marketed to their political masters, I write this open letter to my people. At the huge risk of being called names by my brothers and sisters, I boldly write... Read More

igbo, Joe Igbokwe, Open Letter, opinion, ynaija

August 4, 2014

Nigerian languages are dying | This is why

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Language is an important part of any society and a principal component of a people’s culture. It is not only a means by which people communicate, it is also a distinct part of their identity. In Nigeria, there are more than 200 indigenous languages. There are concerns though that fewer and fewer... Read More

english, hausa, igbo, language, linguistics, nigeria, Yoruba

July 5, 2014

Ayomikun Soyombo: Marry Igbo, I’ll disown you… you go waka alone (Poetry)

by Ayomikun Soyombo She dreamt of eating ‘fura’ Barefooted on the streets of Kano Ali was a god She became his goddess “If you get belle for hausa,” mama warned her one evening Just waka go alone 1.We smell Of bigotry Our hearts So far apart We smile... Read More

ali, disown, freedom, hausa, igbo, kano, Marriage, opinion, Soyombo Ayomikun, ynaija

June 12, 2014

Okey Ndibe: Biafra, the ostrich mentality and Nigeria’s tragedy (Part 1)

by Okey Ndibe Alas, the defeat of Biafra birthed monsters that have since menaced all of us, exposing the seams and fissures in a space that continues to pretend that a nation already exists within it. There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and... Read More

igbo, niafra, nigeria, Okey Ndibe, opinion, ostrich mentality, tragedy, ynaija

April 24, 2014

Azuka Onwuka: The Igbos and Yorubas need to cooperate for rapid development

by Azuka Onwuka The Igbo and Yoruba are unarguably the most competitive in Nigeria. They are the ethnic groups that easily and forcefully ask for the removal of quota system in all national life. They believe that if things are done on merit, they will excel. It is difficult to say if Igbo and Yoruba... Read More

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March 15, 2014

Chidi Onumah: The National Conference may be the beginning of the end of Nigeria

by Chidi Onumah Undoubtedly, ethnic oppression exists in Nigeria. After 100 years of amalgamation, almost 54 years after independence, 44 years after an internecine civil war that cost more than three million lives to “keep Nigeria one”, it is time to break that oppression and forge a new, united and prosperous nation. Nigeria’s president, Goodluck... Read More

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March 12, 2014

Bankole Eniola: We are Nigeria’s new majority (Part 2) (Y! FrontPage)

by Bankole Eniola The new majority must ensure that our relationships as Nigerians must never again be defined by our differences or else we will empower those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that is required to build a developed state. [READ: Bankole Eniola: We are Nigeria’s new majority (Y! FrontPage)] Prelude: Last month... Read More

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March 11, 2014

Perry Brimah: The long history of fighting between Hausas and Igbos

by Perry Brimah You read Hausa handles call Igbo’s ‘baby factory products,’ ‘wife-killers,’ ‘armed robbers,’ ‘traitors,’ and the like and on the other side, you read Igbo-sounding handles labeling Hausa-like names, ‘Fulani cattle rearers,’ ‘Boko Haram,’ ‘terrorists, ‘ ‘Almajiri’s,’ ‘illiterates,’ and ‘the usurpers and problem of Nigeria.’ ‘Two is fighting’ is a common Nigerian expression... Read More

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March 4, 2014

Bankole Eniola: We are Nigeria’s new majority (Y! FrontPage)

by Bankole Eniola This is a generation that as embraced the diversity of the many parts because we know that the sum of the parts is not greater than the whole. The new majority will define what next hundred years of our existence as a nation would be. For years I wondered how we can... Read More

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January 12, 2014

Sonala Olumhense: Stella Oduah has been in the lying business for long

by Sonala Olumhense Now, to hear some Nigerians speaking on the Stella Oduah story, these allegations are the product of a “conspiracy” and against the Igbo. For my readers who do not know, Mrs. Oduah is Igbo. The beauty of the Internet is that you can hear the world in thought. Mrs. Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s... Read More

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November 19, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Nigeria – The only way forward is to abolish the states

by Ochereome Nnanna No census has ever been accepted by Nigerians. Most Southerners believe that the notion of Northern majority is bogus and unfounded. They see it as part of the old “conspiracy” between the former British colonialists and the Sokoto Caliphate to subjugate and plunder the South. My attitude to any notion of a... Read More

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November 17, 2013

Opinion: Ndigbo and their battle for the soul of Yorubaland

by Francis Ojo Ndigbo is aggressive and determined in pressing their agenda with deliberate focus as they buy up indigenous family homes,concubinate with Yoruba divorcees, marry their children and jubilate triumphantly around town all with dirty money. My determination to keep well away from insult from current conversations between Ndigbo and the Yoruba was so... Read More

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November 16, 2013

Pat Utomi: Why I am supporting Chris Ngige for governor today

by Pat Utomi It was a notoriously crowded field. Yet as they gathered at a Town Hall meeting, only two gubernatorial candidates were on the raised platform. They were Chris Ngige and Ifeanyi Ubah. By way of irony I had reduced the field that made it through the party rigmaroles to these same two... Read More

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November 12, 2013

Opinion: Why it is a mistake to call APGA an Igbo party

by Nnamdi Wigwe The party that we now call Igbo party has to justify that claim by winning at least four of the five core Igbo states in the next election, both Presidential, gubernatorial and legislative houses’ polls. Recent political developments in the country, particularly the recent emergence of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and... Read More

ananmbra, APGA, election, igbo, nnamdi wigwe, ojukwu, opinion, Politics, ynaija

October 18, 2013

Opinion: Still on the wait for one Nigeria

by Dozie Nwafor I cease to give up hope; I refuse to quit working on my quest to self-development, believing that one day I would impact on my nation the evidences of a true nationalist. I expectantly wait for the actualization of ‘one Nigeria’. Growing up in Nigeria has been one of those rollercoaster experiences.... Read More

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October 15, 2013

Okey Ndibe: To speak or not to speak

by Okey Ndibe It’s sad to see Mr. Obi’s handlers count among his achievements the donation of buses, computers, and desks to schools. Point to one serious location in the world where such approach to statecraft is held to be praise worthy. I used to believe that Nigerians who reside abroad – especially those in... Read More

asa-usa, europe, igbo, north america, Okey Ndibe, Tampa, uk

October 11, 2013

Opinion: Ngige gives Igbo tradition the middle finger

by Ngwu Nweze Questions are also being asked of Senator Tinubu and Adams Oshiomhole, the Edo State Governor. Many people wonder if Tinubu would have allowed a political rally to disrupt the Eyo Festival in Lagos and whether Oshiomhole would have staged a circus in Benin City in the middle of the Igue Festival. It... Read More

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October 10, 2013

Reno Omokri: President Jonathan has been the epitome of democracy

by Reno Omokri This would ordinary be something praise worthy, but of course to some, nothing the president does is ever good enough. Take for instance, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos. On the 18th of February 2012 Asiwaju had said “We want Sovereign National Conference. Nigerians who voted for the President have... Read More

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October 9, 2013

Opinion: Fashola’s apology, the media and South East development

by Chris Okoye The governor asked rhetorically at the Aka Ikenga event: “Has this exodus, which includes quite a number of indigent people with no talents, to do with an awful lack of human resources in the area? Has it to do with the absence of natural resources in their place? The most celebrated news... Read More

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October 2, 2013

Opinion: 53 cheers and jeers for Nigeria at Independence

by Steve Nwosu Suddenly, we have all stopped thinking as Nigerians. Everyone now is either a Northerner, a Southerner, a Middle Belter, an Igbo man, a Niger Deltan, a Yoruba, Hausa, Tiv, of the Anambra League of Professionals, Arewa Youth Front, Muslim or Christian. Our journey of the last 53 years, even if I joined... Read More

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October 1, 2013

Opinion: #Independence53 – Don’t get it twisted, my tribe is Nigeria

by Ose Oyamendan My son sees my friends gather in the house and talk things Nigeria. He sees us watch Nigerian games on television and proudly waves the green-white-green flag. He rides in the car and mimes the Nigerian hip-hop songs. He doesn’t know under the American skies, he’s been shielded from the reality of... Read More

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September 29, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Nigeria is changing, but we know not

by Simon Kolawole But I still meet many Yoruba nationalists who continue to glory and gloat over “our advantage in education”. Ogbeni, the rest of Nigeria is catching up with you while you are still glamorising Awolowo’s exploits of nearly 60 years ago! You’d better wake up to the new realities. Growing up, I was... Read More

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September 28, 2013

Orji Uzor Kalu: Of the new Igbo consciousness

by Orji Uzor Kalu I do not need to write about the other bad roads in the zone, because it will be too heart-rending to do so. The truth remains that Igbo are systematically and serially marginalized in Nigeria. Forget the noise some shameless Igbo politicians make about federal presence in the zone. There is... Read More

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September 15, 2013

Gimba Kakanda: The true meaning of African culture

by Gimba Kakanda The worse contradictions were the reactions of some Igbo Christians to the recent conversion of an Igbo monarch to Islam, which to them was against the culture of the Igbo – when did Christianity become the culture of the Igbo? Amadioha must not hear this! Ignorance has always been a variable in... Read More

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September 12, 2013

Opinion: BPE did not grant Interstate extension

by Frank NduNdibe It is heartwarming that Ohaneze Ndigbo, as the great guardian of Igbo interests and values, not only criticised the desperation to hand over Enugu Disco to a grossly ill-prepared company but courageously asked that the reserve bidder, namely, Eastern Electric, be called upon to make the payment immediately. With the exception of... Read More

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September 12, 2013

Opinion: Ohaneze and genuine Igbo interests

by Okey Ikechukwu On the matter of the Enugu Disco, Ohaneze’s concern about the South-east being at a disadvantage is genuine. But its apparent endorsement of the fact that “the five South-east state governments are part of the reserve bidder consortium” must be called to question. Just before the 1999 elections, Onhaneze Ndigbo put... Read More

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August 30, 2013

Bankole Oluwafemi: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and more coming to Google Translate

by Bankole Oluwafemi The gist is Google looks to be almost ready to turn on Google translate for five “promising” African languages — Hausa, Igbo, Somali, Yoruba and Zulu. So they are looking for speakers of these languages to tell them how much their current translation system rocks or sucks. First of all, I’ve helped... Read More

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