Opinion: Obafemi Awolowo – Hero of the Yorubas, killer of Biafra, betrayed by the North

by Obinna Akukwe Thus Awolowo’s advice and actions led to the quick end to the Biafran dream. Therefore it is right to say that what the entire armed forces of Nigeria could not do, the wisdom of Awolowo did. Obafemi Awolowo is the undisputed hero of the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria whose wartime policy of... Read More

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January 18, 2013

Stop disgracing Igbo girls! – Blogger writes letter to Cossy Orjiakor & Tonto Dikeh

by Akan Ido A blogger, Ngozi Kanwiro (www.ngozikanwiro.blogspot.com) has called for the ban of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and singer, Cossy Orjiakor for what she described as their ugly and dirty lifestyle. According to the blogger, “You two may be thinking that you are on top of the game, but you are only causing yourselves... Read More

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January 8, 2013

We must have an Igbo President – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze You see, if there’s one advantage to having an Igbo man as our next President, it is that he will not leave the country’s treasury almost bereft of cash as a Bayelsa man will. Even though he was born on August 4, 1933, exactly a year before Adolf Hitler became Der Fuhrer... Read More

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December 10, 2012

Opinion: Biafra and the Up-NEPA generation

by Hounge We should learn to tolerate each other and stand firm as one, just like we did during Occupy Nigeria. A crisis created by the ego trip of men must not dictate relations of today. As a Nigerian, I believe you know a little about Biafra, however lopsided the story is, you must have... Read More

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December 9, 2012

Igbos are their own enemies – Ayo Adebanjo

A close associate of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ayo Adebanjo in his interview with ALLWELL OKPI, refutes the claims of Chinua Achebe in his recent memoir. He speaks of Nigerian politics before and after the civil war and the relationship between the Yoruba and Igbo. Achebe’s ‘There was a country,’ accused late Chief Obafemi... Read More

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November 30, 2012

Opinion: Nigeria sans frontier (A Nigeria without borders)

by Ozia Nneamaka I can write all I want. You can read all you want. In the end, it takes more than a pen and a clean sheet. It takes guts! It takes conscience! It takes plan! Borders are demarcations separating two countries. Even continents have borders, but they are not visible, largely due to... Read More

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November 17, 2012

Ken Wiwa reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’

by Ken Wiwa “…I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be discordant with respect.” Early in this long-awaited memoir of the Nigerian Civil War, Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s most famous and respected writer, recalls a conversation between... Read More

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November 13, 2012

Open letter to the President: Security implications of Arabic inscriptions on the Naira

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN ON THE SECURITY IMPLICATION OF ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS ON NAIRA NOTES. Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan President and Commander-In-Chief of Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria State House Presidential Villa Aso Rock, Abuja. Your Excellency, Immediate necessity and ultimate concern for our national unity alerted me to write this... Read More

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October 31, 2012

Marijuana is healthy, but cigarettes kill – Seun Kuti

by Rachel Ogbu Seun Kuti, son of foremost afro-beat crooner, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who died 15 years ago has condemned the non-legalizing of Marijuana like cigarette, suggesting that the position of the law on the two products was illogical. Seun usurped the avenue after his stage performance reliving his father’s style at the 2012 edition... Read More

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October 28, 2012

Gowon on Achebe, “He is talking from a position of ignorance”

by Isi Esene Nigeria’s Civil War president, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), has hit renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, very hard over the content of his recently released book on the Nigerian Civil War saying Achebe was writing from a position of ignorance. The ex-president reportedly said this yesterday while speaking to newsmen on a visit to... Read More

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October 21, 2012

Tunde Fagbenle: Achebe may be correct, but he defied logic

by Tunde Fagbenle It is doubtful if the great novelist of our time, Prof. Chinua Achebe, expected his latest book, “There Was A Country” to be anything more than its subtitle says: “A Personal History of Biafra.” In my own opinion, the old philosopher merely wanted (and needed) to unburden his mind before he left... Read More

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October 11, 2012

Open Letter to Awoists: It is time to apologise to Ndigbo for that starvation policy

by Adewale Francis But when I went what did I see? I saw the kwashiorkor victims. If you see a kwashiorkor victim you’ll never like war to be waged. Terrible sight, in Enugu, in Port Harcourt, not many in Calabar, but mainly in Enugu and Port Harcourt. Then I enquired what happened to the food... Read More

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October 7, 2012

Saro-Wiwa reviews Achebe’s “There was a Country”

by Noo Saro-Wiwa But many Nigerians resented it, and Achebe admits that the Igbo could be cocky, brash and materialistic, though he rejects the popular suspicion that there was a pan-Igbo agenda to control Nigeria – his people have too strong an “individualistic ethic”. No writer is better placed than Chinua Achebe to tell the... Read More

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October 1, 2012

“The Igbos are the best thing that happened to this nation” – Ex-gov Kalu makes case for Ibo president

by Stanley Azuakola Former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, is not letting up on his desire to be the next president of Nigeria. Kalu, who recently announced his intention to run at Ile-Ife two weeks ago, got a setback when his own part, the Progressive Peoples Alliance disowned him, and begged the EFCC... Read More

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March 31, 2012

Femi Owolabi: What to do with our differences as Nigerians?

Remember this country belongs to all of us; we must therefore crave for a platform that strengthens the national integration that is genuine. I have said it in many of my arguments, and I still say it—one of the major roots of Nigeria’s problems is our inability to harmonise our cultural differences. The perceived... Read More

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January 25, 2012

Back to square one: Are we keeping Nigeria one?

by Adebola Rayo Those calling for a break up ignore the fact that the ethnic lines as they affect personal lives are blurring… At a period when the country is facing serious security challenges that have led some analysts to predict that Nigeria will break up, the actions of some state governments seem to... Read More

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