by Elnathan John My opinion in this matter is simple. A Lagosian as a social term is any Nigerian citizen who is permanently domiciled in Lagos, pays tax to the Lagos State Government and calls Lagos home. I am always wary of people who claim they know the ‘real story’ or the ‘truth about’ something.... Read More

Constitution, elnathan john, Femi Fani-Kayode, igbos, illuminati, Lagosian, Nigerian, opinion, Truth, ynaija

FFK will fail like others before him: A rejoinder to Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘Lagos, the Igbos and the servants of truth’

by Sam Eleanya One thing is certain. FFK will fail. In this venture. To divide another generation of Nigerians the same way his generation was divided – and so has become a liability to their nation. Just like others before him with even greater convictions and motivations – did. Fail. (Before I sleep) I read Femi... Read More

elitist, Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK, generation, igbos, ikoyi, lagos, lekki, NAPEP, opinio, PDP, Sam Eleanya, venture, ynaija, Yorubas

August 11, 2013

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Opinion: The bitter truth about Femi Fani-Kayode

by Obi Nwakanma Lagos belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and so on who live in it, pay tax, identify with it, and settles in it. I read with a lot of amusement the piece of clap-trap circulated through the Nigerian blogosphere last... Read More

AJEGUNLE, Alaba, Benin, Cambridge, Computer Town, Femi Fani-Kayode, igbos, Kings College, Lagosian, Lgos, Obinna Nwakanma, opinion, Vanguard Newspaper, Yaba, ynaija, Yorubas

August 11, 2013

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GRIPPING VIDEO: The story of the ‘Asaba Massacre’ during the Biafran War (WATCH)

by Akan Ido Chinua Achebe’s ‘There Was A Country’ recently reignited the Biafra War debate and the involvement of the other major ethnic groups; the Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas. Arguments have gone back and forth over the motive behind the war and the perceived marginalisation of Igbos in the scheme of things in Nigeria. In this... Read More

Asaba, biafra, chinua achebe, civil war, Federal troops, igbos, marginalisation, nigeria, Yoruba

August 10, 2013

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Elnathan John: New parties and free elections in 2015

by Elnathan John It is also encouraging seeing the names showing up on the APC train: IBB, Ahmed ‘13’ Yerima, Tom Ikimi, Femi Fani-Kayode. I like how APC is like religion – a forgiving place for ex-sinners. In this case ex-PDP, an Association of PDP Converts. Politicians are like monkeys. The higher they climb, the... Read More

cancer, DNA, elnathan john, igbos, Kikuyus, Niger, nigerians, opinion, Raji Fashola, typhoid, Upper Iweka, ynaija

August 7, 2013

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Okey Ndibe: Lagos deportations and crisis of citizenship

by Okey Ndibe There’s some irony in the fact that Governor Fashola has done far more than most Igbo governors in recruiting people from other states, including Igbo, to work in his government. But that does not justify his government’s policy of seizing Nigerians in Lagos and deporting them to their states of origin. he... Read More

critics, Deportation, Efik, enclave, ethnic, governor fashola, hausa, igbos, Ijaw, lagos, nation, Okey Ndibe, ynaija, Yoruba

August 5, 2013

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A rejoinder: On the Igbos – Of Femi Fani-Kayode’s ignorance and a proud display of it

by Ayokunle Odekunle What really have my fellow Yorubas contributed to Lagos State? What have they contributed to Lagos State that they have not been able to contribute to Ibadan, Osogbo, Ekiti and Akure? Apart from being Academicians and brilliant administrators, I dare say that the Yorubas have not contributed anything of note ECONOMICALLY to... Read More

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August 4, 2013

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Lagos, the Igbo and the servants of truth

by Femi Fani-Kayode The Igbo had little to do with the extraordinary development of Lagos between 1880 right up until today. That is a fact. Other than Ajegunle, Computer Village, Alaba and buying up numerous market stalls in Isale Eko, where is their input? “The claim that the Igbo helped to develop Lagos is hogwash.... Read More

Abakaliki, country, Deportation, develop, Femi Fani-Kayode, hogwash, igbos, lagos, Oduduwa, onitsha, opinion, Truth, ynaija, Yoruba

August 2, 2013

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Opinion: MASSOB – When the blind leads the blind

by Tochukwu Ezukanma He is neither a scholar nor an intellectual; a philosopher nor a deep thinker; a sophisticate nor a cosmopolite. He is a homespun boyish looking man, with an air of arrogance or the self-importance of a parvenu gloating in his new found prominence. Recently, Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of the Movement for... Read More

biafra, charisma, Chykuemeka Ojukwu, David Thoreau, delusionist, dep-thinker, igbos, Mahatma Ghandi, Marthin Luther King Jr, MASSOB, Nnamdi Azikwe, opinion, president, Prof. Elekwachi, Ralph Uwaurike, Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Washington DC, ynaija

August 2, 2013

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Opinion: The Lagos ‘deportation’ and fallacious reasoning

by Francis Oriunebho If anybody did any wrong here it is the Government of Anambra, who let down these people at the time of their need. In fact Lagos state government deserves commendation and not commendation for rehabilitation and resettlement of destitutes Fifty three years as a nation and sometimes it seems we have learnt... Read More

Anambra State government, centre, Deportation, Francis Oriunebho, igbos, Ikorodu, lagos state, legal action, opinion, owutu, peter obi, resettlement, Tunde Fashola

July 30, 2013

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Ex-Gov. Kalu threatens to sue Fashola over forced relocation of Igbos

by Oge Okonkwo Former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu A seven-day ultimatum has been given by the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, to the Lagos State Government to offer an apology to the allegedly deported 67 persons of the Igbo ethnic group from Lagos to Onitsha in Anambra State or... Read More

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July 29, 2013

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Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

by Ochereome Nnanna We are in this constitutional mess because the military bequeathed a document that is simply unviable, inchoate and discreditable. It is like trying to patch a structurally flawed building which has developed cracks all over. Between 2005 and 2006, the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo started elaborate amendment of the 1999 Constitution.... Read More

acn, Alhaji Sni Yerima, biafra, boko haram, bola tinubu, Constitutional amendment, igbos, lagos, Muslim Law, national assembly, olusegun obasanjo, Professpr George Obiozor, Raji Fashola, senate, Zamfara State

July 24, 2013

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Nnanna Ochereome: Biafra – Revisiting the unjust war

by Ochereome Nnanna Among these were cold-blooded murderers who killed innocent civilians during the pogroms in Northern and Western Nigeria; war lords who rounded up and hacked innocent and defenceless civilians to death in Asaba… On Thursday July 18th 2013, the cream of generals and political/bureaucratic czars that worked for the federal side during the... Read More

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November 24, 2012

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We remember differently – A tribute to Chinua Achebe at 82

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Achebe’s most recent book, his long-awaited memoir of the Nigerian-Biafra war, is both sad and angry, a book by a writer looking back and mourning Nigeria’s failures… an account of the most important event in Nigeria’s history by Nigeria’s most important storyteller. I have met Chinua Achebe only three times. The... Read More

Chimamanda Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, chinua achebe, igbos, we remember differently, Yoruba

November 22, 2012

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Happening Now: 4 dead, church burnt in Kano riots – Witnesses

A mispronunciation taken to be blasphemous in Nigeria’s north sparked a riot by Muslim youths Thursday, leaving four people dead as well as a church and shops burnt, police and residents said. “What happened in (the town of) Bichi was misinformation,” Kano state police chief Ibrahim Idris told reporters. “Rumours went round that someone blasphemed... Read More

Bichi, hausa, igbos, kano, Religion

October 8, 2012

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“The war is still very personal”: Uzodinma Iweala (also) reviews Achebe’s book

by Uzodinma Iweala I met Chinua Achebe for the first time when I was in high school, but I knew him through his works long before that. “Uncle,” as my siblings and I were told to call him, came to our house in Washington, D.C., for a teatime reception my mother had organized. She had... Read More

‘There Was a Country’, achebe, biafra, civil war, igbos, iweala, uzodinma

Elnathan John: About Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘bitter truth’

FFK will fail like others before him: A rejoinder to Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘Lagos, the Igbos and the servants of truth’

Opinion: The bitter truth about Femi Fani-Kayode

GRIPPING VIDEO: The story of the ‘Asaba Massacre’ during the Biafran War (WATCH)

Elnathan John: New parties and free elections in 2015

Okey Ndibe: Lagos deportations and crisis of citizenship

A rejoinder: On the Igbos – Of Femi Fani-Kayode’s ignorance and a proud display of it

Femi Fani-Kayode: Lagos, the Igbo and the servants of truth

Opinion: MASSOB – When the blind leads the blind

Opinion: The Lagos ‘deportation’ and fallacious reasoning

Ex-Gov. Kalu threatens to sue Fashola over forced relocation of Igbos

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

Nnanna Ochereome: Biafra – Revisiting the unjust war

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We remember differently – A tribute to Chinua Achebe at 82

Happening Now: 4 dead, church burnt in Kano riots – Witnesses

“The war is still very personal”: Uzodinma Iweala (also) reviews Achebe’s book

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