Pius Adesanmi: Nigeria should have a one-day identity holiday

by Pius Adesanmi But for the giveaway that is in our names, I would have called for a daunting challenge: a national day of identity neutrality in the management of our humanity and phatic communion. I am talking about your myriad transactional moments today. Can you take a one-day break from letting the ethnic identity... Read More

Opinion

citizenship, Gov. Yahaya Bello, national identity, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, tribalism

December 8, 2016

Opinion: Who is a ‘Patriotic Nigerian’?

by Jideofor Adibe In garden talks and beer parlour political conversations, one often constantly hears one side charging the other: “Please let’s put sentiments aside and be patriotic here”. Such admonitions are fairly common when Nigerians of different political, ethnic and religious persuasions engage in political conversations. Over time, I have come to believe that... Read More

Love, national identity, nigeria, patriotism, Separatists

July 19, 2014

Opinion: National identity – What does it really mean to be a Nigerian?

by Hussaina Ishaya Audu Well, this entire exercise got me thinking. Who is a Nigerian and can we actually define ‘Nigerianess’? What does it mean to be a Nigerian? Can we define ourselves in terms of values? Recently in the United Kingdom, there has been a great deal of talk about what exactly it means... Read More

Britain, hussaina ishaya, national identity, shades, ynaija