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Okey Ndibe: Gear in reverse, “Going forward”
by Okey Ndibe Where the Sheikh of Dubai dares to imagine his city as the best address in the world, in every social index that counts, Nigerian “leaders” dream of…
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Okey Ndibe: Stella Oduah – Mr. President is doing what he really wants to do – nothing!
by Okey Ndibe It’s a mistake to assume that the president wanted a panel that would exhume the facts to guide his action. No, Mr. Jonathan was merely playing according…
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Opinion: The problem with Okey Ndibe
by Valentine Obienyem Ndibe has to tell us whether what he wants is for Peter Obi to ignore those basic things and concentrate on sending students to Mars for his…
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Okey Ndibe: The curse of foreign rulers
by Okey Ndibe Nigerian governors and presidents, mediocrities though they are, bask in extravagant praise. They call themselves, and cause their flatterers to address them as, icons. Few Nigerians are…
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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…
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Okey Ndibe: Muslims, stand up and be counted!
by Okey Ndibe Such prominent Muslims as Muhammadu Buhari, Abubakar Atiku, Ibrahim Babangida, Abubakar Umar, Nasir el Rufai, Nuhu Ribadu, Bola Tinubu, Abubakar Baraje, Rauf Aregbesola, and Musa Kwankwaso have…
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Okey Ndibe: Kofi Awoonor – A macabre dance
by Okey Ndibe For the future belongs to humanists like Kofi Awoonor, not depraved men who kill and maim in the name of God. Awoonor’s vision and intelligence and creative…
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Okey Ndibe: The parable of the senseless leaders
by Okey Ndibe Chinua Achebe wrote in The Trouble with Nigeria, his most polemical work, “There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian character... The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or…
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Okey Ndibe: A culture of low expectations
by Okey Ndibe Nigeria is cursed with “leaders” who intone that they’re “moving the nation forward.” But they neither know what “forward” means nor how to move in its direction.…
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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…
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Okey Ndibe: Minna, Abeokuta and bankruptcy of the Nigeria project
by Okey Ndibe This architect of Nigeria’s misfortune appears to cherish some Nigerians’ proclamation that he was a much better “leader” than, say, President Jonathan. Such flattery proceeds from a…
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Okey Ndibe: A case for canceling the 2015 elections
by Okay Ndibe Nigerians may not be able to bear – should not bear – the burden of yet another clash of naked ambitions. Once again, Nigeria has entered an…
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Okey Ndibe: Which gods must be appeased?
by Okey Ndibe “We are strangers in this land. if good comes to it may we have our share…But if bad comes let it go to the owners of the…
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Okey Ndibe: Nigria is a nation at war with its people
by Okey Ndibe Nigeria has actually been in a state of war for several years now, but there appears a conspiracy to conceal that fact. Nigeria is crashing all around…
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Okey Ndibe: How Chinua Achebe saved my professional career and other reminisces
by Okey Ndibe That interview happened thirty years ago. It had been followed by several other encounters with Achebe, but it still stands out in my mind. I had admired…
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Okey Ndibe: On yet another encounter with the SSS
by Okey Ndibe I told the SSS director that I hoped the day would come – soon – when the SSS and other law enforcement agencies would start going after…
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Okey Ndibe: It’s quarter past time for Nigeria
by Okey Ndibe As currently structured, Nigeria is rigged in favor of the most determined rigger. Last week, Tunji Fagbenle, one of Nigeria’s finest columnists, alerted his readers to the…
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