Opinion

If Nigeria is working, we will know! Those were the exact words of late Prof Chinua Achebe, Africa's foremost novelist and distinguished intellectual. In other words, the citizens do not need any bogus claims by government's megaphones to realise that...

Religion is a volatile issue in Nigeria, anytime, any day. Anybody who wants to understand the Nigerian fault line should commit a religious faux pas. This is worse when it has to do with Islam. Things easily boil over...

After reading what I am now writing, one will come to the conclusion that I am protecting criminals or even encouraging them or at least ignoring the Igbo contribution to criminal activities. Far be it from me. I condemn...

Recently, the southeast zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Enugu in what may be a routine conclave off party members and officials who are desirous of returning the party to its regional glory. One of the...

The decision by the UN to designate August 22 as the international day to commemorate the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief is a commendable development. This is because, until recently, religious violence has largely...

Chains by any other name would still hurt as much—anonymous 2023 presidency: Northern youth group endorses Tinubu to lead, Nigeria: Igbo Presidency 2023 - Nigeria's Date With Justice and Unity. 2023 Presidency: Nigerians divided over Tinubu's ambition. Disunited South-West, South-East...

How are the Mighty Fallen? Some Nigerians have made the notorious lists of United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently. There were about 80 of which 72 were Nigerians. It is immaterial where the rest came from or...

This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian, especially if you are a Nigerian in diaspora. It is indeed the worst of times to be Nigerian because of the kind of daredevilry that our...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—a developmental disorder that impairs one’s ability to communicate and interact—can be a great burden for parents of affected children, especially in parts of the world such as Kenya where information about this condition is insufficient...

In the heat of the lynching of Igbo citizens in Asia in 2013 over alleged criminality, I wrote an essay entitled, 'The Igbo fallacy'. In it, I appealed to the Igbo to de-emphasise the culture of profligacy, decadent opulence...