On that fateful day of January 1 1914, the British colonial
disciple, Sir Lord Lugard acted out a script with a hidden agenda of
exploitation by hurriedly amalgamating the Northern and Southern protectorates
into a single country (Nigeria) without the consent of the people concerned
(Nigerians). They shaved our heir in our absence. With this, they succeeded in
creating a nation with ethnic and religious bias through the ink of their pen.
This gave birth to
Friday, 30 December 2016
WHO NEEDS CHANGE
WHO NEEDS CHANGE?
Even the layman on the street understands that the concept
of leadership entails that leaders should lead while the followers should
follow; and not the followers leading while the leader following. It is on this
note that I have chosen to air my opinion on the Federal government’s launch of
the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with You”. I am writing this
piece not to antagonize the government or the president but
NIGERIA, A NATION ON ITS KNEES
Each time I pick up a newspaper, my eyes are always covered
with the written pictures of how most states in Nigeria are swimming in financial
crises especially in respect to the payment of workers salaries and the
indebtedness to contractors. The reasons are
A NATION WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES
A NATION WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES
It was on the 5th of May 2010 that we (Nigerians)
were slapped with the harsh reality of the sudden death of President Umaru Musa
Yar Adua. Constitutionally, the then vice president, Goodluck Jonathan was
sworn in as the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
WHEN WILL TOMORROW COME?
The youths are the leaders of
tomorrow is a common saying that we all grew up to learn to repeat its
wordings. Years after years we have been
made to understand that the future belongs to us, and we will be the leaders of
this country when tomorrow comes. And so we went to sleep waiting for
Saturday, 10 October 2015
ROTIMI AMEACHI AND THE RIVERS ANGELS
Before I begin my article, let me remind you that Rivers Angels is the name of a
Portharcout based female football club; the former club of the Super Falcons
and Liverpool player, Asisat Oshoala. However, the Rivers Angels here are not
the football ones but the political angels.
Rotimi Chibuike Ameach is one
politician that needs little or no introduction on the Nigerian political
arena. This is largely due to
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