Fighting Corruption in Nigeria is a Corrupt Business

Corruption in Nigeria is systemic and profitable ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Since the declaration of a war against corruption by President Obasanjo and the subsequent creation of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission- EFCC in 2003, three years after the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related crimes Commission-ICPC was created, Nigeria instead of taking a break from corruption, almost two decades after has continued to be more corrupt, with the political class wealthier and powerful from corrupt...

Nigerian Army Statements Bely Facts on the Ground in Northeast

Nigerian army spokesmen have announced a series of successes against Boko Haram and that terrorism had been significantly weakened in the Lake Chad Basin. But such announcements lack credibility. According to the Nigeria Security Tracker, the last two years have been deadlier than any other period for Nigerian soldiers since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2011. On Tuesday, Boko Haram killed thirty-seven soldiers in a deadly ambush, though military spokesmen claimed only two soldiers were killed....

The Birth of Biafra : Fifty Years Too Early

The Enyi Mba Enyi war song should have been put off. But no; we rushed it; we rolled that lyrics out in old world tapestry to clothe us. We wanted to run down coal-tarred roadways, in a stampede of angry men, chanting to bolster our eagerness to go to a war we were not ready to fight. —Don Okolo Gestation, as in conception and growth, is everything. Period. When birth occurs, and it is premature,...

Ndigbo and Nigerian Politics

Nigerian Igbo complain about political “marginalization”. While true because of the civil war, and while Nigeria needs “a new grand bargain” between its ethnic nationalities, the Igbo themselves have harmed themselves. We must first shed our (political) victim mentality. Then we must address the disadvantage of being “led” by selfish, greedy and self-centered political elite masquerading as political and social-cultural leaders who are the first to shoot down their own. Many Igbo leaders are fine...

Why Fraud Has Become Attractive and Popular Among Young Nigerians

Moral and ethical weakness, exacerbated by irresponsible government creates enabling environment for fraud in Nigeria. Most Nigerians simply want money desperately. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigeria has gradually become deeply associated with fraud such that the phrase “internet fraud” on Google search will throw up several news reports on internet fraud in connection with young Nigerians. Fraud is the new epidemic sweeping across Nigeria; taking captive, many young Nigerians in their 20s and early 30s, with many...

Buhari’s Hellish Anti-Igbo Bloodsucking Economic Policies ―Vlad Dracula Would Be Jealous

In that same shallowness, The sewer dweller in Aso Rock believes he has the knife and the roasted yam tuber to feed her people. This impoverished, morally bankrupt monarch of the savannah is ready to slice away: Therefore, one can only eat when one receives a slice of yam from him. ― Don Okolo IF YOU HAVE TEARS, PREPARE TO SHED THEM NOW. (Shakespeare) This is a lamentation…a requiem of sorts regarding the most painful,...

“Southeast for President 2023” Movement: An Incomprehensible Political Expedition!

Nigeria owes the Igbos. The issues of the Civil War genocide have not been properly addressed. The system since the war has been so predatory to the Igbos in every sphere of social, political, and economic development. Yet, Igbos as a group do not need a ‘gift’ of any elected position as ‘reparation’ for decades of dehumanizing constitutional policies. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Various Igbo activist groups have emerged in recent times advocating, demanding,...

President Buhari Has a Duty to All Nigerians

Indeed, I believed and hoped that our current president—with so much energy and the many years spent persistently lobbying for another opportunity to govern Nigeria—would embark upon a titanic legacy of progress, reconciliation, and harmony in Nigeria as President Jonathan did in 2015, and as Lincoln did with the abolishment of slavery more than a century and a half ago in the United States. —Dr. I. D. Onwudiwe, The distribution of a $22.7 billion loan...

Cause of Death: A Shotgun Blast to the Head

With Nigeria, I am not a happy camper. I am disgruntled…aware that I have been living in this hellhole filled with vipers. ―Don Okolo They couldn’t care one bit about the death of their old master, because they wanted more; they looked up at the man whose face was hidden behind a mask, expecting more of the two-pound romp of meat blocks he threw at them. Instead, the man reloaded and blew both dogs away...

Ghana’s Assault of the Nigeria Embassy requires Diplomatic retribution not a “Big-Brother” approach

Nigeria has again taken the big brother posturing that is of no significance whatsoever to the country’s reputation and international relevance especially within the African region. ──Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigeria’s territorial integrity has been violated by Ghana in a most crude and unmistaken manner. That demolition of Nigeria’s property within Nigeria’s High Commission in Ghana is a big slap to Nigeria and it is important that it is seen for what it is; a deliberate attempt...

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