• Nigeria: Compounding our National Awards with Shame and Disgrace Nigeria: Compounding our National Awards with Shame and Disgrace0 November 15, 2011 11:43 pm

    The Nigerian National Honours Awards were plagued with rejections, errors, a presidency struggling for credibility and an embarrassing shortage of medals for awardees, we seem to be plumbing the depths of ignominy, shame and disgrace with our most prestigious events.

  • Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy0 November 4, 2011 1:49 am

    The citations for the awards won by NEXT newspaper reporters show that they did expose a seriously corrupt enterprise in out premier revenue industry and all those who matter either ignored or sanctioned it.

  • Editorial: Sir, Those were dreadful analogies in an awful speech. Editorial: Sir, Those were dreadful analogies in an awful speech.0 September 27, 2011 10:32 am

    by Akin Akintayo President Goodluck Jonathan gave a speech at an interdenominational service celebrating the 51st Independence anniversary of Nigeria and it was replete with utterly dreadful analogies - it was awful, awful, awful.

  • NaijaLeaks: A sad decade of an ineffective anti-corruption crusade NaijaLeaks: A sad decade of an ineffective anti-corruption crusade0 August 25, 2011 11:55 pm

    Reviewing WikiLeaks cables created 10 years ago and a Human Rights Watch Report published today, for all the media profile the anti-corruption crusade has had in Nigeria, it is sad to say the country is still considered highly corrupt, the system cannot seem to handle the workload and the alleged criminals have gummed up the judicial system completely.

  • A Review of “The Help” A Review of “The Help”0 August 13, 2011 7:08 am

    Sometime ago in May, at a house party in a friend’s house – an artist, [...]

  • Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence2 June 30, 2011 3:04 pm

    A husband's murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.

  • Nigeria: A year of Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook Nigeria: A year of Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook2 June 28, 2011 6:27 pm

    The figures are staggering when one reviews the profile of President Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook after a year, over half a million likes and comments, over 300 statuses and a keen eye on Nigerian issues as he engages the social media public.

  • Nollywood for Human Rights Nollywood for Human Rights0 June 23, 2011 10:00 am

    Note: This post was written last week A more specific title would be ‘Nollywood for [...]

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