The man on the stretcher seemed lifeless at first, his face serene, albeit a bit swollen. His shirt was completely unbuttoned showing a massive stomach which drooped at the sides and bobbled as the stretcher was wheeled. The stretcher was pushed by a nurse who seemed a bit reluctant or nonchalant. The nurse’s apparent disdain was in contrast to the [...]

by  Emmanuel Iduma So, I was one of the cyberspace moralists who put in word for Okeoghene Ighiwoto, the now famous Nigerian patient who has been ‘saved’. How might one begin thinking of this matter in a post-salvation mode, now that we feel good, sigh gratefully, relish our success? But, as we find, success is often an imagined word. And that fact [...]

by Emilomo Ohiwerei Sometimes, the good we can do in our society are hidden until we simply attend a meeting, join a group and do something with other people. And then, eureka! We make a wonderful discovery and are motivated to do more. It happened to me recently through my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) experience and now, I have [...]

Horror has come to stay in Nigeria. Or perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps this new phenomenon of horrific afternoons wondering why so many must die has been a fabric of Nigerian lives for a long time; we are only starting to pay attention.  After all, the Nigerian road systems claims more life in a year than Boko Haram has claimed [...]

by Mao Kaci
On Obasanjo’s visit to the family of the murdered Boko Haram leader, and Soyinka’s comments on the visit.

There is a need for more positive narratives of Nigeria on the Internet in blogs, discussions and comments but it is necessary to ensure that the quality of such is of a high standard. Something says our educational system does not guarantee immediate successes in that area, we need a fundamental rethinking in English language education and possibly a broadening of our thinking too.

Note: This post was written last week A more specific title would be ‘Nollywood for Child Rights, Women’s Rights and Against Human Trafficking’. For those of you who don’t know, I currently work with a non-governmental organisation and part of my job entails attending all sorts of meetings. Last week, I attended press conference at ActionAid on their new project, [...]

See the first part here In my previous article of the same title, I attempted a backgrounding of the many issues that have made it impossible for quality programming to be the order of the day on Nigerian television. It’s important  we understand where we’re coming from concerning television programming in Nigeria and how we have found ourselves in the [...]

I am sitting cross-legged in my sitting room, staring at my blank television screen. It is blank because I have refused to switch it on. Television is very important to me (has been for a long time) and I cannot understand why some people will refer to it as the ‘idiot’s box’. Unlike those who insist that too much television [...]

Benson Eluma A rejoinder to Yomi Ogunsanya’s Jos and Maiduguri Attacks: If not ethno-religious, then what? Well Yomi, I believe that there is more going on in different parts of the north than a neat struggle between Muslims and Christians, or between ‘indigenes’ and ‘settlers’. In some parts of the north, ethnicity overrides religion. (E.g. Yoruba Muslims are not safe [...]