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As someone who grew up almost exclusively in the South Eastern Part of Nigeria (Biafra Land if that's what suits you), I had my own share of hate for Nigeria and this kind of hate was worse because it started from childhood. I can beat my chest that there's hardly anybody who grew in the East that did not at one point or the other exude the hope and belief that at some point, Biafra would attain Independence and break away from this land of suffering called Nigeria. Mine was worse: in school, boys whose Parents probably had a share in the misfortunes of the war wowed us with stories of how Biafra would attain Independence and how we'd leave Nigeria to become a brand new country devoid of all the vicissitudes with which Nigeria had become inseparable from...and back home, we has a Landlord who from his comments was a high ranking member of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB...Landlord always told us tales of how the independence of

“I don't know the platform I will use for the 2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you”  were the exact wordings of the declaration of the Ekiti state Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose(Oshokomole) purportedly made in preparation for the guber elections of 2018. Just like other state governors who have relentless appetite for unmerited positions that smacks of morality and legality, he had boastfully made the statement  with utmost conviction of usurping the clear provisions of the constitution in seeking for a third term. A proper understanding of the unique nature of elections in Ekiti state would be apropos given the fact that most other states in Nigeria would have their gubernatorial elections in 2019 And the legal impediments to the unnecessary desire for power by the self declared Lord of the Yoruba race. Governor Ayodele Fayose sought and obtained the ticket of the people's Democratic party in 2002 to contest the governorship  election of 2003. During s

Sometimes, the rains do not fall several months into a new year. When they finally fall, they come with little mercy. As if they’d been unjustly denied of their right to whip into mother earth, they attack with great relish; flooding homes, wiping paved streets clean, filling up river banks. The weather that night was bad, muggy and overcast. I could hardly sleep. The torrent was heavy and the thunders never seemed to cease – a bad omen, presaging the terror that was about to come. Mom didn’t return until it was almost mid-day. She told us it was just an exaggerated emergency call; that Dad had been rushed to the clinic after a vomiting spree. I felt oddly pacified by her assurances partly because she had a knack for downplaying horrible incidents even where the average person would react in hysteria. But what could a little girl wish for; it may have been that he was only reacting to something he ate – I wasn't quite sure – well, time would tell. Later in the week, we got to kn

On Workers' Day, the Covenant Christian Centre in line with their famed and laudable practice of having reputed intellectuals organized the now famous "The Platform". This was an ample opportunity for the problems bedevilling Nigeria to be discussed and solutions proffered. Former Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi gave perhaps the most memorable and didactic speech at the event particularly on the need to reduce the cost of Government in the Country and subsequently boost savings. On the face of it, this was an excellent and harmless speech which ordinarily should spur us as a country to do things right. Well, this is Nigeria and the lessons that should naturally be gained were thrown to the dustbin while extensive research was undertaken to impugn the character of the Speaker. Perhaps, Mr Peter Obi's greatest mistake was using personal examples of his own " frugality " and proclivity for minimum spending as an individual and during his time as Gover