The summary of this post so I don’t waste your time: please, vote the Labour Party (Papa, Mama and Pikin) in the Presidential elections tomorrow. You know your representatives and senators. If you put your heart to it, I am sure you will know who to vote. That one is up to you, so please don’t take it for granted. Every single office matters.
Continue reading “NIGERIANS PLEASE VOTE FOR PETER OBI 25-02-23”(Being the text of a talk delivered at Sussex Nigerian Society’s Black History Month event at the University of Sussex on Wednesday, October 10, 2019)
One of the things I remember while growing up in Ìbàdàn was that almost every technological item in the house was made in China. I knew this because it was written there: “Made in China.” It was hard to avoid. You just needed to look a bit under the item, or around it, and the sign was there: “Made in China.” I know this hasn’t changed as much today because a couple of weeks ago, my son, who is now almost six, asked me, “Is everything made in China?” He must have been observing too.
But it was not just electronic items that I associated with a particular place. I remember the razor blades we used — probably the same ones we still use in Nigeria — were made in Czechoslovakia. Well now, the country no longer exists, so it will now likely be written as “Made in Czech Republic”, but the association persisted long enough in my mind that I could not associate razor blades with any other place than Czechoslovakia, a country I could not place on the map, nor even properly spell if not for the razor blade.
Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream, yet submits in its awakening. Pity the nation that raises not its voice save when it walks … Continue reading Pity The Nation – Kahlil Gibran
(for our lost ones…and elvis iyorngurum) the night fires are no longer for fun tales they are for the wake of several deaths not for the dead gone… but the living with lives long worn out like winds sapped from souls theories fly from diverse lands rubbing sand into our eyes even as we keep … Continue reading night fires (a poem) by su’eddie vershima agema
Professor X had a friend, we’ll call him Dr Y. Dr. Y’s wife recently became a professor and he came to Prof. X’s office to officially invite Prof to the celebration of success. It was something to be proud of. In the middle of the whole discussion and congratulations between both intellectuals, Dr. Y was … Continue reading THOU SHALL NOT BOW (Thoughts) by Aidee Erhime
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2015 Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate … Continue reading FULL TEXT: Statement By President Goodluck Jonathan After Announcement Of Presidential Election Results
In a time when most people are shouting for change and clamouring for much, we seem to forget that it is the same chant that we have continued to rant. From Facebook to Twitter, we have continued to swim in the deception of our forgetfulness. We discover that each succeeding administration ends up beatifying those … Continue reading THE CHANGE WE NEED TO MAKE NIGERIA RIGHT (THE BRIBECODE) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
Reading Chike Ofili’s ‘Adapting Half of a Yellow Sun against Igbo’ (it appears online as ‘Adapting Half of a Yellow Sun Film against Igbo misfortune’)(Saturday Sun Newspaper, 7th June 2014 Page 40), one begins to wonder at the sentiments that run through the hearts of most of us – writers specifically now. Going through the … Continue reading THROUGH THE FLAWED ETHNIC EYES OF SOME SENTIMENTAL NEEDLES: THOUGHTS ON OFILI’S REVIEW OF BANDELE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN MOVIE By Su’eddie Vershima Agema
Hi there, A lot of people have gone missing lately. On March 8, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people. The navies of several countries are still scouring the seabed of the Indian Ocean for the wreckage. And on April 14, 276 high school girls (the number is uncertain) in a remote Nigerian village … Continue reading THE WEST PRESS AND NEWS OF THE NIGERIAN GIRLS – MercatorNet Editorial
(Fore Note: While Desmond Tutu wrote this of the Syrian crises, I think there are several similarities to what is going on in other parts of the world today – Ukraine, Nigeria… We pray for peace and ask that we learn that, to borrow the cliche, might isn’t always right. May the heavens give us … Continue reading ON THE SYRIAN CRISES [ETHICAL LEADERSHIP CRISES] – DESMOND TUTU
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