Form the North to the South-West and down to the East and South-South, one recurring feature that has reached a crescendo is the shameful act of insecurity in the land. If one is not being kidnapped in the East, one is witnessing ethnic and religious violence in the North. As if that is not enough, bank robberies and militant activities are witnessed on a daily basis in both the West and Southern parts of the country. The question one begins to ask is why has insecurity overtaken the whole of the ...

Nigerians are a unique race. Unique much that even if Jesus Christ were to conduct elections in Nigeria, riggings, ballot snatchings and all sorts of electoral tomfoolery would still rear its ugly head (apologies to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo). There are three races in the world today—the white race, the black race and of course the Nigerian race. The Nigerian race is very different from the others because of our nature, attitude and disposition to issues that affect us as a race or how else can one ...

The year 2011 is already with us especially at a time when yet another electoral process is rearing its head on the nation’s polity. From INEC to the politicians and most especially the electorate, it seems everyone and everything is in top gear to make the 2011 election one devoid of fear or favour, if INEC’s promises and preparations are anything to go by. Be that as it may, what has been observed in the last few months are different individuals showing interest in the number one seat. From Alhaji ...

Third Millennium Intelligence (2) (posted to “africanloft” and "Nigerian Village Square" 01.01.2011 as blogpost)

The following is “a piper too’s” 28th December 2010 response to Ozodi Thomas Osiju’s “Nigerian Village Square” 4th February 2008 article “Teaching African’s to Love Each Other” (see http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...-one-an-4.html , which followed responses from a number of detractors), which I now present to “africanloft” ...

Third Millennium Intelligence

The following is “piper02’s” response to twumbaah77’s Africanlot post “To African Women in the Diaspora” (20.08.09) – see http://community.africanloft.com/_To...0743/4392.html , and I present it to the readers of Nigerian Village Square now as a thought-full “New Year’s Day Message", as we enter the Third Millennium of Aquarius. “The world as we know it will come to an end…. The kingdom of God will be consistent with ...