NIGERIA WILL BE BETTER by OLUWASEUNFUNMI RECLUSE (POEM)
I am delighted to present to you this guest post that captures so eloquently our collective hope that Nigeria will become as great as she is supposed to. This hope […]
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NAIJA WILL RISE AGAIN (A POEM)
The wings of this beautiful eagle are clipped The talons that she’d used to devour are chipped She pecks in the dirt like a chick to survive Although she works […]
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#ATIKULATE: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME (POEM AND COMMENTARY)
Some thoughts inspired by the latest event giving hope to many in Nigeria: the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the foremost opposition party in the […]
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FULL TEXT OF UTOMI’S JACKSONITE LECTURE ON THE MEDIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE IN NIGERIA
THE MEDIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE IN NIGERIA AT A TIME OF CRISIS PAPER PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR PAT UTOMI ON THE OCCASION OF THE 11TH JACKSON ANNUAL LECTURE ON JULY […]
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SUMMARY OF KEY SUBMISSIONS FROM UTOMI’S JACKSONITE LECTURE
The 11th Jacksonite Annual Lecture was held successfully at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018. The guest lecturer, Prof. Pat Utomi, […]
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GO ON, NIGERIANS! (POEM)
Intro: I went to check my pigeonhole at work today and saw an almanac slotted in there by whoever. It featured Orji Uzor Kalu, publicising a nebulous political ambition, and […]
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SAFE FLIGHT, NIGERIA! (POEM)
Intro: I first posted this poem on Facebook in 2015, during the madness, including fisticuffs on the floor of the National Assembly, that followed the assumption of power in Nigeria […]
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DEAR AMERICAN BELIEVER, DO NOT WASTE YOUR INDIAN SUMMER!
Dear American Believer, I feel led to talk to you about certain issues of the moment because of our shared bond in Christ and common destiny. Although I’ve never met […]
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THEY’RE PULLING THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES! (POEM)
I wrote this poem in August 2015 following Nigeria’s general elections and the reprehensible role played by both the local and foreign media in painting the Dr Goodluck Jonathan administration […]
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SELF-CONFIDENCE IN ACTION (NONFICTION)
“If an idea, no matter how innovative, took hold of him, he would knock on every relevant door over and over till he brought the idea to fruition. Some young […]
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LOYALTY WINS
Chioma sat in the driver’s seat of her new Innoson Jeep. She had been in the same position for the past 15 minutes, fuming. Although she had inserted the key […]
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GOVERNANCE BY TRIAL AND ERROR (POEM)
I composed this poem in early August 2015 but I find that the observations made in the first and second stanzas are still spot on. The prescriptions in the third […]
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