Why Gov. Peter Obi is a Disappointment

ShareBy Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
At the recent Achebe Colloquium, a distinguished panel made up of Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Gov. Peter Obi discussed the upcoming election in Anambra state. Following the discussions, I asked Gov. Obi a question in which I stated openly that the governor had disappointed me.
Thereafter, I noticed the governor [...]

December 17, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo  Comments

Anambra 2010 as window to 2011

ShareBy Okey Ndibe
Nigeria’s preeminent novelist Chinua Achebe is, in manner, soft-spoken and gentle. In fact, Achebe has been described as self-effacing. Seldom does his voice rise. But those who know him best recognize that, beneath that genteel exterior, there is a steely core to the man. Achebe is the master of economy in expression, a [...]

December 15, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Okey Ndibe  Comments

Professing Dangerously: the Road to Charles Soludo

Shareby Pius Adesanmi
My title plays on the title of Professor Femi Osofisan’s inaugural lecture at the University of Ibadan, “Playing Dangerously”, and my reasons shall become apparent presently. First, an anecdote. Back in secondary school, one of my close cousins, Bola Akanbi, fell in love with Professors. Bola and I were then sharing the same [...]

December 11, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Pius Adesanmi  Comments

Hope and (some) fear in Anambra

Shareby Okey Ndibe
Friday, November 13, will be remembered as a day of hope for the people of Anambra State, nay Nigerians. That day, the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal dismissed a misconceived lawsuit by Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba – widely known as Andy Uba – seeking to be foisted, via judicial fiat, as the [...]

November 17, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Okey Ndibe  Comments


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