Author: Osita Ebiem

GERMAN FEDERAL CULTURAL FOUNDATION AND THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sometime ago the cultural department of Germany: Federal Cultural Foundation Kulturstiftung des Bundes unveiled its cultural exchange program for African countries with a budget of 2.091 million euros. The budget will run from 2012 to 2015. The aim of the program is to promote cultural awareness a ...

In Nigeria, Finding Answers Beyond Kano Bus Bombing and the Rise of Political Islam

Monday, April 22, 2013
Kano as an Ancient Trading CityKano as an important commercial city in Nigerias Islamic North also serves as gateway to some of Nigerias northern neighbors. Such countries like Niger, Chad and beyond have shared with the city for centuries lucrative business relationships. In the course of this ...

Chinua Achebe as a Moral Standard - A Tribute

Sunday, March 31, 2013
Chinua Achebe one of the most important pioneers in African literature and the advancement of world knowledge and understanding died on the 21st of March, 2013 at 82. We join with millions of others around the world with a deep sense of loss to mourn Achebes passing. But we also take consolation in ...

BIAFRA GENOCIDE CANNOT BE FORGIVEN

Monday, February 11, 2013
Edited by Osita EbiemHere below we shall try to rearrange some exchanges that transpired recently in Nigerian online forums. Please read and make up your own mind.The exchanges started when Humphrey Achor with the email address; emachor@hotmail.com posted the story of Victor Moses, a Nigerian ...

How Africom and African Governments can effectively Counter Terrorism and Boko Haram Insurgency

Tuesday, January 08, 2013
In an article two years ago that appeared in various online magazines titled; Nigeria as the New Center of World Terrorism this writer tried to call the attention of policy makers around the world to the danger terrorist activities in the Nigerian state poses to the world community. Today that war ...

Chinua Achebe's Country, Biafra

Monday, December 31, 2012
For forty something years Chinua Achebes 2012 book, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, remained in the works. It took him this long to write because the story is too personal and too painful to write. Biafra Genocide took place from 1966 against the Igbo and other Southeasterners B ...

BIAFRA GENOCIDE AND SENATOR PWAJOK’S JOKE

Friday, December 21, 2012
Recently a report came out in the online news magazine The Nation where it reported that a Nigerian senator who represents Plateau North Gyang Nyam Pwajok said that the Islamic jihad crisis going on Plateau State is worse than Biafra Genocide. His reason for saying that the unfortunate crisis going ...

UNDERSTANDING RICK ROSS HOLD ME BACK (NIGERIA)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playerembeddedv=eqQnyL3xcJM Rick Ross Hold Me Back is one of those social commentary musicals that ought to be taken very seriously. Though Hold Me Back is rendered in rap, a music genre that is supposedly regarded by some people as less creative and up ...

BIAFRA FAILED BECAUSE THE WAR WAS NOT FOUGHT BEFORE IT BEGAN

Monday, June 25, 2012
At this stage in their collective history it will be very naïve of any Igbo politician of repute, business investor or elite of any shade not to have thought seriously about the anticipated and inevitable breakup of the Nigerian union. The mark of the good politician or leader in any field is being ...

SOLVING NIGERIA'S PROBLEM

Friday, June 15, 2012
Nigeria as a country is a construct that will never work. The earlier it is broken up into the conducive and agreeable sections that have ethnic/cultural affinities the better for everyone. Insisting on the present structure of one-Nigeria is mere wishful thinking. Its practically impossible to wor ...

BIAFRA IS ALL ABOUT THE GENERATION X

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
We do our best to make plain to all what Biafra agitation is about. As we do that we also try to let everyone know that we are not apologetic about Biafra; her name, people and everything she stands for. Our aim is simply to make the message of Biafra clear for the benefit of the people who are genu ...

HOPE FOR NIGERIA THROUGH FREEDOM AND SELF DETERMINATION

Saturday, May 26, 2012
By every definition, Nigeria has failed as a state. The fact still remains that the various peoples within it were forced to surrender their sovereignty and pretend allegiance to a union that failed from inception. Nigeria continues to prove to be incapable of delivering on any of the promises infer ...

BIAFRA GROUP FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST NIGERIA AT ICC

Monday, May 14, 2012
Igbo ethnic people of Southeastern Nigeria have a population of 50 million. They are predominantly Christians and Animists. The majority of the other Nigerians are predominantly Muslims. Culturally, religiously and ethnically the Nigerian society has remained incongruous and violently conflicted. Ni ...
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