Developing Nigeria’s economy: The new challenges of industry policy-making
LEVINE C. ARIZONA-OGWU, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - The future belongs to the things that can grow, whether it is a tree or democracy. Gone are the days when the Government's view of the economy short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. more >>
The gospel of Materialism - Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy
OLUSEGUN FAKOYA, London, UK (Nigeriaworld) - Pentecostal churches and hotels compete for space in Nigeria while cinema halls, disused warehouses, bars, brothels and night clubs have all been turned to churches. To maintain their grip on the people and to assure the comfort of their profit base, these churches have been extremely creative, particularly in the use of the media, radio, television, newspaper, posters, electronic mails and even the internet. Even the home video industry has been virtually taken over by the Pentecostal industry. more >>
Seeking Nigerian expatriates: Is the purpose deceitful or beneficial?
EHI AIMIUWU, (Nigeriaworld) - On August 19, 2008, I got a message from my wife that there was a ''Jobs in Nigeria Exhibition'' (JINE) in Atlanta from August 19 to 20, and after that, they would be moving to Houston. JINE was basically looking for Nigerian expatriates to take to Nigeria, and I have been hearing that Banks and Oil companies usually give our expatriates better pay, car with a driver, and descent housing, just to make life comfortable after returning to Nigeria from an advanced country. ... With a half-hearted approval from my boss, I left for the job fair. more >>
Of unstable lives, homes, minds, and wife killings in America (Part I)
OLATUNDE OLUSESI, New York, NY, USA (Nigeriaworld) - While it is common knowledge that domestic violence is pervasive among Nigerians in the US.... The recent murder in Missouri of a Nigerian woman, Anthonia Iheme, 28, by her estranged husband, Michael Iheme, 50...as well as the related report that over 500 Nigerian men in the US might be facing charges for taking the lives of their wives, underscores the enormity and complexity of the crisis in the Nigerian immigrant family. more >>
Ribadu: A case for a presidential run in 2011
MALCOLM E. FABIYI, Chicago, IL, USA (Nigeriaworld) - The more Okiro's excuses for Ribadu's mistreatment are contemplated, the stranger they seem. His primary excuse was that Ribadu's promotion caused dissent in the ranks. Dissent by whom, I wonder? How many of these faceless complainers would have tackled the task at the EFCC with half the heart and commitment that Ribadu gave to the assignment? How many would have laid their lives on the line to prosecute the heartless and criminally minded rogues that bled Nigeria dry? more >>
NUC: The Ph.D requirement as 2009 draws nigh
SILAS REUBEN, USA (Nigeriaworld) - If a university with its dilapidated library, laboratory, inadequate classrooms, epileptic electricity and water supply, exacerbated by secret cult activities and incessant lecturers' strike churns out say fifty Ph.D holders in 2009; that effort could still translate into more competent teachers but would the improved teachers academic attainment reflect on the students studying in such a blighted environment...? more >>
Home Improvement Series C - Christian courtship
FEMI AWODELE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Apart from sharing about the past, this is also the time to discus the future. This is the time to cast a vision for the type of home you both want to build, how many children you want to have, the financial vision, your spiritual vision, your lifestyle pattern and whatever is important to both of you. more >>
Seating democracy in Nigeria: The Fame, The Blame and The Shame!
LEVINE C. ARIZONA-OGWU, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - In making the exemplary efforts in seating democracy in Nigeria, evidences of minor circumstances; views, different ideological leanings, political language, perceptions, etc are germinating. By democracy, certain ingredients which should have been cooked so well to dress the path of Nigeria's effort are simply becoming the very iota of differences delivered in explosive thoughts, unearthing the atmosphere which is in them the hovering threats to the peace in Nigeria. more >>
Re: In defense of Dr. Godwin Maduka and setting the record straight
CHRISTIAN C. IBE, Decatur, Georgia, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Having successfully debunked the aforementioned charges against Dr. Maduka, it is pertinent to urge all his traducers to sheathe their swords, and appreciate that Dr. Maduka is a God-sent biblical Nehemiah to Umuchukwu. He simply wants to convert Umuchukwu into a Jerusalem, for the benefit of all in the community. more >>
Nigeria in a state of Humpty Dumpty
PRINCE C. DICKSON, (Nigeriaworld) - The nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, humpty dumpty had a great fall readily comes to mind when one looks at the state of affairs in the nation. Nigeria, the land of the extraordinaire, a land where it all happens, a land that never ceases to amaze many, the land of Generals, from the good, the very good, sometimes the best, to also the bad, ugly and dirty, the land famed for the biggest fraud called PDP. more >>
Traditional foods and children
ONYINYE OYEDELE, Ontario, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - Raising children abroad definitely affects our food menu. Most parents grew up eating typical African foods like Yam, beans, various soups with eba or pounded yam and Amala, or fufu, Akamu, Akara, moi moi, and so many others. We definitely ate bread, but spaghetti and all others in the ''Pasta family'' were quite rare on our menu. more >>
Celebrating 50 Years of 'Things Fall Apart' @ Wits University
OSITA EZELIORA, Witwatersrand, South Africa (Nigeriaworld) - Thursday, August 14th, 2008, marked another achievement for the impressive assembly of the West African Students' Union (WASU) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It was the occasion of the celebration of 50 years of Chinua Achebe's classic, Things Fall Apart. more >>
Another gem is gone: High Chief (Dr.) Joshua Ogunmolu Olorunyolemi
TAYO OLORUNYOLEMI, (Nigeriaworld) - Nigeria continues to lose its old guards; those who upheld its integrity and worked gallantly to make sure that it becomes independent, and that it continues to maintain its position in the league of nations. Pa Joshua Ogunmolu Olorunyolemi was one of those gems. Pa Olorunyolemi, who died on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, some few weeks short of his 86th birthday, was a Second World War veteran, a leading cooperator, and a politician. more >>
Nuhu Ribadu: Is YarÁdua leading a government or a gang? Readers` responses
TEMPLE C. UBOCHI, Bonn, Germany (Nigeriaworld) - The article raked in a plethora of response from my readers all over the world. I was overwhelmed by the feedbacks I got. I want to thank you all (my readers) here and now, whether you responded or not, for your time. I appreciate all the mails I received, the points in them are well noted and I respect each person’s opinion. more >>
FEMI AWODELE'S HOUSE CALL
Gambari on the loss of 700 Nigerian soldiers in Sierra Leone
LEBURAH GANAGO, Atlanta, GA, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Having “courageously” revealed the government secret concerning the death of 700 Nigerian soldiers in a single day, on a peace-keeping mission, one would have expected Professor Ibrahim Gambari to call for investigation into such a scandalous episode, rather than choosing to use it to score an illogical cheap political point. This is undiplomatic, Mr. diplomat! more >>
The lost privilege and the rivers of oil
LEVINE C. ARIZONA-OGWU, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - As the investigation of TRC showed, however, Nigerian politicians, even cunning ones, are most vulnerable to charges of low crimes and misdemeanors. This is ex-gov Peter Odili’s Achilles heel: His close association with the Arumemi empire and the great financial gains he has made from it during his two terms in office can easily be shown to be criminal. more >>
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