The appalling contemplation of the Federal Government to grant amnesty to the faceless Boko Haram terrorist group is to say the least embarrassing to the citizens of the world who have human feelings running through their veins. It is despicable to humanity, the guts the group has to request for an amnesty while some leaders are in the festive mood about granting Amnesty to the Masquerades. The Federal Government rejected the demand for amnesty for the faceless masked ghosts at Yobe and Jonathan administration made a U-Turn to grant amnesty, poses the question who is asking for amnesty for the…

Adjective 1. not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine. 2. unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty. 3. disorderly; uncontrolled. 4. not regulated; irregular: inordinate hours. Greed and inordinate ambition lead to great human tragedy “He that seeks to be great by all means seeks the path of self-destruction” It is no longer a surprise that inordinate ambition, narrow-mindedness and greed have been the causes of insecurity, mindless corruption, poor or bad governance, all culminating in poverty, mediocrity, underdevelopment and conflicts in many African countries. Logically speaking, human beings…

The Caribbean has always been associated with fun, beaches and carnivals. But it is much more than that. It is not just a fun destination, but a vibrant business destination. The $20 billion tourist industry plays a big role in the Caribbean economy, but business travelers are also drawn by off shore finance and banking interests, pharmaceuticals and energy. The Caribbean is the third largest market for U.S. Exports in Latin America, behind Mexico and Brazil. Despite the upturn in the world economy, the Caribbean economies have proved resilient and expanded. The unprecedented infusion of Chinese funds have bolstered the…

If anyone had told me a few years ago that a time will come in Nigeria when the authorities will approve the teaching of sexual immorality as a subject in junior and secondary schools, I would have thought that the person had lost his mind. But now, before our very eyes, it is happening, and I lack words to describe the shock among many Nigerians! Not too long ago, I was shown the topics being treated under the subject called "Sexuality Education" or "Sex Education" which tender kids in both junior and secondary schools in Nigeria are now being forced…

Achievements that go beyond the ordinary are often driven by magnificent obsession, a preoccupation with a subject that one’s mind won’t let go. When a person is in the grip of a magnificent obsession he either achieves something great or he wastes his time. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis diagnosed his self as having obsessive compulsive personality disorder; his mind wanted to understand why human beings did what they did. That was a magnificent obsession that led to the formation of a new discipline. Emil Kraepline began psychiatry and Ivan Pavlov and John Watson began Behavioristic Psychology; both also…

Tribute to My Friend, Chinua Achebe (Ikejimba; 1930-2013) was written by Chike Momah in honour of late Prof. Chinua Achebe, which I consider a must read by those who have not had the general or particular opportunity to share in it. He highlights that "this tribute is a second revision of a piece (REFLECTIONS ON CHINUA ACHEBE) which I wrote in 2000, and revised in 2007. His passing, in the third week of March 2013, has necessitated this revision." First published in May 2, 2013 In Achebe: Exit of a Literary Giant. Below is even what one of Achebe's children touts his father…

Typical of the Jonathan regime, it took the effort of investigative journalists – this time, the reporters at Premium Times – to alert Nigerians about the planned assault on our civil liberties. The latest deal, involving an Israeli company, Elbit Systems Ltd., is for the supply of the “Wise Intelligence Technology (WiT) System for Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense”. That we have not heard from presidential spokespersons, Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe, is a tacit acknowledgment that the contract, as reported last week, is indeed real. We can bet they are busy cooking up an “appropriate” response. Elbit describes its…

A freely discussed nation is a well resolved nation. Therefore an un-discussed nation is an un-resolved nation which has no business with peace. Since January 1914 when Nigeria was created by Britain, several fundamental ethno-religious issues have been acting to tear the country apart. Nigeria’s political leadership has bluntly and dangerously refused to sincerely assemble the ethnic peoples together in a National Conference to discuss how they would like to live together in peace. This failure has resulted in sectional riots, agitations, uprisings, wars and now persistent militant groups inflicting terror on and making Nigeria unsafe. Nobody in Nigeria can…

This essay points out that white Americans fear of alienating Muslims lest Muslims attack and kill them shows that they are a fearful and cowardly people and that their historic evil towards black folks is explained by their fearful and cowardly nature; it says that courageous persons love and serve social interest rather than abuse their fellow human beings.  Arabs And White Men Are Cowards!  Ozodi Osuji  Like many oppressed black folks I was motivated to understand the white man.  I read the literature on why he did what he did, such as enslave Africans and discriminate against black folks…