On The Passing Of Professor Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)  We mourn, as our duty, the passing of our beloved Chinua; but this is certainly overtaken by the compelling celebration of an exemplary life that has positively touched every corner and every culture of this planet and all peoples of the world. Through his literary works, Achebe speaks to us convincingly about Life being really large, while Living itself is really local—an intense personal dynamic relationship with forces and things locally linked, yet building out a web that will eventually not be constrained by any dimensions—there is no contradiction.  Like all great…

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, also known as IBB, must be a deeply-troubled man; a retired general haunted by his past. There is no other way to explain his constant attempt to intrude into our national psyche after ruling the country for eight inglorious years. The former military president never misses an opportunity to show how relevant he is even though history can’t support that delusion. The recent merger of major opposition political parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) provided a good opportunity for him.  “IBB okays merger of political parties, insists on two party system”, was the headline in…

Afrocentric Culture Versus Scientific Culture   Date: March 18, 2013 To: Professor Molefe Asante From: Ozodi Osuji, PhD Subject:  Afrocentric culture versus Scientific Culture   With the below synopsis of what I mean by scientific culture I conclude my initiated communication with you. I deliberately decided to communicate with you because I identified you as one of the chief proponents of the Afrocentric movement. That movement, I believe was useful in the 1960s and 1970s when black folks were trying to define themselves on their own terms and extricate their identity from how white men defined them. However, the world…

In the 'Modern World' people say, "Power Creates Wealth." This I think is what we generally refer to as "Power Corrupts." If we may go further, borrowing from the English Historian, Lord Acton, we say "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely." Jonathan administration has now endorsed some bag eggs among the Nigeria public officials that have gone international with their scornful skills to disgrace their State, their people, and Nigeria. The fact that ex-Governor, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, in 2005, was arrested in London, detained, charged with laundering £1.8m ($3.2m) found in cash and bank accounts, granted bail, jumped bail, fled…

The war of attrition between Abia State governor, Theodore Orji, and his predecessor Orji Uzor Kalu, took a bizarre turn two weeks ago when the Abia State University (ABSU) released a statement withdrawing the degree it awarded Mr. Kalu when he was governor. According to the university, “The admission and graduation of the former governor violated its extant rules and regulations”. In a sentence, Mr. Kalu is parading a “fake degree”, or is he? Anyone looking for proof that governance in Nigeria is a sideshow need not look beyond the action of ABSU, and by extension the governor of Abia…

This paper reviewed some hypotheses on the origin of life on planet earth and the origin of the universe itself.   It then posited a hypothesis that the universe is an information system. The universe is a place of mutually interacting information and some of that information is in light, electrons, neutrons, protons, quarks, the human body, animals’ bodies, plants, rocks, planets, stars, galaxies and the entire universe. A universe of information, among other things, produced biological life forms which are part of the universal information system.  What Is The Origin Of Human Beings?  Ozodi Osuji  Introduction:   I have just…

- However, with inflation dropping, the likelihood of ECB monetary assistance to support the economy may be rising. The unemployment rate across the eurozone in January rose to a fresh record high of 11.9% in January. However, headline figures continue to mask huge country level variations, and the goods news, especially in the context of declining inflation, is that the likelihood of further monetary assistance from the ECB may be rising.    The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate across the eurozone in January rose to an all-time high of 11.9%, up from 11.8% in the previous month. One year earlier, in…

The term medical tourism was coined by Americans about a decade ago when there was a surge in the number of US citizens travelling overseas in search of lower medical cost for cosmetic and other major surgical procedures in places like India and Mexico where it was believed the cost of these procedures generally cost much less than what it would cost to have the same procedures done in the United States. India especially is often mentioned as a hot spot for medical tourism after it built up a reputation for having a comparable level of advanced medical technology as…

Many Nigerians were expectedly shocked, concerned and apprehensive at the news on 07 March 2013 that the (notorious, inept and ineffective) Nigerian House of Representatives is planning to include immunity for federal legislators in the on-going amendment of the 1999 constitution, with the bills passing a second reading, and inevitably will be overwhelmingly passed as an Act. It was reported thus: “a bill for an act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 by providing immunity for members of the legislature in respect of the words spoken or written at the plenary session or at committee…