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How TB Joshua wants his 50th birthday celebrated
Dear Editor, Renowned Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua turns 50 on Wednesday June 12th 2013. In his
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Posts by : Okey Ndibe
If Mandela Were A Nigerian, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe If Nelson Mandela were a Nigerian, he would never be treated in a hospital within his country. God forbid! At the slightest sign... read more
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What Emperor Jonathan Owes His People, History, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe President Goodluck Jonathan – like former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua before him – is nothing short of a Nigerian-made emperor. Nigeria... read more
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A Case For Canceling The 2015 Elections, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Once again, Nigeria has entered an awful, familiar season. The country’s air is rent with talk of power. Not electric power, no; we’re... read more
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Which gods must be appeased? By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Modern Nigeria’s crisis, I suggest, is primarily a crisis of values. In Umuofia, Okonkwo may give vent to unruly deportment, but his community... read more
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From “Village” Ethics To A Moral No-Man’s Land, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe The consequences of that colonial redrawing of Africa’s map persist with us today. …... read more
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Naturalizing Nigeria: A Strategy for Fighting Corruption, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe “Achebe’s first novel shows how a community works in concert to subvert one man’s rude power. “ …... read more
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Ngala Eight-Eight, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe My mother, Elizabeth Ofuchinyelu Ndibe (nee Odikpo), turned 88 years old last Thursday, April 18. The way she chose to mark her latest... read more
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The Cult of Power, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe From all accounts, President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State are staring each other down. For months, the Nigerian press... read more
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Amnesty for Boko Haram: Dancing with Ghosts, Ignoring the Dead, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe One of the greatest crimes of which the Nigerian state is guilty is a failure to take Nigerians seriously. …... read more
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Bona Ezeudu: Using Art To Contain Tragedy, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe For at least three decades, enthusiasts of Nigeria’s visual arts scene have been familiar with the name Bona Ezeudu. In the mid-1980s, Mr.... read more
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Jonathan Is Doing His Job, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Memo to the US government: Mr. Jonathan is doing his job. A central requirement of that job is to NOT fight corruption. Last... read more
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These Corpses Must Speak Their Names, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Collective forgetting – otherwise known as mass amnesia – is one way Nigerians cope with their scandal-marred, misshapen lives. In a country where... read more
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What Patience Jonathan Owes Nigerians, By Okey Ndibe
Last year, Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan spent six weeks in a Germany hospital receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Nigerians footed the bill for... read more
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Who’s Exploiting Nigerian Mobile Phone Users? By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe One of the biggest revelations of my recent brief visit to Nigeria was to discover the shabby, deteriorating state of mobile telephony in... read more
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Jonathan is Obasanjo’s worthy successor, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Nigeria’s crisis of leadership has grown so malignant that one is frequently tempted to cry, “Where is Fela Anikulapo-Kuti when we need him?”... read more
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On yet another encounter with the SSS, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe As I approached an immigration officer at the Murtala Muhammed Airport on January 12, I had this sense that a now familiar routine... read more
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Quarter Past Time For Nigeria, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe Last week, Tunji Fagbenle, one of Nigeria’s finest columnists, alerted his readers to the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan and the operators of... read more
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Shaping the future (and the Nigeria) you want, By Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe It’s customary to mark the beginning of each year with prayers for ourselves and good wishes for our closest friends and relatives. Some... read more
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