Community Forum

100 Years ago: If you needed a vulcanizer at Ibadan in 1926, relax. Isaac Karunwi was your sure plug. From the Yoruba News of November 16th 1926: Isaa… more

🔥 NEW: THE GUNS OF EZZA 1898 I found French trading record - Ezza bought 20-30 dane guns before British came in 1907. How? Where? How much was one gu… more

One of the most interesting aspects of Nigeria's ethnic geography is that language does not always determine political or cultural identity. There are… more

The just-concluded Igbo Day celebration has demonstrated something that deserves much deeper reflection: the narrative around Igbo unity is changing.… more

Add as a preferred source Hospitals are very important because they help save lives and take care of sick people. However, many hospitals in Nigeria a… more

BOOK 3 CHAPTER 1 - Two Crosses at KM 2.4 - Anglican Approved, Catholic Recorded Anger INTRODUCTION - WHY TWO CHURCHES MATTER: In 1907 at KM 2.4 Goja R… more

Guterres’s speech was a warning and a call to reform, not a cure he can impose before his term ends. The canyons are too wide for one summit to bridge… more

One thing we need to understand as Nigerians is that geopolitical boundaries are not the same thing as ethnic, linguistic or historical boundaries. Wh… more

The National Assembly’s official transmission of the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, singling out state policing as the sole constitutional alte… more

When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political profiteers, the swind… more

The number of judgment debts Nigeria had to fight in court during the guardianship of Abubakar Malami as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of t… more

(I) The Lieutenant-Governor-President of the Council; (2) 3 ex officio members, as in the North; (4) 2 Regional Ministers elected by the House of Chie… more

Add as a preferred source ABOUT two years ago, I received a referral to meet Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Ohiaeri, a renowned obstetrician and gynaecologist. H… more

Add as a preferred source We have spent the past few weeks talking about memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and why recognising changes early matte… more

What goes around, they say, comes around. In 2017, the sports ministry, then headed by Solomon Dalung, brought out guidelines for elections into sport… more

Add as a preferred source WHAT does it mean to be a good political leader? This is one fundamental question that straddles political philosophy and po… more

Add as a preferred source MY first encounter with Nasir El-Rufai was in year 2000 at the Akodo Resort, a popular Lagos beachfront getaway along the Le… more

Add as a preferred source I read somewhere recently that the government said it preferred that consumers be metered than for PHCN to hike tariffs. Eit… more

To the extent that an average Nigerian finds it difficult to meet the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, health and protection, and the three cor… more