"Soldier comes, soldiers go but barracks remain" is a cliché which is as old as the nation of Nigeria with its multifaceted political problems. Literary, soldiers will always join, leave the army whether dead or alive but the barracks will monumentally tarry. Subtly explained, no matter the caliber of various rulers that will thread the political corridor and landscape of Nigeria, the nation and people of Nigeria will outlive their mess. While Nigerians might outlive the booboos and wickedness of the various rulers that walked through their labyrinth, Nigerians do it at a ransom. The ransom which the people of…

As the sun shines brighter at the east and sets dimmer in the west; home will always be the best. Home is where the heart is and therein is the treasure. The World Igbo Congress (WIC) is an entity which has been nurtured through the years just like Igbo People’s Congress (IPC), have matured to what it is today. WIC may have noble intentions, with their humongous treasures buried in the south eastern region of Nigeria, but their home seems to be in Diaspora – United States of America. This ambiguity with a shade of abnormality gingers a need for…

It was the famous poet, Robert Burns that said, "Man’s inhumanity to man, makes countless thousands mourn." Inhumanity is callousness, deprivation, oppression or an ungodly act of one man to another. It is an epitome of cave-man’s mentality; a dysfunctional behavior that should be shunned in any civilized society. Therefore, the brutality that encompasses politics in most African nations, especially Nigeria is gruesome and points the arrow backward towards primitivism. This incessant and wanton killing of politicians in Nigeria by their rivals or opposition groups has culminated to a culture of extreme cannibalism, and should be strongly condemned by every…