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Ndigbo: Confronting the uncomfortable truths and what must change (2), By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Dec. 6 -- In the first instalment of this open letter, we revisited the historical distortions that shifted Ndigbo from the centre of Nigeria's political life to the periphery of its power st... Read More


An open letter to Ndigbo (I): Confronting the uncomfortable truths, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Umunne m, I write to you today not in anger, but with a mind sharpened against self-deception. This is neither a letter of comfort nor a stage for fragile egos, but a reckoning fo... Read More


Ndigbo: Confronting the uncomfortable truths (I), By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Umunne m, I write to you today not in anger, but with a mind sharpened against self-deception. This is neither a letter of comfort nor a stage for fragile egos, but a reckoning fo... Read More


Ali's cartel of clowns, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- In Eruku, prayers ascended and bullets answered first. Church doors splintered; a sanctuary of hope transfigured into an altar of smoke and screams. Three worshippers collapsed be... Read More


The sheikh who chose terror, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- In the great city of Kaduna, Northern Nigeria's political capital, there is a man who, though trained as a doctor, is better known as a Sheikh. He hails from a long line of Islamic... Read More


Nigeria Needs Support, Not Shock and Awe, by Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 7 -- Since week, President Donald Trump has intensified his rhetoric on Christian persecution in Nigeria, warning the Nigerian government to act swiftly against the growing insurgency. H... Read More


The crown Mandela refused, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Nov. 1 -- Aso Rock may continue to dismiss rumors of a coup, but the stench of panic hangs thick in the air. First came the sudden cancellation of the Independence Day parade. Then, a flurry ... Read More


Terror, politics, and power, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- In the jagged mountain ranges straddling Afghanistan and Pakistan, a resurgent Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (T.T.P.), are ratcheting up a relentless and d... Read More


Sixty-five candles, no light, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Oct. 4 -- Sixty-five candles, yet the flame gutters in the wind, smoke curling over a nation that learned to crawl backward. Independence, they said- but what freedom lies in a land independe... Read More


Enugu tech bros and Nigeria's Yabacon valley, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Sept. 27 -- A friend of mine visited from Nigeria not too long ago. He runs an oil servicing company back home and arrived in Houston with the usual armour of his tribe; a MacBook, headphones... Read More