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‘Men like Oronto Douglas do not die’: A Tribute, By Andy Rowell

by Andy Rowell Nigeria lost one of its most iconic, out-spoken and passionate advocates for social and environmental justice last week with the cruelly early...

The Igbo Nation And The Fallacy Of Father Mbaka’s Vindication [MUST READ]

by Tony Nwaezeigwe The 1967-70 Nigeria Civil War, for the Igbo was a battle of historic survival against the forces of national darkness that roamed...

Opinion: Who Will Help The Igbos In Nigeria?

by Sunday John The recent verbal threat against Ndigbo in Lagos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has brought to fore, once again, the...

Okechukwu Ofili: Stop Telling Lies On Behalf of God [The Trent Voices]

by Okechukwu Ofili Today a picture of a young soldier crying has been making the rounds on Instagram accompanied with a powerful story. A story about...

Oronto Natei Douglas: A Man Of Uncommon Courage, By Akinbode Oluwafemi

by Akinbode Oluwafemi My last lunch with Oronto was on February 22, 2015. The venue was his hotel room on the  9thfloor of Eko Hotels,...

Okechukwu Ofili: The Question Of Ethnicity In The Presidential Elections And The Numbers

On March 31st at 5:15 PM, Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan placed a historic call to Retired General Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on...

Abdul Mahmud: Goodnight Oronto Douglas

by Abdul Mahmud But for a poem or two written during the early years of my writing career, I find elegy a difficult and tedious...

#Tribute: Oronto Douglas – An Ijaw Who Built Bridges Everywhere In Nigeria

by Lasisis Olagunju He was not a president. He was not even a governor and, yet, he enjoyed the kind of aura you find around...

#Tribute: Oronto Natei Douglas (1966 – 2015), By Chidi Odinkalu

by Chidi Odinkalu When it concluded its investigation of the impact of hydro-carbons exploration in parts of the Nigeria Delta, especially in Ogoniland, in August...

Chimamanda Adichie: Why The Oba’s Words Matter

A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said,...

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