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  Nigeria Bans Use of Indigenous Local Languages in Pre-Secondary Education Over the last 20 years, I have written extensively on the subject of loss of self-identity and the inferiority complex that afflicts some of us when it comes to using our indigenous languages in communication. I was intentional about naming my children in my local language, Yoruba , instead of English names. My children have no English names at birth... I have lived in North America for over 21 years, and I still speak Yoruba, my native language, as fluently as if I left Nigeria yesterday. I am intentional about this. I went to public primary and secondary schools. I did not start to speak fluent English until form four, equivalent to SS2 today. We were taught in Yoruba language in my Primary one (grade 1), and I was one of the best students in my class for it... Things changed in Primary 2, and my decline started. I struggled until Primary 3 when I started to pick up again. Teaching in Yoruba, the only l...

Christians have been killed in large numbers in Nigeria for decades - during republican and democratic governments in the U.S. One could call these killings genocide if you evaluate intent and the number of victims... There is a church attack as recent as this week in Kwara State, Nigeria . Nigeria has had serious issues of insecurity for over 15 years now - Boko Haram, banditry, Fulani herdsmen attacks... The West kept quiet so far, just as they have been quiet about the DR Congo crisis , or the Sudan genocide from both sides of the warring parties. Why the interest in Nigeria at this crucial time... I hate conjuring theories or conspiracy... but the motivation of powerful countries is always hard to decipher... They give nothing for free... if they show interest, it means there is something to gain... The same West that is crying genocide in Nigeria denied there is genocide in Gaza, or refused to stand fully behind Ukraine. They have not lifted a finger to help quench the madness in...

The answer to this question is difficult and complex... Let me ask another series of questions: Are Christians being killed in large numbers in some parts of Nigeria? The answer to this question is a resounding YES! Has this been going on for decades? The answer is YES again! Since the 1990s. Where have these killings mostly occurred? It has been in the Northern part of Nigeria. Other questions are: In the last 15 years of escalated insecurity in Nigeria, have more Muslims been killed than Christians? The answer is YES! Where have the killings mostly occurred? In the North-Eastern corridor of Nigeria....Do we have uncurtailed killings across the length and breadth of the nation? Yes, we have. Since Buhari's government dismissed the claim that Fulani herdsmen were killing people and kidnapping them for ransom in 2019.... Nigerians of all colors and hues (Christians, Muslims, traditional worshippers, farmers, artisans, politicians, teachers, children, etc..) have been terrorized by b...

I am reading some are calling for the head of the military officer who confronted Wike and prevented him and his entourage from running over him.... This young military officer stood up to Wike, a sitting minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria... When you drag yourself on the floor, people will step on you. This was the same Wike who humiliated a sitting governor, the Governor of Rivers state, Fubara . From authoritative sources, Gov. Fubara was restored to his elected position after he was compelled to prostrate for Wike, the godfather of Rivers state...Wike humiliated Fubara before our very eye... Wike has been humiliating his political foes since he became the kingmaker in Rivers state.... Wike is not alone in this toxic culture exhibited by those in the seat of power in countries where there is no rule of law . We see what the Senate President, Akpabio , did to Senator Natasha Akpoti ... Complete humiliation for daring to stand up to a bully and a randy so-called leader... S...