Okachikwu Dibia

A freely discussed nation is a well-resolved nation. Therefore, an un-discussed nation is an un-resolved nation that has no business with peace. Since January 1914, when Nigeria was created by Britain, several fundamental ethno-religious issues have been acting to tear the country apart.

First and foremost, who is an artist?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s write-up titled “We Remember Differently: Tribute to Chinua Achebe @ 82” posted in Saharareporters on 24 November 2012 and published in The Guardian of Sunday, November 25, 2012 on pages 34- 35 was a good effort.

In my unpublished article titled ‘Dialectics of Boko Haram’ written on the 12 August 2009, I decried the mishandling of the issue by the federal government, in particular the Nigerian police.

The late Chief Anthony Enahoro’s Movement for National Reformation (MNR) was a strident and cogent idea, well-neglected and frustrated by those who loved him so much in Nigeria. They are the ones rushing to Edo State to pay empty and deceitful condolences to his family.

On 30 October 2010, I visited Elibrada to execute the traditional rite duty of my late elder brother, Wowusor Dibia, to his maternal kindred at Omordu family, Rumuikhah Compound in Elibrada Emohua.

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (alias IBB) overthrew the disciplined government of General Muhammadu Buhari in August 1985 and ruled Nigeria for eight years.