by Chiemezie Madu | Apr 1, 2022 | Society & Culture
At the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970, a vicious policy ensured that all monies owned by the Igbos and lodged in Nigerian banks were forfeited and that the owners were given a flat sum of 20 pounds per person. That policy in effect abolished social...
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 27, 2022 | Politics & Policy
By now we are all used to ASUU strike. Hardly a year passes by without ASUU embarking on strike. Once in Jonathan’s tenure, ASUU went on a 6-month uninterrupted strike. I thought it was a record (in a democratic government) until it was shattered in...
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 21, 2022 | Church & Religion
Intercessory prayer is one of many contentious principles of faith where most (if not all) Pentecostal Christian denominations disagree with Catholics, who they criticize for seeking the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the Saints before God, when they could pray...
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 20, 2022 | Society & Culture
A few weeks ago, after the movie Tinder Swindler broke the internet, a friend accused me of victim blaming and said I would never understand why those women acted the way they did until I was in their shoes (many ladies held this view). Well, I thought they were...
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 18, 2022 | Health & medicine
Mental health is very undermined in Nigeria and sufferers are often ascribed as suffering from a spiritual affliction. The devil is almost always blamed as the cause of mental health problems. You would expect this notion to be propagated by lay (non-medical) people,...
