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Meet Nigeria’s Nationalist, Obafemi Awolowo

Rufus Okoro Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909 – 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist, lawyer, statesman, and one of the country’s most influential political leaders. Born Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo on March 6, 1909, in Ikenné, present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. He studied law at the University of London and qualified as a barrister. Awolowo founded the Action Group (AG) political party in 1951. He served as the Premier of the Western Region from 1954 to 1960, later emerged the Leader of the Opposition in Nigeria’s federal parliament. ALSO READ >>> Meet Nigeria’s First President, Nnamdi Azikiwe He served as the Vice-Chairman of the Federal Executive Council and Minister of Finance, during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1971. Awolowo introduced free primary education and free healthcare for children in the Western Region, which became a model in Nigeria. He advocated federalism as the best system for Nigeria’s diverse ethnic groups. He was widely know...

Fiction II WHAT A PANDEMIC!

Poet: Fred Nwaozor

Oh, what a pandemic
In this global village
Disrupting human isodemic
Even in our local village!

This is so demonic
To our collective existence.
Hence, needs severe demo
To quench the persistence.

As we mainly deploy exorcism
To free the bedevilled atmosphere,
It's noteworthy that this exodus
Needs more of forensic sphere.

So, while COVID-19 sputters
Let's jettison anything spurious.