Rochas Okorocha and the many Misfortunes of a GlorFriday, July 28, 2017
How Rochas Okorocha came to become governor of a highly sophisticated state like Imo State still baffles a lot of good-spirited Nigerians. More discomforting is how he was allowed to allegedly rig his way through for a second term. It is even more troubling that the rascally governor has held on to ...
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Exam Malpractice and JAMB’s Futile Attempt to Tarnish Igbo ImageMonday, May 22, 2017
The just concluded examinations (UTME) conducted by JAMB on prospective candidates into universities has unfortunately become another tool in the hands of federal institutions under the APC administration to continue to attempt to humiliate Ndigbo in every area of their success in order to futile ... |
Nnamdi Kanu Made No Such StatementWednesday, May 3, 2017
There is a statement making the rounds to the effect that Prince Nnamdi Kanu made certain statements that are contrary to his original stance on national matters and are found disturbing by his admirers, supporters and followers. Some other versions of the rumour have it that he made the s ... |
Biafra: Pharaoh, Let My People Go!Tuesday, May 2, 2017
For every self-acclaimed strong man, there is a God who takes away even the captive of the mighty and delivers the prey of the terrible. History has a way of repeating itself. Very early in the life of this world, there arose a certain Pharaoh that did not know Joseph. He subjected the ch ... |
Nnamdi Kanu: We Still Await Justice – Nzuko UmunnaMonday, May 1, 2017
An Igbo socio-cultural association, Nzuko Umunna, has expressed satisfaction that the leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, has been released after a protracted detention by the federal government. In a statement signed by the association rsquo;s Coordinator, Ngozi Odumuko, and ... |
Release Deji Adeyanju Now or Face the Consequence, Civil Society Groups Warn PolFriday, April 21, 2017
The arrest of Prince Deji Adeyanju by the police over his mobilization of Nigerians to rally against the secret trial and freedom of Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader, will spell doom for the nation. This much was contained in a statement signed by the Convener of the Movement for the Advancement of N ... |
Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the Miracle of the Savannah (Part 2)Wednesday, March 8, 2017
In addition, the State rsquo;s irrigation farming project located at Mangoro Kaba in the Garu District of Nafada Local Government Area, a border and remote village between Gombe and Yobe States, is a copious testimony to Dankwambo rsquo;s commitment to agriculture and the fact that the governor has ... |
Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the Miracle of the Savannah (Part 1)Monday, March 6, 2017
Gombe State as one of the States in the country that has had its own fair share of insurgency, has before now, been in the news for unpleasant reasons as a result of the activities of insurgents. This situation like it is with other affected states had further impoverished the state and caused a nea ... |
Even in Sickness, Buhari Remains a HeroThursday, February 9, 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari has grown to become an unassailable enigma. The more Nigerians try to demystify him the more enigmatic he becomes. It is only heroes that do what Buhari does in Nigeria and get away with it. This is so because it is only in Nigeria that a Buhari would become our preside ... |
Senate, SERAP, Ibrahim Magu And The Dearth And Death Of CSOs In NigeriaMonday, December 19, 2016
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, recently wrote a letter to Mr Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders on Senate rsquo;s refusal to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, claiming politi ... |
Mimiko, Louis Odion And The Limits Of CharlalismThursday, December 8, 2016
Without much ado and for the purpose of clarity, let me quickly inform that the term charlalism as used in this piece refers to a situation where an otherwise established journalist descends into the odious arena of charlatanism just to satisfy some vested interests and or for pecuniary be ... |
Ondo State: The Return Of Eyitayo Jegede And A Future AssuredThursday, November 24, 2016
The judgement by the court of appeal reinstating Mr Eyitayo Jegede SAN as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State has sent the people of the state on wild jubilation. Before the judgement from the court of appeal ... |
Femi Fani-Kayode: When the Fight against Corruption Goes Personal By Jude NdukwThursday, November 3, 2016
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has come under intense scrutiny and criticism from citizens in the last few days following a series of arrests of high-profile Nigerians especially Femi Fani-Kayode in manners that are alien to our laws and that cast the Commission as an organizati ... |
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