Category: GUEST WRITER

By Vitalis Unachukwu    Tell me who is not tired of the humdrum life in Nigeria . The bustle and din of city and communal life that hitherto evoked smiles in people’s faces , have evaporated to the oblivion in Nigeria . You may ask : What are we living for , in the absence of happiness and the good things of life , especially now hunger had taken the center stage of our stressful and challenging lives ? So sad , to recall the unfortunate phenomena in Nigeria .…

By Mike Nwachukwu The Imo Charter of Equity whatever that now means is DEAD & WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE RUN UP TO THE 2027 IMO STATE OFF-CYCLE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION!!! A lot of my folks from Owerri Zone still imagine that The Imo Charter of Equity will be the vehicle that will drive home the desire of Owerri Zone to produce a successor to His Excellency Dist. Senator Hope Uzodinma. They appeal on the “sentimental” and beckon on the “goodness and morality” of nde Orlu & Okigwe to…

Ebere Uzoukwa, Ph.D Aba, the economic nerve center of the South East and South South, has experienced a transformation under Governor Alex Otti’s administration. Once a thriving commercial hub, Aba earned the nickname “the Japan of Africa” due to its entrepreneurial prowess and craftsmanship. However, years of neglect and abandonment led to infrastructure collapse, decay, and rot. The city’s roads became impassable, streets were littered with refuse, and the once-thriving markets were in shambles. Aba’s contributions to the early development of Igboland cannot be overstated. The city attracted Ndigbo from…

By Vitalis Unachukwu  Rotimi Amaechi was right . Who then can bail Nigerians from the dangerous situation they found themselves at the moment ? There’s no gainsaying the fact , that Nigerians are their own worst enemies, architects and root cause of their problems, enslavement and endless hardships, as Rotimi Amaechi stated . This is a nation its citizens delight in allowing themselves to be deluded into eulogizing and lauding their political rulers and representatives in government, even with the knowledge and conviction that they are not doing well in…

By Vitalis Unachukwu This shocking revelation in and from Syria, shall be the portion of all diabolical dictators across the world in history.🙏 Today, it’s ASSAD’S TURN, TOMORROW, it would be the turn of others , cruising under the incubator of spineless dictatorship, who chose to degrade and punish their citizens with perpetual hardships and suffering . It has never been well for dictators since the beginning of creation . They ruled by iron fists and died like monsters . Check out Emperor Nero of Rome , who burnt down…

In 2011, Distinguished Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi, as a House of Representatives member, unveiled his  skills entrepreneurship vision. The agenda of the document was  bringing back the  Igbo value of “Aka Oru”, (skills acquisition) and reducing joblessness in Owerri Federal Constituency. At that time  nobody in the executive and legislature paid attention to what he was doing. They probably didn’t do because then  unemployment  was not a serious threat. And there was no open sign of  immediate trouble. So , seeing no reason to worry everyone continued with  their usual business.…

Arguably Christmas is reputed as the biggest religious event globally. It is possible because Christianity is the dominant religion with the greatest followership in the world. A recent record (2020) indicate that Christianity is the most successful religion in the world with an estimated 2.38bn believers followed by Islam and Hinduism with 1.91 and 1.16bn adherents respectively However, there appears some controversies surrounding the event which has created some rifts in beliefs among Christians leading to different practices. Today, while some churches welcome and celebrate the event there are some…

The recent arraignment of Dele Farotimi in Ekiti State raises critical questions about the misuse of legal authority in Nigeria. In this article, Prof Chidi Odinkalu unpacks the case’s legal and constitutional issues, drawing parallels to past judicial precedents. Odinkalu’s analysis highlights the dangers of weaponising the law to suppress dissent and the urgent need for accountability. Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure It was his role as…

By Ori Martins   …Integrity Group lauds Justice Madu We have received with joy the impeccable judgment of the Honourable Justice C. A. Ononeze Madu, setting aside an earlier judgment that gave ownership of the multi-million Naira Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat located along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri to one Enedo General Services. The union is grateful for this landmark judgment and wishes to use this medium to thank every person who stood by us, through these two long years of legal battle, given that journalists…