Category: GUEST WRITER

By Batos Nwadike Lt. Col. Bukar Sukar Dimka led a military coup against the Federal military Government of General Murtala Muhammed in February 1976. He killed the Head of State in that uncertain Friday on his way to the mosque. The Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters, General Olusegun Obasanjo went into hiding. The whereabout of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma was unknown. Lt. Col Dimka went ahead to prosecute the coup thinking that as soon as the Head of State Gen. Murtala Muhammed fell to…

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By Christian Akpunonu The world is alerted by the recent exit of the most powerful Queen cum political diva at the nonegenerian age–Queen Elizabeth of England.With her departure,the Prince Charles III steps  in as the Uno Numero of the UK, and the entire Common Wealth of Nations comprising of 88  member nations.This is the scope of overwhelming influence of the demised Queen. The influence that  spanned through the era of Slavery and colonialism till date. These two phenomenon went down in the annals of  human history as the most profound…

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By Batos Nwadike INEC, the administrative body empowered by the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria have announced and earmarked 28th of September 2022 as the date for the kick off for campaigns of the 2023 general elections. We shall all meet at the soap box! We will all meet at River Nworie, River Njaba, Imo river, River Nwangele, Oguta Lake, Lake Nwaebere, Orashi basin etc. There are no hills in Imo state. We will not miss to meet at the Dan Anyiam, Grasshoppers, Orlu and Okigwe stadiums. The…

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By Chinedu Opara Analysts and the good and appreciative people of Owerri Zone unanimously agree that it is in the area of projects and empowerments that the man has shone brilliantly like a bright morning star. That accounts for the popular nickname of “Grand Commander of Empowerment” which they have happily bestowed on him.  His litany of projects executed with his annual 200m budgetary intervention fund includes projects in Aboh Mbaise LGA like construction of Modern market with Abbaittoir at Afor Ajala Market, construction of 10,000 capacity Solar Powered Borehole…

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By Jerry Chukwueke The week-long series of events that marked the landmark 80th birthday anniversary of the living legend, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has all the trapping of a festival. From far away in the United States of America, I monitored all the events and I kept clapping. Nigerians, not just Ndigbo, showered encomiums on a man who employed his personal resources and attributes to see to the welfare of individual Nigerians but also to the collective interest of Nigeria as a whole. What we saw couldn’t be anything less. For a…

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By Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu Nigerian Newspapers, on August 14, 2019, were awash with reports that Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu, wife of Ondo State Governor, summoned what was tagged ‘a million-man protest march against the Nigerian Army. A randy Army Lance Corporal had raped a 300-level female student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, on July 31 at a military checkpoint along Akungba-Ikare road. I led the said protest to the state Commissioner of Police to add force to the matter for the obvious reasons. The randy soldier was dismissed from…

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By Chuks Osuji Recently, a Northern group associated with Miyetti Allah has claimed that it has advised  members of the group, Miyetti Allah that they will not vote for Peter Obi.  According to the group, their reasons is that if Obi becomes the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in support of Miyetti Allah that Obi Presidency will be a substitute for Biafra. When I read the headline, perhaps, along with many other thinking Nigerians, my reaction was to laugh to the marrows. I did this for two or…

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…Mockery To Gov. Uzodimma By Amby Uneze, KSJI Historically, according to Wikipedia, Mbaise nation is a region in Imo State in southeastern Nigeria. In the heart of Igboland, the region includes several towns and cities. It is a group of indigenous clans, connected by intermarriage. With a population density of over 1,000 people per square kilometer, Mbaise is West Africa’s most densely-populated area; its 2006 population was 611,204. The name “Mbaise” was derived from five clans: Agbaja, Ahiara, Ekwereazu, Ezinihitte, and Oke Uvuru. The three  local government areas of Mbaise cover about 404 km2 (156 sq mi); Aboh Mbaise covers 185 km2 (71 sq mi),…

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By Christian Akpunonu Prove me right if I am  wrong, to observe that throughout the political history of Nigeria, the recent political developments are very strange  indeed.So many unusual things  are happening and more surprises are bound to spring up in the nearest future.Worthy of note is that the electioneering campaigns are yet to kick off officially ,according to the INEC guidelines.But one can hardly believe that what is going on are mere political consultations in preparation for the campaigns.However, the political parties in the contest as well as the…

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By Christian Akpunonu This combination has really sparked off the deserving and corresponding ripples in the political atmosphere of Nigeria.It is such a peculiar Political decision that triggered up a mixed grill of optimism,pessimism, panic and jubilation from the two ends of the divide.The future generations are at ease with it, while the upper old breed political class are hooked up on the V tight corners. Many people have adduced different positive interpretation of the build up.Also, so many people have expressed discomfiture through unwarranted and senseless self-centered vituperative aspersions…

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