By Afam Echi States in the South East region of Nigeria have been on the boil since the factional Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sought to enforce its sit-at-home order imposed since last week. The enforcement has taken a toll on the area causing loss of lives, shutting down economic activities and overwhelming people with fear. Lives were lost and properties destroyed in Imo and Ebonyi. Enugu was not left out in the mayhem which got school children and teachers humiliated. The official IPOB group led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu…
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Niger Republic: A word of caution
By Femi Fani-Kayode I am on record as saying that if Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali or any other country, attacks Nigeria, violates our territorial integrity or attempts to take one inch of our nation we must and will fight them to the last man. I have also said that Nigeria’s defence budget is far higher than all the other 14 countries in West Africa put together and that there is no nation in our sub-region that can defeat us in a military conflict despite our many challenges. …
Read MoreEmefiele: 60 Days In Tinubu’s Gulag…
20 reasons why his detention is a witch-hunt By Steve Osuji GOVERNANCE BY WITCH-HUNT: It is clearly a vendetta mission. There’s no other reason why a former bank MD and subsisting governor of a country’s central bank would be kept in detention for 60 days without bail and without serious process of litigation. The clamping of Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into detention since the inception of the Bola Tinubu administration and the near abrogation of the powers of the judiciary in the matter…
Read MoreIronsi: Nigeria’s Most Patriotic, Nationalistic Leader Ever!!!
By Ori Martins Nigeria’s first ever indigenous Captain, first Major, first Lt. Col., first Colonel and first Brigadier, Major General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi still remains the most patriotic, nationalistic and just head of government the country has ever produced. Ironsi took over power following the failure of the first military coup that took place on January 15, 1966. That putsch which was well received nationwide as a right action in the right direction was later wrongly tagged “Igbo coup” on the account most of the principal actors were of…
Read MoreDangote The Industrial Monopolist, Murderous Cabals And Frustrated Nigerians In Nation’s Economy
By Ben Osuagwu Recently, a Section of the media in the country carried the story that Dangote Refinery will soon start production. Prior to the exit of the immediate past administration, the head of that Government hurriedly commissioned the Refinery and Nigerians thought that with its inauguration, the price of Petroleum Products will come down,but all to no avail. Well that is a good development for an individual to build a Refinery. But Nigerians expect that the news that would have appealled to all is that the nation’s Refineries have…
Read MoreReasons for Corruption in Nigeria {Part 3}
By Nathan Uzoma Workers Welfare Induced Corruption: For, Seymour Lipset and Salman Lenz (2000:112-117), cultures that stress economic success as an important goal but nevertheless strongly restricts access to opportunities will have higher levels of corruption. For instance, it is a common life pattern in Nigeria to see civil servants work for months without getting paid (This Day: Sunday, July 7, 2002; Daily Trust: July 9, 2002), yet, the society expects them to be honest and productive. Many of those civil servants working without pay are parents, who are expected…
Read MoreThat Imo PDP Will Live
By Henry Ekpe Since the inception of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State chapter, in 1998, the party has never gone through such contentious challenges facing her presently. When PDP arrived Imo State, it was the darling of politicians, as the likes of Chief ID Nwoga, Chief Emeka Echeruo, Chief Charles Ugwu, Dr Mrs Kema Chikwe, Late Chief Livy Okereafor etc with the younger ones like Hon Oliver Enwerenem and co moulded the party into a behemoth. Then, the likes of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Senator Arthur Nzeribe, Chief Evan…
Read MoreRealistic Approach To Implementing Student Loan Act In Nigeria
By Erimma Nwosisi On the 12th of June 2023, the new President of Nigeria , Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law The Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the students loan Act, it was established to help Students in Nigeria pay tuition fees towards their higher education and in turn pay back in instalments after two years, after completing their one year orientation programme in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This seems like a good policy, however in a country that had in decades, experienced a…
Read MoreTinubu In Paris: Matters Arising
By Reuben Abati “See Paris and die!” We used to hear that as young persons. Paris was meant to be the most exotic spot of European civilization, an intellectual capital and the reference point for the Renaissance – Francis !1, Cardinal Richelieu, Loui XIII, Louis XIV, and the ideas-driven salons of Paris. But that was in the past. Nobody goes to Paris to die these days, or to look for big ideas at salons. The history is still there, the legacy is apparent, but there is no big deal anymore…
Read MoreUzodinma, Asari And Imo Security
By Chinedu Opara Before ex militant and agitator Asari Dukubo openly confessed to being in charge of security in Imo, you hardly could believe such was possible. This was because from ex Gov Achike Udenwa, down to Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, Imo state vigilante outfits were manned by indigenes of the state from top to bottom . The operatives were usually recruited from the various autonomous communities of the state, by Ndi Eze and town unions and trained by government and sent back as government recognized and paid local vigilante.…
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