The difference between fiction and reality in Enugu State and in lmo state under the current administration. What did the current administration in lmo state do with the millions of naire that were given to the good people of lmo state by the federal government through their governor to cushion the effect of hunger and food shortages across the state. Other states in the southeast of Nigeria make good use of their fund by purchasing tractors for mechanised farming whilst the lmo state government keeps hanging handouts palliatives by so…
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Iwuanyanwu: When a great leader departs in a blaze of glory
A great leader always leaves a big hole in the lives of those around them when they pass away. Considering the roles they played while still on the scene, this is obvious. Because they look up to the leader for crucial decisions affecting their collective, and because they fill in for them or hoist the flag of defence when the need arises, their lives and the lives of their people are intertwined. Just like when Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was around as a model and premier Igbo-Nigerian leader, patriot, and…
Read MoreTHE 12 RECEDIVISTS – Profiles in infamy
By Steve OsuJi A return to viledom: Dear reader, it’s actually reverse recedivism we are grappling with here. Let’s start with the basics. A recedivist is someone who suffers a relapse after a successful therapy. Especially so, a criminal who returns to his bad ways after a corrective process. But the reverse situation which is what we are concerned with here, is someone who transitions from good to bad. We speak of people renowned and illustrious as exemplars of the best societal values turning 360 degrees to become violently evil.…
Read MoreExit, Fubara, Exit.
I called Sim Fubara and Nyesom Wike ” band of thieves” early this year in one of my write ups on the political goings on in Rivers state since 2023. Since then, the velocity of the show of shame has increased in volume and size. Yes, they are band of thieves because they agreed in cahoot to share Rivers state commonwealth and patrimony amongst both of them alone without involving other stakeholders. Their illegitimate agreement has become intractable in implementation, and the duo are dancing naked in the market. However,…
Read MoreEDO SHAM ELECTION: LET’S BOYCOTT ELECTIONS UNTIL…
Expresso is at pains to suggest that Nigerians must elect to boycott further elections until the following conditions are met: By Steve OsuJi MAHMOUD YAKUBU MUST GO: First, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, the incumbent chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, must resign immediately. He has proven over and over again that he has neither capacity, integrity nor courage to effect a free and fair election that can pass muster in the eyes of reasonable people. After the February 25th, 2023 Presidential Election heist, it has become clear that the…
Read MoreTHE BLUNDERER THINKS HIMSELF A REFORMER
By Steve OsuJi The butterfly thinks himself a bird: It was a haunting scene in Beijing, China the other week when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Such meetings are usually stuff for history: Africa’s great and Asia’s great meeting minds to impact the world on a monumental scale. But sorry to note that Nigeria has diminished to the status of a toy country. Our host knows it too. They know Nigeria is at its lowest ebb today; roiling in the mud. They know the visitors…
Read MoreThe Race For 2027
By Nnamdi Nwigwe The sycophants, like David Umahi, who have jumped the gun by speaking of Tinubu’s second term should start thinking about something else as a Presidential election in 2027 is unlikely. Reason? The move to introduce a one five-year tenure is bound to intensify. The kite is already flying though the generality of the citizenry, as always, appears unconcerned. Including the media! I will support the change and advocate that the incumbent president begins it. It is not in doubt that nearly all the political storms that had…
Read MoreFrom Debt Relief To Debt Trap: Nigeria’s Worrisome Return To Borrowing – Isaac Asabor
At a time in Nigeria’s political history, the country stood at the cusp of an economic renaissance, having successfully negotiated its way out of the crushing weight of external debt. Under the skilled leadership of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who served as Minister of Finance and Economy, Nigeria achieved what many thought was impossible, a significant debt forgiveness from its creditors. This milestone freed Nigeria from a heavy burden, leaving the country virtually debt-free. It was a period of hope and optimism as the nation was poised for economic growth without…
Read MoreNIGERIA: NATION UNDER SIEGE, OVERRAN BY FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND CRIMINAL BANDITS LINKED TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
By Vitalis Unachukwu Only a fool would be tricked and manipulated again and again, when he’s beseeched by kinsmen, who have already decided to sell him into slavery or use him as ransom for their own safety . Only non Nigerians would be fooled into believing that, Nigeria is the safest country to visit and be resident today , when we know that we are completely under siege, after being invaded and overran by foreign terrorists, criminal bandits and kidnappers, who now overpower and overthrow our own security forces, dictating…
Read MoreTinubu’s fear of regime change: Nigeria in paradigm paralysis
By Monima Daminabo Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant… Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant critics will say, one thing that will not be denied him is his aversion to hold on to power as a do or die dispensation. His rather ‘un-Nigerian’ disposition of aversion towards “seizing, grabbing and running with”…
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