Every nation in the world has rules and regulations that govern them. Every country is governed by its constitution. The Judiciary is very important because they are designated to interpret, define, and protect our constitution and laws. Raising my four boys as they became teenagers, exposed to crime, peer pressure, and acting out, I always reminded them to obey the law and ask questions if they had any. I also made it clear to my sons that if you commit the crime you must do the time, just like my…
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Isu National Convention: Dike To Batos, You’re Not National President …Hails Uzodinma
Isu Nation Convention is a body comprising of aborigines scattered and located all over the South Eastern States but predominantly in Imo State. These locations include the LGAs of Isu, Njaba, Nkwerre, Nwangele, a large portion of Orlu, Oru East, and some parts of Ideato. lsu people are also found in Isuikwuato in Abia State, Isu Ohaozara in Ebonyi State. And many more in Anambra State. INC was formed in Imo State by a group of personalities led by His Excellency Dr. Douglas Acholonu of blessed memory, a Surgeon of…
Read MoreGradual Exit Of Patriotic Igbo Nigerians Leaves Irreplaceable Vacuum And Hope For New Nigeria
By Vitalis Unachukwu What do you think folks? Bells rolling across the nation, especially in Igboland of all places . In our very eyes , we are bewildered with rude shock , despair, sadness and wonderment, as prominent and patriotic Igbo politicians and great Nigerians, take their sudden exit from our physical presence and existence . Only God can decode and decipher the mystery of what’s happening , which can only appreciate with the benefit of divine hindsight and inkling of things divine . This somber development on their unexpected…
Read MoreOgunewe Vs Okponwa-Eze
By Ephraim Nwadialo Agitated by the media interest in the face-off between the candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, in the 2023 Governorship election in Imo State, Major General Lincoln Jack Ogunewe (rtd), and the State Chairman of the party, Comrade Ifeanyi Okponwa-Eze, I decided to do some checks. On the unwavering commitment of most of the State based journalists in the matter, I found out that Okponwa-Eze is from the Press Constituency. I never knew that the lanky grandfather is a retiring or will I say Veteran journalist, if…
Read MoreChukwuemeka Ezeife: As Patriot Takes Final Bow
By Carl Umegboro A renowned American philosopher and author of “The Supreme Philosophy of Man”, Alfred Armand Montapert, said, “The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion”. This attribute fittingly matched the persona of one man, a noble, the Okwadike Igboukwu, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, an economist and elder statesman, born in Igboukwu, Anambra State on 20 November 1937 but bid farewell on 14 December 2023 at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja at age 85.…
Read MoreWHICH WAY NIGERIAN FOOTBALL ?
By FAN Ndubuoke Once again the issue of hiring a coach for Super Eagles has come to the front burner of our national discuss . It is a huge debate and I must say, it is very healthy for sports development ,particularly as it concerns football, the opium of Nigerian people. It is equally encouraging to see the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) throw the job open by calling for applications from qualified coaches both local and foreign. Advertising the post which is a massive difference between…
Read MoreMothers Day: Revisiting, Appreciating Role Of Mothers
As we mark the 2024 Mothering Sunday being March 10, In the Anglican Communion the world over, it will be very worthy to recognize the roles of mothers or women in our different families in particular and the society in general. It pleased God our creator to make man in his own image, thereby making them male and female. While the male is the head, father and husband in the nuclear family, the female is the helper, wife and mother. With this union God made the larger society to emerge.…
Read MoreGovernorship: Samdaddy Would Have Been Imo’s Better Option
By Ikenna Onuoha According to, Maurice Flanagan “Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother?” Can a good leader be rated by his outward appearance or inward possessions? However, a good leader is always charismatic, cool headed, calm, non temperamental and passionate about his environment and the people around him. A good leader who is preferred as best option or alternative in any situation is one who is willing to sacrifice what he…
Read MoreCreate Anim State As Equalisation State From South East Zone Of Nigeria -Goddy Obodo
State Creation issue in Nigeria has become a thorny and difficult one due to the stringent constitutional provision in the 1999 Constitution. Since the beginning of 3rd republic in 1983, the Ibos and indeed Nigerians at large have clamoured for more state to be created to address certain imbalances in the socio-political & economic concerns of this country. One can recall that the Ibos are more vocal in this agitation and reasons for this are not far fetched. The Ibos are the only ethnic group that inhabit the geographical area…
Read MoreThis Conundrum Called Dangote Oil Refinery -By Steve Osuji
-By Steve Osuji A NUMBING PUZZLE: Dangote Oil Refinery has become a puzzle; indeed, a huge Rubik’s Cube. The mammoth industrial complex which purports to be Nigeria’s most iconic strategic project is fast dissolving into a searing mirage on the psyche of every citizen joe on the street. The only phenom that may be more dumbfounding is the fact of a Bola Tinubu Presidency which must have already gone down political history as the 9th wonder of the modern world. Dangote Refinery has become a case of one day, one…
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