As you read this, the court case between Ecobank Nigeria Limited and Debt Management Office has taken a new twist. The lawyer representing Ecobank has maintained his position by praying that the court jails the Director General of Debt Management Office, Abraham Nwankwo. This development has left five important questions unanswered. The public have risen…
Preamble and political life Trying to capture the picture of the sham that is called the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, South-South of Nigeria, I lacked the words to capture what happened but Dictonary.com came to my aid with the word ‘macabre’, which it defined as gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. The elections in…
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde once said “In Nigeria, more so in the last 30 years, killing has become a way of life. Depending on the regime in power, killings can either be a past time or a trade.” The government and or some elements within the Nigerian State, has been killing those they hate, envy or…
By: Kayode Odunaro No doubt political violence is a regular but avoidable part of our partisan politics as a result of inability of some politicians to abide by the basic tenets of democratic practice. The incidence of violence is heightened during electoral campaigns when some political candidates for various offices face each other in a…
By Obinna Akukwe Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the Nigeria’s leading opposition party APC had revealed that Jonathan offered him a Vice Presidency slot under an Interim Government arrangement, an offer he claimed to have rejected. Femi-Fani Kayode, the Head of PDP Campaign Organization had refuted the story, saying that it is illusionary imaginations…
I wept last week because of a young man’s very touching plight. I wept because i lacked the power to do anything for this young man. I was on the perilous Umuapu-Owerri Road heading to Owerri to pick up copies of Uche Ogbuagu’s Ka Opuo CD’s. Ogbuagu an Owerri based entertainer gave reasons in that…
Eight months after evidence of a forgery scandal involving a staff of the National Broadcasting Commission, Caroline Animan, was uncovered, the management of the Commission has refused to act in line with the recommendations of the report. Ms. Animan, a confidential secretary at NBC, said to have been an employee of the Commission for over…
The greatest gift of a nation is not what lies underneath its soil, but the talent and creativity of its people. One state that has a large number of talented and creative people is Delta State; with the right leadership, the state will become the cynosure of Nigeria. For the 16 years of People Democratic…
By Ibe Ohakwe A social crusader in Imo State and former aide to the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha, is still in detention nine months after his arrest. Iwuoha was clamped into detention along with his wife Chioma Iwuoha on June 3, 2014 on trump up charges. Famous Naija…
By Collins Ughalaa The people of Imo State and Nigerians in general woke up Wednesday, 28 January 2015 to read frightening stories in the media on how former Governor Ikedi Ohakim assaulted and battered his friend, Dr. Viatlis Orikeze Ajumbe. Some of the reports in the newspapers said Chief Ohakim wanted to kill Dr. Ajumbe.…