Counting the years
Last weekend, I attended the 80th birthday celebration of Mr Ben Lawrence. It was hosted by his nephew, Nosa Igiebor, the CEO of Tell Magazine, a weekly news magazine that played a prominent role in the June 12 saga. The ‘party’ was all that I expected; a quiet get-together of veteran journalists—mainly of the defunct Daily Times stock—who had paid their dues to the pen profession.
Nnamdi Ehirim sends words to Nigerian players
Former Nigerian tennis star, Nnamdi Ehirim shuttles between Dublin in Europe and the United States, all for tennis. He has not left the game and the game has not left him.
Exciting end to a crazy election
Who would have thought that what resembled a bad joke when billionaire Donald Trump announced his run for president of the United States of America would translate into one of the most exciting elections in modern American history?
No more distrust between Buhari, Niger Delta leaders – Kachikwu
MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the distrust that had characterised the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and Niger Delta leaders had given way to an atmosphere of optimism.
Inside Buhari’s meeting with N-Delta leaders
His words: “The president can no longer say that he has nobody to talk to in the region, the leaders are there for him to talk contrary to his earlier statement that there was nobody to talk to in the region.”
Igbo need the spirit of Biafra to move forward – Prof Chukwuemeka Ike
In fact, in my novel ‘The search’, I talked about the military coups. It was like some people would organize themselves and as soon as the group settles down, the chairs are pulled away. There is no doubt that some people in this country feel that they are born to rule Nigeria and that Nigeria must be ruled by them. During the war, the slogan was ‘To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done!’ But the question is to keep Nigeria one for what purpose? So that is the Islamization.
