Compatriots must stop profiling the Fulani as terrorists simply because armed Herdsmen have taken over all forests from the Atlantic to the Savannah. This is like going back to 1966 when thousands of Igbo were massacred and millions more killed during the Civil War for the offence of a few officers. We cannot shy away […]

There must be something to this name. While we shed tears following the passage of legendary Green Eagles captain, Christian Chukwu, there are soothing words from his name sake, Air Vice Marshal Christian Chukwu (retd). Many similarities. These Chukwus hail from Enugu State. Both were given national honours. They survived air crash and went through danger battling […]

Thanks to Chief Kanayo Esinulo’s book, ‘Ojukwu : Exile, Diplomacy and Survival’, the truth about the one commonly referred to as Biafran rebel leader, is emerging. General Ibrahim Babangida’s revelation may just be what Nigerians need, to turn a new leaf. Indeed, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu – Ojukwu believed so much in Nigeria that all through his twelve […]

Lagos today, Jakarta tomorrow. You will hardly see Peter Obi relying entirely on second hand news, for the Labour Party leader is a man of the globe, flying across continents in search of knowledge and solution to basic problems that turn nations to tigers. When you see Obi wearing the trademark black Indonesian cap with a matching […]

Grannie Ngwo Elizabeth Pam flew to Enugu in search of Major Humphrey Chukwuka, the man who led her husband, Col. James Yakubu Pam, to death on January 15, 1966. It was a mission that showed the humanity in the Pam family. Mrs Pam went to Col. Patrick Anwunah and asked for Chukwuka. When the retired major […]