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Similarities between Benin and Opobo, by Eric Teniola

Opobo Kingdom in Rivers State now has a new king. He is King Charles Douglas MacPepple Jaja, Jeki VI. The king was crowned as the sixth Amanyanabo of Opobo, and the coronation, which was held at Jaja Square, Opobo Town, marked the climax of activities that began on September 17, 2026, to celebrate the emergence […]
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When pythons dance: IPOB, Kanu and the Biafra struggle

WHERE is the operational base of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, now? Where does the struggle for a separate Biafran nation as spearheaded by IPOB stand today? Where is Nnamdi Kanu, the ‘Jewish’ leader, spiritual godfather and Commander-in-Chief of the ‘armless’ IPOB army?

Why Awo did not make West to secede

ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations: “I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two

Tax incentive to Dangote and our failed Federal Govt

Milton Friedman must have had the Federal Government of Nigeria in mind when he penned the above words. Just like Obafemi Awolowo rightly warned against unitary Nigeria in his  book ‘Thoughts on The Nigerian Constitution’ in 1967, the Federal Government of Nigeria is now afflicted with ashes touch. Said Awo:  ‘Besides, it is not difficult to forecast that the work of government in Nigeria under a unitary constitution is bound to become unduly complex, inextricably tangled,extremely unwieldy and wasteful, and productive of disunity and discontent amongst the people. Unless we have veritable supermen at the helm of affairs,the administrative machinery would eventually disintegrate and break down under the crushing weight of ‘bureaucratic centralism’.

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