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Mbah’s unjustifiable offer to sultan! By Ochereome Nnanna

Mbah’s unjustifiable offer to sultan! By Ochereome Nnanna

Back in early March this year, Fulani terrorist militias masquerading as “herdsmen”, launched one of their vicious attacks on Eha Amufu, a peaceful farming community in Isi Uzo LGA, Enugu State. They perpetrated their trademark crimes of killings, raping, abduction of unspecified number of defenceless farmers, destruction of farms and feeding of crops to their animals. […]

Between Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and Prof Mgbeke, by Rotimi Fasan

Between Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and Prof Mgbeke, by Rotimi Fasan

Readers may still remember my concluding thoughts from the second of my two-part series on the Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senator Godswill Akpabio’s saga on March 19 this year. Whatever direction the saga ended, the career of the two combatants, either in manipulative conduct or making inappropriate comments, was about being terminated, I said. The twist […]

The apathy of the masses and the insouciance of being, by Usman Sarki

The apathy of the masses and the insouciance of being, by Usman Sarki

“Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying out that ideal into practice”–   Arnold Toynbee The state of our nation today calls for an honest and critical self-appraisal. We have become […]

Telecoms Colloquium, beyond holding talks? By Okoh Aihe

Telecoms Colloquium, beyond holding talks? By Okoh Aihe

The late dramatist and playwright, Professor Ola Rotimi, once wrote a play, Holding Talks. In this work, which falls under the genre of theatre of the absurd, two characters are having a conversation forever or will ad nauseam be a better word. In this conversation, there is neither head nor tail and the repetition can be […]