Igbo rebuff of today’s Nigerian Army (I), by Ochereome Nnanna
For some years now, youths of the Igbo ethnic group, especially in the five states of the South East geopolitical zone, have been shunning enrolment into the military. In 2025, a Brigadier General, Chima Ekeator, led a team round the geopolitical zone canvassing for Igbo youths to take up their quotas. For instance, he said […]
SGF: who wears the cap?
THE long exclusion of the Igbo people from the core of politics and power in Nigeria is manifesting in many ways. Most members of the Igbo elite do not seem to know their left from their right when critical issues of group interest are at stake.
The clamour for ‘technocrats’
THE widespread call for the new Federal Cabinet to be peopled mainly by technocrats is a scathing disclaimer of the political class.
GEJ must end the civil war now
AS I said before, those elected into various political offices must understand the meaning of their mandates. When we say votes must count, we are not just saying the election should not be rigged.
Rigging the zoning formula
ONE of the problems the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has inflicted on this country since the Olusegun Obasanjo era is a zoning policy without concrete principles guiding it. A well laid-out policy will have clear roadmaps for its implementation.
GEJ and the Ugandan mob
SOMETIMES, one wonders what the numerous advisers that elected office holders surround themselves with actually do to earn their keep.
