People & Politics

Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (III), by Ochereome Nnanna

Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (III), by Ochereome Nnanna

The purpose of this series is to explain why the young people of Igbo extraction now reject the offer to join the Nigerian Army. In the first part, we saw how the Army that Igbo senior officers once led with distinction became the instrument for their subjugation, both during and long after the Biafra War, […]
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Is APC afraid of defeat?

Is APC afraid of defeat?

HAPPY New Year to my esteemed readers. I hope all Nigerians will be brave and sensible enough to capitalise on the politics of this year and elections of next year to conclusively put the prevailing security and economic challenges behind us by choosing competent, educated, patriotic and visionary leaders for the country.

Is APC afraid of defeat?

Is APC afraid of defeat?

By Ochereome Nnanna HAPPY New Year to my esteemed readers. I hope all Nigerians will be brave and sensible enough to capitalise on the politics of this year and elections of next year to conclusively put the prevailing security and economic challenges behind us by choosing competent, educated, patriotic and visionary leaders for the country. […]

Script for a final looting spree

Script for a final looting spree

The Good Book says “by their fruits ye shall know them”. When you dress a person in borrowed robes just to show off, William Shakespeare (Macbeth Act 5, Scene 2) says it will be “(hanging) loose about him like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief”

Breaking: EFCC places Obiano on watch list

Breaking: EFCC places Obiano on watch list

By Soni Daniel, Abuja Trouble appears to be looming for the outgoing Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, as the nation’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has placed him on its watch-list. Although the EFCC has not formally preferred any charge against Obiano since he is still enjoying immunity from prosecution as a […]