Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (II), by Ochereome Nnanna
How did the Igbo nation, in about 70 years, move from dominating the officer grades of the Nigerian Army to being begged to fill their quotas today? The simple answer is that the Nigerian armed and security forces have been the primary kinetic instrument used by colonial Britain and its willing vassal post-colonial Nigerian state […]
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. […]
Lekki Toll Gate and battle for Lagos
If you think that the #EndSARS protest
of October 2020 was only about ending police brutality in Nigeria you may be mistaken
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
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 […]
My agenda for Charlie Nwamgbafo
In my Abiriba culture, we have a saying that a person who will kill a cow for his father (Ogbuefi) is known from his earliest childhood
