2027: Nigeria must not go the 1966–69 route again
There is a proverb that says those who stumble twice on the same stone deserve to break their necks. Nigeria fought a bitter 30-month civil war that claimed millions of lives and left the country torn apart and gasping for breath till today. One of the remote causes of that war—electoral fraud-related violence—is rearing its […]
King Charles III’s coronation
TOMORROW, May 6, 2023, millions of British citizens and people from all around the world will tune in to watch the coronation of King Charles III of England. He ascended the throne on September 8, 2022 when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died. The coronation of British monarchs is a significant cultural event that has […]
Ekweremadus: Not too late for Nigerian Government to act
A DISTRESS that has shadowed Nigeria – United Kingdom relations in the last year is the trial of the immediate past Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ trafficking. The couple, along with a Nigerian-born doctor, Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of arranging the travel […]
Iwuanyanwu’s emergence as Ohanaeze leader
PENULTIMATE weekend, Igbo leaders closed ranks and mandated an elder statesman and industrialist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, to take over the mantle of leadership of the apex socio-cultural umbrella and leaders of thought, the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo. Iwuanyanwu took up the challenge to fill the vacancy left behind by the late Professor George Obiozor whose sudden […]
Proposed Niger Delta rail network
THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, appears to be putting the scandals, shame and turpitude of the past eight years behind, moving towards a new future of strategic visioning. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, worth $15 billion between the Commission and Atlantic Global Resources of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, reportedly an international infrastructure […]
Balance 10th NASS leadership
WITH return of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from his one-month “rest” abroad, the All Progressives Congress, APC, leadership is meeting to agree on how to share top positions in the upcoming 10th National Assembly. That is to be expected. Obviously, the party is learning from its past “mistake” of letting members-elect of the Senate […]
