Can Agriculture Replace Crude? Experts reveal path to Nigeria’s export revival
By Cynthia Alo For more than five decades, crude oil has remained the dominant pillar of Nigeria’s economy, displacing agriculture from the position it once occupied as the country’s major source of revenue and foreign exchange. However, with the global shift towards cleaner energy and growing concerns over the sustainability of oil dependence, experts are […]
Ojukwu, beyond the Civil War
THERE is more to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu than the civil war and his leadership of Biafra. In the consistent prosecution of the war by other means, 41 years after it ended, pillorying Ojukwu has become a passion, almost a profession for some, who use it in the larger fight for group relevance in Nigeria.
Ojukwu – A Hero Is Gone
I MAKE no apologies about what I consider the place of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi, Dikedioranma, Eze Igbo Gburugburu in world history. Now that he is gone, I can share it without any of fears of being accused of currying Ojukwu’s favour.
S T R O K E: Death in small doses
EVEN as former Biafran leader and leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, joined the list of Nigerians who have died of stroke-related problems, indications are that the development may not be as strange as expected.
ON ABURI WE STAND: The Distortion of Accord, by Ojukwu
Anybody who was present at the Aburi meeting or has read the minutes, the communiqués, statements, and verbatim reports would be surprised that a person who calls himself a head of state could so deliberately mislead accredited representatives of foreign governments by saying that the implementation of each item of the conclusions required prior detailed examination by the administrative and professional experts in the various fields.
The meaning of Emeka
Death didn’t catch up with Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu like a thief in the night. People knew that, given his septuagenarian status and his long drawn-out battle with ill health, only one thing rang true – the inevitability of the fall of his final curtain.
