I CALL it the Nuremberg madness. I solemnly consider it as grotesquely outlandish. It defies all manner of ratiocination and rationalisations. I had read a number of opinions that tended to either draw some bizarre corollary upon which a general warning was issued to other Igbo leaders and leaders of other ethnic nationalities to beware or that tended to justify the wanton assault in the context of the festering socio-political and economic ferment in Nigeria.

What’s the use of the ministerial screening if it would not attempt to determine the competence of a nominee for public office?

The 2019 gubernatorial elections present, for the first time in the history of the State, the opportunity to truly consolidate and build on the gains of an 8-year administration. Choosing John Jonah to fly the PDP’s flag in the coming election will brighten the party’s chances of retaining the state, as the people are more inclined to achieving continuity for the good of all Bayelsans.

JOSEPH Goebels, Hitler’s commissar of propaganda, was wont to draw a pistol when anyone accused him of being an ideologue. I am not so sure how enigmatic statesman, Ibrahim Babangida, would today react to anyone who insists that as Nigeria’s President between 1985 and 1993, he was ultimately a pragmatic idealist in military fatigue. Compulsively enamoured of the power of ideas, Babangida was and still is at his best in the company of people of ideas.

By Abraham Otigba Following the abrupt end to the medical vacation of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, there have been reactions from all angles, but it all looks like comic relief. Nollywood, Nigeria’s home movie industry is getting enriched every day, with new actors and actresses. I love […]