The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from
TWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what they originally intended to achieve - and what intelligence agencies have since learned to prevent.
A party’s desperation for credibility and validation (2)
The narrative that Edo people had celebrated the declaration of the APC candidate as elected governor is merely designed to impress people who live outside the state
Why Aiteo’s sponsorship deal with NFF deserves accolades
In April 1994, the Super Eagles (then named the Green Eagles) placed fifth in the FIFA World Rankings, the highest ever achieved by an African football team. The achievement was hardly a surprise to sports buffs. The team was notable for recording successive wins that endeared them to fans locally and internationally.
BIAFRA: An open letter
REPRESSION OF THE INNOCENT POPULATION OF NIGERIANS BY SEPARATISTS IN THE SOUTH-EAST: THE WORLD MUST ACT NOW On May 30, 2017 small businesses in Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Imo and Ebonyi were forced shut down by separatists as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the moribund Biafra Republic. The separatists attempted […]
A party’s desperation for credibility and validation
The point should clearly be made that the Oba did not and could not have asked the appellant to abandon his right
Caging the Ijaw Egbesu
The problems of Nigeria is Egbesu – that destructive and constructive god Nigeria has failed to pulverize through periodic desecration of the temples dedicated to it
50 years on: An ode to the land of the rising sun and Nigeria’s inconvenient truth (part 2)
What is even more revealing and brings home the true horror of what transpired during the war itself was provided by Mr. Anayo Johnpaul, a historian and public commentator. He wrote as follows:
Nigerian military winning war against insurgency on the altar of transparency, intelligence – GAW
The Nigerian military has been able to sustain its victory over insurgency due to its highest level of transparency and intelligence, report by the Global Amnesty Watch has shown. GAW, a non-governmental organization that monitors the conduct of military, defence and security forces in combating crimes globally made this known at the presentation of the […]
Re: JAMB’S computer-based torture
It normal for people to resist change, innovation and the unfamiliar but it is prudent not to overdo the phobia for novelty especially when the benefit outweighs the downside. An article by Wale Fatade, published online and titled “JAMB’S computer-based torture” however went to the extreme in its criticism of the just conducted Unified Tertiary […]
It’s time to let Biafra people go
The current antics of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the self-proclaimed leader of the illusory Biafra Republic, brings to mind an often quoted remark by Karl Marx, who pointed out in reference to the 9th November 1799 coup d’etat by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in France:
The Ideal Democracy Day celebration by Olisa Metuh
Since 1999, we have celebrated the 29th of May as Democracy Day. Our leaders across the nation have seized upon the day as an opportunity to deliver monologues on their ‘achievements.’ This practice, unfortunately, serves to obviate the essence of Democracy Day.
