They called him names, pronounced him mental, some even threatened his family members. His crime was that he spoke, not only did he speak, he spoke the truth. This is a very grievous crime to the Igbo. They have their own ideology of what the truth ought to be and all creature must propagate Igbo’s version of ‘the truth’ even if it contradicts the facts on ground. It is a mission that must be accomplished.

The striking resemblance between Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Minister of Aviation and his late father is enough to convince anyone of his biological paternity. However, when the Yoruba hail a person as a ‘husband’s child’ it is not necessarily, nor limited to, a confirmation of DNA.

ENUGWU-UKWU, the clan head of Umunri clan is located on big hills within the Central Senatorial District of Anambra State. This historic town has produced human and material resources that played leading roles in the economic and political history of Old Eastern Region of Nigeria.

THE Advanced Learners Oxford Dictionary defines honour as great respect and admiration. The debate about what is and what is not honourable has raged through the ages and will continue to have currency as long as man inhabits planet earth.

AS Nigeria prepared to finally cede control of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula in August 2013, one of the principal actors in the protracted legal dispute over the territory passed on.

IN 1979, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, then the flag bearer of the Nigerian Peoples Party, NPP, failed the screening exercise of the then electoral umpire, FEDECO, for allegedly not paying his taxes as at when due, a requirement by the 1979 Constitution of the country.

The easiest way to measure the fifteen month tenure of Chief Olisa Metuh as the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to gauge the results of the creativity that generated not only activities, but enervated the external communication of the ruling party and brought its operations on the same page with modern professional nuances.

I HAD intended not to dignify Femi Fani Kayode with any response since he decided to dance naked in the market place. Somebody ought to have reminded him that those who live in glass houses don’t throw stones. He has only himself to blame about his unpalatable past which has been on display all over Facebook in the last few days.

ON April 4, Vanguard reported that the IOCs – or international oil cormpanies – have responded aggressively to the latest draft of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). It’s no surprise that they’ve been so critical.

THE political climate is getting foggier and complicated as INEC was reported over the weekend to have registered another party apart from the APC, thereby creating more avenues for politicians who enjoy jumping from one party to another to test their popularity at the forthcoming polls in 2015.

ON April 14, 2007, Andy Uba won the Anambra State governorship election. It was a landslide victory for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

According to (Enrinco Fermi, 1901-1954) an Italian theoretical physicist, “It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge”

Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nasir Ahmad El Rufai’s relentless criticism of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have become a regular feature of some Nigerian media in recent times.

For weeks, you painted the town red with venomous aggression and hostility against the Bible, not against St. Paul. You bastardised, terrorised and pounded the sensitivity of the Christendom all in attempt to prove to us that you do not believe in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, rather as the writings of Paul, Peter, or any other, upon which you unleash your unguarded carnal anger.

In recent past, creative art and entertainment were seen as unserious business ventures… Parents, friends and associates of entertainers perceived them as never-do-well in the society.