Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail
By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
Ndigbo, time to reconsider your ways
A Yoruba proverb says that one does not keep silent when something bad is going on because a house does not burn and fill the eyes with sleep.
Why the Desperation to Rope in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?
The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were reported simultaneously and almost word for word by some known client media of the powers that be is evidence of the fact that someone powerful is out to get the former President.
Tunji Abayomi to Tinubu again: I never sought your support; allow people freely and fairly constitute their government
he Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has expressed concern over the state of the economy, saying Nigerians, especially lawyers are suffering under the present economic situation.
Doyin Okupe, PDP and the futility of compromise
When I warned the Nigerian people about what the APC represented and that, if given power, they would be the most reactionary, repressive, vindictive, insensitive, vicious, thin-skinned, paranoid, divisive and, worse of all, incompetent government in the history of Nigeria no-one listened.
FIRS: The fear of invading tax enforcers
MEDIA reports about invasions of business premises by the taskforce of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, could be worrisome. The enforcement exercise by the tax compliance team in shutting down tax-defaulting companies and ordering staff out of the premises is quite discouraging.
Why Niger Delta agitators must trust Buhari
IT is not in doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari is a man with a clear vision of how best to administer a country like Nigeria. Not given to razzmatazz or needless bigotry, the President knows perfectly how to solve a seeming intractable problem without a fuss.
A call to the Christian faithful and a warning to the bigots in our midst
It is welcome news that Mr. Anjem Choudary, Britain’s “most hated man” and the radical British Islamist who pledged an oath of allegiance to the leader of ISIS, Amir Abubakar Al Baghdadi, has been jailed in the United Kingdom.
Oil producing communities deserve equity
For over forty years, Chevron had been operating the Escravos terminal, shipping billions of dollars’ worth of crude oil to the United States; yet they are not prepared to develop the community whose Crude Oil wealth defines the mainstay of Nigerian economy.
Against all odds, Osun is growing strong
I CHANCED upon some disappointed folks last month in Ghana who thought the Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola had depressed their optimism for a rebranded Nigeria.
Monarch advocates peaceful co-existence to fast-track devt
OKPOKUNOU—PARAMOUNT ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, His Majesty Pere (Dr) Charles Ayemi-Botu, aka the Lion of the Niger, has called for peaceful coexistence among his people, saying that only harmonious living could guarantee peace and usher in speedy development to the kingdom.
