Peter Obi cannot be different from us
By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]
Why “Falz” should ignore Muslim Rights Concern
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana to apologise to Muslims and withdraw his trending video, “This is Nigeria”, over what the group termed “insensitive, thoughtless and highly provocative” scenes.
MKO Abiola deserves to be honoured, not exploited – Reno
Of course, by now you must have heard or read that President Muhammadu Buhari has declared June 12 as the new Democracy Day when the nation’s democracy will be celebrated every year. He has also honoured the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood KO Abiola, a post humous award of Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR).
Legality of posthumous GCFR award to chief MKO Abiola
On June 6th 2018, Nigerians were met with breaking news that President Buhari had done what many before him were unable to do. He had awarded the late MKO Abiola of blessed memory the highest honour of the land, the Grand Commander Of The Federal Republic and posthumously too. This move has triggered a heated debate between pro and anti Buhari elements of our society.
Biafra, Buhari and his ‘soft’ war
History teaches us that there is only one thing that is more painful to the victims of mass murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide than the act itself and that is the tacit denial by its orchestrators and perpetrators that it ever took place.
Udom Emmanuel : A pathetic footnote to history
Nothing more pathetically projects to the world that the Udom Emmanuel administration is a distressing footnote to Akwa Ibom history than the entire episode of the friendly football match between Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles and the Spanish top club, Atletico de Madrid, which took place on 22 May at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
