2027 presidential polls: Beyond referendum on Tinubu administration
By Chekwube Nzomiwu Campaigns for the 2027 general elections in Nigeria will soon commence, starting with the presidential and National Assembly campaigns. The ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will be campaigning for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) allows an […]
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:
