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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 […]
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Insurgency: How NEMA is coping with IDPs

THE recent successes of the military in the liberation of communities that were occupied by insurgents opened a new vista in the drive to support the people that were directly affected by the insecurity in the North eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Since 2009 following the escalation of the belligerence by Boko Haram, many lives have been lost, communities sacked and destroyed resulting in the fleeing of the residents to safety in various location considered safer, thus becoming internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Senate Presidency and the Lawan-Akume deal: End of discussion

In my two previous interventions on the issue, I had tried to offer some illuminations as to the path the APC should take in the tricky circumstance in which it had found itself, especially with some audacious members poised to go the whole hog in the battle for the coveted seat of Senate president.

Politicians and ingratitude

“Man”, notwithstanding philosophical, archeological, anthropological, historical and scientific researches remains a mystery – a complex conundrum and a prodigious myth waiting to be unraveled. His changing mien, conduct, disposition, traits, characteristics and idiosyncrasies monumentally attest to these assertions. It was in this context a bewildered 18th century philosopher and poet, John Arbunot, had asked in […]

Ndoma-Egba and his swan song, a rejoinder

It took me about 20 minutes for me to do a double-take on the article written by one George E Omini about the political career of Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN).

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