Broad reflection on Izunaso’s thematic focus
By EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO When Senator Osita Bonaventure Izunaso returned to the National Assembly in 2023, more than three years ago, he came back to a Senate very different from the one he had previously known. Nigeria was confronting a worsening cost-of-living crisis. The naira was under pressure, and the foreign-exchange market was unsettled. Infrastructure deficits […]
Diaspora Matters: ‘Sir, you look so ordinary’
Some years ago, I ran into a “big” Nigerian on the streets of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. To be honest, it wasnt a “running into”, it was a case of a conscious encounter.
Why Nigerians have endorsed Jonathan for 2015
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, President of the Federal Republic, Nigeria, must declare now to run for the office of the president come 2015. He must return come 2015 to sustain the good work he has started.
Delta 2015: Imperative of paradigm shift
THE purpose of government is the welfare and security of the people. All over the world, a people’s fate is inextricably tied to government.
Edo: Beware of Self centred and parochial politicians
Once upon a time, a shepherd raised false alarm of wolf attacking his sheep but when people ran to him for rescue, he dismissed them, that it was a hoax. On another faithful day the same alarmist raised thunderous alarm, which awakened the conscience of sympathizers, and they rushed to rescue him, it was not different from the false alarm raised to curry favour, at the end it turned out to be the biggest joke of the day.
Governor Chime’s belated rally for Jonathan
BY Thursday, September 25, 2014, the Enugu State Government would have sponsored a rally for the adoption of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election. To this end, officials of the 17 councils in Enugu State were directed to rent at least 200 persons in each of the 260 wards in Enugu State. Public holiday has been declared and shops and markets shut down- all for a stage effect.
