For Jim Nwobodo, it’s about a good name
By Sunny Igboanugo For some time now, one Basil Ogbuanu, said to be a Lagos-based businessman, has been up and about dragging the name of Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Patricia. At issue is a piece of land at an estate owned by the former governor of old Anambra State. I hear the matter […]
Boko Haram: A people’s alternative to peace
RECENTLY, tear-soaked Mrs. Deborah Shetima from Borno State gave a gory account of how her husband was killed, her two children seized and her only remaining child shot dead barely one year after the anniversary of the murder of the leader of Boko Haram, Yusuf Mohammed.
The Chavez in Aregbesola
THE poor kid from the plains, Hugo Chavez transited a week ago. In response, a large swathe of humanity stood still.
The war against Rochas Okorocha
THE impetus for this essay rests on the contents of the front-page news-story in the Daily Sun of Friday, March 8, 2013 entitled, “Imo: APGA unveils plot to sack Okorocha, Speaker”. According to this news report, the ImoState chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has alleged a plot by the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and to distort the activities of the Imo State House of Assembly.
Auctioneers and Buyers of Igbo Presidency
Political debates are hitting up Nigeria for the 2015 presidential elections. The debates are divided among regions, political divides and individuals in the country.
PDP BoT: Anenih’s second coming
It is hardly surprising that Chief Tony Anenih, patriarch of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP, and Leader of leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has gone back into battle immediately after accepting to be the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees -to wit; to reposition the party for the challenges of the future.
