The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all
By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
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.
Deconstructing the Anenih loyalty paradigm
THE only song he knows is loyalty. Complete loyalty. Not half measure. It is either one is 100 percent loyal or one is not loyal. Not even 99.99 percent loyalty is good enough in his estimation.
Oduah and aviation industry appointments
WHEN the people of the South west allege that they were marginalised by the appointment of the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah I get amused.
