[OPINION] Kinetic Abia: Understanding The Ndiegoro Flood Control Project In Aba (Part 1), By John Okiyi Kalu [VIDEO]
1. In the 80s, then Governor of Imo State (which includes present day Abia, Imo and parts of Ebonyi States) visited Ndiegoro area of Aba which was wrecked by a flood disaster and wept profusely in public because of the suffering of the people and the inability of the Shagari administration of the then federal government to decisively intervene...
Yoruba’ll Be In War For 100 Years If Nigeria Splits – Akande
Chief Bisi Akande, a former governor of Osun and pioneer Interim Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to those agitating for Nigeria’s break-up to bury such thought. Akande made the appeal on Monday in Ibadan during the inauguration of a project owned by Chief Adebayo Adelabu, a former CBN deputy governor and APC governorship candidate in the...
[OPINION] Leah Sharibu: Tears Of A Broken Mother, By Alex Enemanna
The prolonged incarceration of Leah Sharibu in the den of Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram since February 19, 2018 no doubt casts aspersions and raises questions of responsibility on the government whose duty starts and ends with the security and welfare of the people. Of the 110 abductees, Leah Sharibu is the only...
OUK And Abia Development: 1999-2007 Under Review By Barr. Emeka Kalu
In politics we do not attack individuals but issues. If anyone has issues with OUK including Odo who has comparatively decided to play to political galleries, Igbere or Abuja could be reached to iron out such issues. OUK, like him or hate him is a Po...
#EndSARS: Youths Doing What My Generation Failed To Do — CEO Godfather Production
A leading music producer in Nigeria, Uchenna Ogoke, the CEO Godfather Production has applauded the ongoing #EndSARS protest across the country. He said the agitations are necessary to bring about a positive change, adding that change is constant in society and urgently needed in Nigeria. While faulting his generation of youth for failure to act, he insisted that that was when...
Opinion: THE PERILS OF A POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDER – CHINEDU NWOGU
Your name becomes honourable, Chairman, Onye ishi... and these names are supposed to be serviced with your hard earned money; most times money earned outside politics for those whose morality and spirituality bind them to legitimacy in their dealings. When it's time for WAEC enrolment in the village your phone rings severally, your kinsmen fall sick, your phone rings, even...
[OPINION] Killing Of Onyedikachi Nwogu: That NSCDC Statement Is Worrisomely In Bad Taste – Eric Ikwuagwu
Following the sad and unfortunate killing of Onyedikachi Nwogu right in front of his house in Umuokpo Umuokoro village of Obingwa LGA of Abia State, we were shocked to read a statement attributed to the Akwa Ibom State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr Samuel Fadeyi, seeking to absolve the Command and the suspected...
There’ll Be No Nigeria Left By 2023 – Femi Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said there will be no Nigeria by 2023 unless President Buhari retraces his steps in presiding over the affairs of the nation. The former Aviation Minister made this known in a statement released via his Facebook account on Tuesday. According to him, in Nigeria we are no longer our brothers’ keeper, adding that love, kindness...
How Sanusi’s Daughter Predicted His Father Dethronement
Nigerians were taken aback when respected Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, was dethroned and replaced by his predecessor’s son, Aminu Ado Bayero. Sanusi and Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, hardly ever agreed on anything, but most people didn’t predict that it would get this serious. In 2007, Sanusi’s daughter, Shahida, gave a powerful speech at the first Annual Chibok...
Obaseki Is Our Alumnus, Says University Of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki graduated from the institution. The university, in a statement by its Registrar, Mrs Olubunmi Faluyi, said Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, studied Classics. According to the statement, the Governor gained admission to the university in 1976 and graduated in 1979 with a Second Class Honours (Lower Division). “Records of his admission and...