Abia’s Proposed Expenditure on Vehicles and The Opposition’s Race Against The Tide – Ferdinand Ekeoma
Ursula Curtiss defined blackmail as "Age-old path to the land of milk and honey. The one sure way of being paid for doing nothing" I can't agree less with this philosopher but would like to add that, outside the quest for milk and honey; hate, malice and inferiority complex are also identifiable factors. However, one of the most difficult hatchet jobs...
Management Of COVID-19 In Nigeria: An Urgent Call For A Different Approach – Uko Nkole
The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic blindsided the whole world with the nature of its arrival and spread. The fact that the most advanced civilizations were not able to prevent its spread to their countries nor manage its effects bears testimony to just how unpredictable a scourge this is. Till date, all efforts geared towards the virus have at best been...
Why Buhari Allows Us To Take Loans – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved for Nigeria to take loans. Amaechi stated this during a special 60th Independence Anniversary programme on Channels Television on Thursday. According to the former Governor of Rivers State, the loans are meant for infrastructural development in several parts of the country. “The President (Muhammadu Buhari) allows us to borrow....
Esther Uzoma: Sunset At Dawn
By Alex Enemanna It was Elizabeth Berrien who in her Creative Grieving: A Hip Chick’s Path From Loss To Hope that wrote, “A feeling of pleasure or solace can be so hard to find when you are in the depths of your grief. Sometimes it’s the little things that help get you through the day. You may think your comforts...
[OPINION] High Chief Ikechi Emenike And His Burden Of Unguarded Temperament, By Engr Agu Ndukwe Orji
Like a Cannon Fodder , it's pitiable Chief Ikechi Emenike could descend so low in a desperate attempt to score cheap political points and attempt to misguide the judgement of unsuspecting members of the public in his letter of reply to the invitation extended to him by the National Reconciliation Committee of APC led by H.E Senator Abdullahi Adamu...
Fayemi’s Suspension, A Joke Taken Too Far – Yinka Oyebode
In his reaction to the purported suspension of Governor Kayode Fayemi by an unknown group, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, described it as a joke taken too far. Oyebode said the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party is governed by laws, adding that members of the group cannot hide under their recent suspension to...
If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her – Femi Adesina
What a week it has been for our own dear native land! Just at the beginning of the month, as the country turned 60 as an independent entity, President Muhammadu Buhari had charged us to “begin sincere process of national healing, eliminate old and outworn perceptions that are always put to test in the lie they are.” What began about...
What Gen-Zs Were Not Told About Abia Under Orji Uzor Kalu From 1999 — 2007, By Sunny Idika
Generation Z (often shortened to Gen-Zs), is a term used to describe people born during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some sources give the specific year range of 1997–2012, although the years spanned are sometimes contested or debated because generations and their zeitgeists are difficult to delineate. Lately, members of Generation Z, or Gen Zers, have been undeniably shaped...
How Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Transformed My Life
My name is Austin Kalu, a trader from Aba, Nigeria. I am compelled to share my remarkable story of how Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, profoundly impacted my life. Growing up in Aba, a city renowned for its thriving markets, I aspired to follow in my father's footsteps as a successful trader. However, my journey...
Ndukwe Ikoh: Man Slams Ikpeazu’s Aide, Calls Him PA On Propaganda Trying To Defend His Monthly Allowance
Following an attack against Chief Ndukwe Ikoh by Ikechukwu Iroha, an aide of Abia governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, another political watcher, who gave his name as SunnyChukz Issac (Ichie Ijedimma) has carpeted Iroha. In an article titled, 'Ikechukwu Iroha graduates from Hallelujah Boy to Abia Government attack dog' Isaac described the governor's aide as a cricket jumping up and down after...
