What My Father Told Me About The Biafran War – Osita Chidoka
As the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB celebrates and honours its fallen heroes and heroines, many Nigerians of Igbo extraction, Saturday took to the micro-blogging sites, (twitter and Facebook) to pen down stories that touch the heart. The 48-year-old, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, was not left out, as he enlightened Nigerians with his father’s words of wisdom. Read...
COVID-19 IS ALREADY IN NIGERIA DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR LEADERS BUT WHAT NEXT?
By Great Imo Jonathan By now we all can say with boldness that Nigeria could have missed being affected by this global pandemic but for the failure of our leaders to act swiftly. I mean leaders across the board, including religious leaders who held services last Sunday despite government instructions and opposition party leaders who are only good at pointing...
[OPINION] The PDP Zoning Philosophy: The North Still Has The Right Of First Refusal, By Senator Emmanuel Onwe
By way of a preamble, let me quickly preempt and lay to rest the prevailing mood in the country: the paramount question for Nigerians at the moment is to restructure our dysfunctional political system; the 1999 Constitution is both the progenitor of a dictatorship and thus a fraud. All Nigerian patriots accept these fundamental flaws in our system, as...
Why Senators, Rep Members Should Emulate Orji Uzor Kalu
One of the greatest essence of Representative Democracy, is that elected officials are expected to give account of their stewardship from time to time. The inherent benefit is that it offers the constituents the opportunity to interact with their representatives, get feedback from them and as well as make input for the betterment of their area. By September 2022, the President...
Those Claiming To Represent Geopolitical Zones Are Busy Fighting For Their Pockets – Sanusi
Former Emir of Kano and ex-governor of the Central bank of Nigeria, CBN, Muhammad Sanusi, said yesterday that those who claim to represent the interest of the country’s geopolitical zones were fighting for their pockets. Sanusi, who stated this at The Platform, an annual conference organised virtually by Covenant Christian Centre, led by Poju Oyemade, in Lagos, said Nigeria...
Nothing Like Niger-Delta Or South-South – Nnamdi Kanu
The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has faulted the establishment of Niger-Delta and South-South in Nigeria. In a statement Nnamdi Kanu sent to Vanguard, through Emma Powerful, the group’s publicity secretary, Kanu argued that Abia, Cross River, Akwa Ibom are the same people. Nnamdi Kanu said there is nothing like Niger-Delta or South-South,...
Nigeria’s Problem Is Not Restructuring – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly. Osinbajo also said prudent management of the nation’s resources and the provision of essential needs of the people were better ways of addressing Nigeria’s development challenges. The Vice President stated this while fielding questions...
Finally, The North Has Agreed With Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, By Aloy Ejimakor
Earlier today (12th November 2024), I noticed that several news outlets quoted the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Prof Ango Abdullahi as having proclaimed that Nigeria “expired” 10 years ago or in 2014. They even added that Nigeria as a nation should, for this reason, be “renegotiated”. To me, this landmark proclamation is a significant departure from what was the...
This Is Not A Protest, By Senator Orji Uzor Kalu
What we are seeing at the moment is against all principle and guidelines that make protest a tool to responsibly deal with the very needs of the people. We did not want this protest to hold, not because it is wrong, not because it is not the constitutional and democratic right of the people to do so; we vehemently stood...
2023: Day Ikpeazu Won The Abia South Senatorial Election, By Michael Nwabueze
Democracy is a system of government whose outcomes in elections are determined by the people. For an election to be adjudged successful, it must be free, fair, and credible, and these are factors driven by the system's ability to allow the people to so freely express their choices without let, hindrance, or coercion. Such free choices are expressed in several...
