2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Jewels of Journalism
By Uche Akunebu Chinua Achebe, the inimitable wordsmith and storyteller in his magnum opus, Things Fall Apart in one of the chapters of the most translated book in Africa eulogized Okonkwo, the protagonist of the book when he stated inter alia, “As a young man of eighteen, he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the cat. Amalinze...
The Triumph Of Engr Chinedum E. Orji
The Triumph of Engr Chinedum E. Orji By Eddie Onuzuruike The entry of Senator T A Orji into partisan politics from his civil service background known for its non-aggressive and non-desperate mentality can well be likened to the Greek odyssey- a situation where the main character survived impossible and unbearable situations and yet triumphed. Issues and non-issues made news then. Some...
RE: APC Parallel Congress In Abia State And The Choice Before The Party At The National Headquarter, By Ikechukwu Uzuegbu ESQ
I have decided to respond to your write-up with the above quoted caption for the reason that your facts are not correct and your submissions devoid/beret of the relevant provisions of the Constitution of All Progressives Congress (APC), the Electoral Act, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), any other statutory enactment and or decided cases...
[OPINION] APC Parallel Congress In Abia And The Choice Before The Party At The National Headquarter, By Ikechukwu Uzuegbu
On the 16th of October, 2021 All Progressive Congress, APC, held their State Congresses across the country. In some of the States it was very peaceful, while in some others, it was a different kettle of fish. As expected, Abia State witnessed factionalized Congress with the emergence of two State Executives. Hon Acho Obioma emerged as the Chairman of the...
Abia Youths’ Road Maintenance Corps: Ikpeazu’s Youths’ Empowerment Spree And Home Grown Solution
One of the cardinal objectives of Governor Okezie lkpeazu's administration in Abia State has been to find alternatives in tackling challenges utilizing home grown solutions. He has continued to do same since he took the reins of governance six years ago. Among his numerous initiatives, this writer, Ubani Newman Ubani is focusing on the most recent, the Abia Youths' Road...
2023 Presidency: Why IBB, North, Prefer Orji Uzor Kalu
By Issa Ibrahim The coast may not yet be clear, but the stage is gradually taking shape for the race to Aso Rock Villa in 2023 and the push for a Nigerian President of South East extraction is gathering speedy momentum. The 2023 presidential poll is just over 20 months away but there are already permutations on the zone that should...
Agony Of Losing Four Children, 3 Others And Complacency of Abia Government, By Ifeanyi Okali
The recent death of seven Abia citizens in a mysterious manner ought to have by now given the government a serious concern, but like many other things in the state, all we get is a deafening silence, inaction and docility, like the proverbial ostrich, we bury our head in sand pretending that nothing has happened. Life goes on. This again...
‘Who Cancelled Afternoon Food In Nigeria’?
By Alex Enemanna It was the American psychologist, Abraham Maslow who in his 5-step classification system in hierarchy of human needs that placed food and water on the bottom base in what he called physiological needs. In other word, one is expected to attain a reasonable level of internal satisfaction before aspiring for the next level. The goal is to...
[OPINION] Ex-Abia Gov. TA Orji: Model Democrat and Political Leader, By John Okiyi Kalu
Early in 2014, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was then the Deputy General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), was busy keeping Aba clean when a group of Aba Landlords met with then-Governor T. A. Orji to consult with him on the choice of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Governorship candidate for the 2015 election which was zoned...
[OPINION] Paris Club Refund: Obinna Oriaku and the Hypocritical Magnanimity of an Accuser, By Toby Chuks
Where the hands of an Accuser are clean and his allegations are of pristine intentions, it is the accuser who seeks every means possible to expose the culpable while the culpable does everything possible to frustrate and even stop the process that will expose him/her. But when the Accuser realises midway into his accusations that those he is alleging things...
