Obasanjo’s Spiritualized Politics At 87 And Adeboye’s Politicalized Spirituality At 82

Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD, DD Odogwu of Ibusa President, Coalition against Christian Genocide in Nigeria (ICAC-GEN) Contact us at https://icac-gen.org              Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com In modern political history of the Yoruba nation two remarkable figures of insurmountable political feat stand out. We have the Ikenne Ijebu Remo-born Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo and the Egba Abeokuta-born of Owu ancestry Chief (Gen. Dr.) Matthew Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo. Beyond incidental human limitations, these two men in past and in present stand out as insurmountable political enigmas within the space and time of their respective…

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Those Who Contributed In The Development Of LAGOS

By Nnamdi Ezeji The economy of the former Eastern Region was planned from ground up by the US consulting firm Arthur D. Little Dr. Azikiwe brought them, and they worked with M. I. Okpara at first, then with Sam Otti and later Eluwa who headed the Civil Service and later with Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu who at the time was the Chairman of the Eastern Nigerian Development Corporation (ENDC) and also the Chairman of the Eastern Nigeria Commodities Board (ENCB) Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu also sat as Chairman of…

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Herbert Wigwe’s Death And The Black Box Metaphor

By Clem Asika As an inquisitive teenager growing up, I had always wondered why a certain black box was so important in an aeroplane that it was frantically searched for. I thus considered as funny, the frenzy with which the aviation authorities world over searched for it when an aircraft crashed. What Is So Special About This Mystery Black Box?  Why can’t these people just buy a box of any colour and then paint it black as a replacement for the missing one they always search for whenever there is…

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Gnassingbe Eyadema Has Arrived Nigeria

Olufemi Adegbulugbe These are deeply troubling times and disturbing developments from Nigeria. I watched with shock a video clip where the two sons of Mr President were ranked in order of protocol, ahead of Ministers and Government officials, during the State visit to Qatar. Both Seyi and Yinka were the first to be introduced to Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamid, even ahead of the Minister of foreign affairs. I know many imbecilic Nigerians will defend this indefensible, but it will not stop some of us from speaking out. When Tinubu…

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Why Nigeria’s Best Is Always In Its Past

By Farooq A. Kperogi The other day I was reflecting on Nigerians’ new favorite pastime: endless griping about the increasingly disabling dysfunction of the country. And I realized that one theme that often stands out when we bewail our present conditions is that we almost always sentimentalize the past. In other words, many Nigerians find relief from the worries of the present by taking a mental escape to the past. For instance, when Nigerians bemoan the “indigene/settler” dichotomies in many states of the country, they like to recall, for example,…

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Protests, Strikes, Rallies, Revolutions And Revolutionaries: Can Nigeria Be Salvaged?

By Emmanuel Gandu QUOTE OF THE DAY “When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe. The future will have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indiference, and sometimes of cold complicity”         — Frantz Fanon (1925 – 1961) HIGHLIGHTS ® Quote of the day ® The concept of revolution ® Objective of…

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Akpabio: A Man For Every New Season

By Olusegun Adeniyi An interesting piece by Olusegun Adeniyi on Akpabio’s double standards and how politicians think Nigerians suffer from collective amnesia. Enjoy: Godswill Akpabio (then Akwa Ibom State Governor) once stated that only the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan could guarantee peace in Nigeria. At an​ interdenominational ​church service beamed live on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) network on 2 January 2015, he declared: “As a PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) chieftain, I have found the solution to the peace we are seeking in Nigeria. That solution is the election…

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Immemorial Of 25th February 2023, Presidential Election (We Mourn)

By Callistus Ebue Today 25th February 2024, marked exactly one year immemorial of the 25th February, 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria. Through the benefits of hindsight, and sequel to a retrospective analysis of the events prior to, during and aftermath of the fiasco called election, and also given the dire situation the country is facing now in all facets of her existential struggle for survival; it behoves every sane and right-thinking Nigerian, irrespective of his/ her primordial sentiments and predisposition to put on a sack cloth and weep for Nigeria.…

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The Akpabio-Provoked N30billion Intifada

By Festus Adedayo (PhD) So, at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the presidency’s search for scapegoat, Akpabio suddenly became Archimedes. Last week, he came forward to shout “Eureka!” He had found the No. 1 Nigerian enemy! Ancient Greek scholar, Archimedes, was the author of a find similar to but of sterner stuff than Akpabio’s. Archimedes had proclaimed “Eureka! Eureka!” immediately he stepped into a bath and discovered that the water level immediately rose.…

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Hunger Protests: Igbo Silence Is A Protest (A Reply To Prof Usman Yusuf)

By Law Mefor A few days ago, Ndigbo came under fire from Professor Usman Yusuf, the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), for their perceived lack of interest in the ongoing nationally spreading hunger protests and strikes. He said: “I honestly don’t know why the Southeast is quiet, uncharacteristically quiet. But the President needs to find out.” Normally, one would disregard and deny additional visibility to a professor whose only contribution to national progress is Fulani supremacism for such an insulting and inflammatory tirade. However, it…

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