Category: OPINION

By Ebere Uzoukwa Those who know Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, to a reasonable extent will attest to the glaring fact that the First Class (Hon.) graduate of Economics and former bank chief speaks less and listens more. He is not loquacious and often withholds opinion on issues he considers serious and sensitive. He is very meticulous and interrogatory on issues that deal with figures. To engage him on such issues, one must be factually upright and sufficiently prepared with the arithmetics and exactness of the figures. It is also…

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Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe PhD, DD Odogwu of Ibusa President, International Coalition against Christian Genocide in Nigeria (ICAC-GEN) Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com visit us at https://icac-gen.org for more information and your donation Excerpts from Chapter Six:   “THE MACABRE DANCE OF IGBO LEADERSHIP AND POLITICS OF SECOND REPUBLIC: The Sprouting Political Mushrooms from a Culture of Decadent Leadership” from THE BIAFRAN SPIRIT AND THE ROAD TO FULANI POLITICAL ARMAGEDDON—Anatomy of Political Disorder in Nigeria (Forthcoming) Not long after officially joining the NPN, Ojukwu formed a militant squad named “Ikemba Front” (I.F.). The Front was…

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By Vitus Ozoke (PhD) Let me be clear, I don’t have any problem with the Nigerian government (or even a pretense of one) sending anybody to jail, or even prison, who abuses the Nigerian national currency – the naira. But, first, we have to be clear what amounts to the abuse of the naira in the grand scheme of things. Of course, the naira is just an artifact, with no more value than the cheap piece of paper on which it is printed. Understood in that context, naira, being a…

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By Ike Abonyi “Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” — George Bernard Shaw The lion is unquestionably the king of the jungle. With his divine dominion from creation, when a man takes over the tropical forest, the entire wildlife there is subject to his command and control. If at that point the lion still behaves uncontrollably, the human being brings his superiority to bear and he quarantines the beast to the cage in a zoo for proper control. At…

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By Emmanuel Gandu THE MAN IDRISS DEBY Born on 18th June, 1952, Idriss Deby was an astute politician, a focused, no-nonsense,  and an accomplished military Officer. Idriss Deby was a thorn in the flesh of terrorist groups in the entire Northern and West African sub-region. He was feared by the enemy forces, and revered by his compatriots. Because of his expertise, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had to seek his cooperation to release the Chadian forces who helped to recapture many local governments and territories in Borno state held by Boko Haram…

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H.E. President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria, President’s Office, Aso Rock. Abuja Fereral Capital Territory  Nigeria April 17, 2024 Your Excellency, We, Yoruba Self-determination Movement, leading the Yoruba self-determination struggle for the Yoruba sovereign state separate from Nigeria, have the honour to send to Your Excellency this important letter on behalf of the many millions of Yoruba people at home in Yorubaland in Nigeria and in the Yoruba Diaspora in almost all countries across the world.  We send this letter most respectfully to Your Excellency as a follow-up…

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Never ever forget that Power is transient – if you don’t leave it,it will surely leave you someday. Always remember that you are just an ordinary human being,the day you begin to play God – your fall is eminent. in Life no matter how wealthy you grow,make sure Humility and respect for every one remains your watchword. Arrogance is like a flat tire,you will move – but you will never ever go far with it. Money is not every thing,you will not know this until you have it. You can…

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Nwankwo T.  Nwaezeigwe PhD, DD Odogwu of Ibusa, Delta State President, International Coalition against Christian Genocide in Nigeria (ICAC-GEN) Email: Nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com  Link us up at https://icac-gen.org for more breath-taking news and articles and your financial support On Saturday 23 October, 1982, Ojukwu attended the Anambra State NPN Convention in which C.C Onoh was nominated at the Convention, where in addition to Ojukwu, Drs. Akanu Ibiam and Michael Okpara, former Governor and Premier respectively of the defunct Eastern Region of Nigeria were present. 59 During his address to the Party stalwarts…

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Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD On March 24, 2024. I was admitted to the prestigious Philippines General Hospital popularly known as PGH, Manila, for a pre-surgery medical examination for an autoplast hip transplant, after long tortuous medical tests that lasted more than three months; following the severance of the outer arm of my left femur linkage to my hip-joint, which I had carried painfully for six years running from one country to the other. On March 27, three days after, at exactly 9 am I was ushered into the operating room…

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 By Festus Adedayo (PhD) Native Brazilians arrest monkeys with what is called Cumbuca. They make a hole in a gourd that is big enough to accommodate the hand of a monkey. The gourd is then affixed to the ground of the place monkeys infest. Placed inside the gourd is usually a banana for the attraction of the monkey. The monkey then hops down the tree and aims to grab the banana. Expectedly, the monkey will foolishly hold on tight to the banana, his hand closed. With this, the monkey cannot…

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