Category: OPINION

By Territorial Envoy Levi Monanu, M.D,PhD. (Zonal Chairman Christian Council Of Nigeria,CCN, South East Zone) Very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” MARK 16:1-8, That first Easter morning, when the women made their way to the tomb, they had just one question on their minds: “Who will roll away the stone for us?” For it was a…

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A Lagos-based nonpartisan group in Nigeria, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, (RULAAC) has   unveiled a report entitled, “The Roots of Insecurity: Healing the Wounds of Human Rights Violations in Southeast Nigeria: A path Towards Peace, Open Democratic Space and a Prosperous Future”. NewsBits was informed that the report was an attempt to document and project the correct account of the roots, drivers, actors, patterns, dimensions, and effects of insecurity in the Southeast Zone of Nigeria. The report, which followed  various stakeholders convening and brainstorming on insecurity in…

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By Festus Adedayo (PhD) Curses and magical beliefs are woven together in African politics. A study found out that virtually all African leaders come to power emboldened by beliefs in local magical spells.  Francisco Macias Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea from the time of the country’s independence in 1968, till 1979 when he was overthrown, was a perfect fit of this. A strongman and one of the most brutal dictators in human history, Nguema reportedly killed between 20,000, to 80,000 out of the total Guinea population of about 200,000…

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By Lasisi Olagunju  On October 29, 1974, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, through the Ministry of External Affairs, wrote to Nigerian missions and embassies abroad that it wanted to buy tonnes of cement to build barracks for its post-civil war armed forces of 200,000 officers and men. The Nigerian Army had just about 8,000 personnel before the war. The ministry not only made that open call for supply of cement, it avoided competitive bidding; it fixed the price at $60/per ton. Analysts noted that that offer price was five dollars…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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