Category: OPINION

Bayo Onanuga By Ikenna Emewu There will be class actions. Litigations will come from even individuals who were hurt, maimed, denied, dehumanised, and treated like slaves of Nigeria in Lagos at the incitement of these overtly powerful politicians that declared war on us unprovoked. There will surely be consequences to addressing a lot of nagging legal issues on rights abuses. It’s a deep-seated pain that the spokesman of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate at the February 25 election. Mr. Bayo Onanuga inflicted on the Igbo in Lagos. This…

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Hon. Linus Okowrie, the Labour Party’s Senatorial candidate (left) and Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State By Hon. Linus Okorie My attention has been drawn to the call by the outgoing governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, for the Southeast to produce the 10th President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is a commendable call given not only the urgent need to reassure Ndigbo that they have an equal stake in the Nigerian Union; but the greater urgency to ensure a balance of harmony in our…

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By Steve Osuji When an MC Oluomo, Bola Tinubu’s iron fist and enforcer made the viral video warning that Igbo in Lagos would only vote at their peril in the March 18 guber poll, it was quite understandable. Though his message was not to be dismissed, it could be perceived as the ranting of an unthinking errand boy for a desperate candidate and political party. But when a Bayo Onanuga unleashed salvos of ethnic hate and genocidal incitement against the Igbo ethnic group living in Lagos, then the world must…

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President-Elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement titled ‘Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope’ issued on Thursday, March 16, 2023, spoke on his commitment to greater Nigeria, his plan to form a government of national competence not national unity, his counsel to the opposition, naira policy, and why Nigerians must prioritise the country. As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of…

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Even his political detractors acknowledge that something has changed in Nigeria’s politics with Peter Obi’s emergence on the national scene. By Promise Adiele This is not a critical dissection of the recently concluded presidential election in Nigeria, an exercise globally acclaimed as a collective assault on the humanity of Nigerians and their civic beings. That political obscenity, through coordinated acts of criminality, raped the intelligence of Nigerians, summarily calling to question those who populate our public service and security apparatuses. The reactions following the elections have been seething and hysterical,…

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By Stanley Olisa It is incontrovertible that Nigeria’s aviation industry is laden with humongous challenges, ranging from forex crunch, fuel crisis, inadequate technical manpower, statutory bottlenecks, etc, making it tough for airlines to stay afloat and sustain themselves. These factors, coupled with other internal drawbacks, have led to the untimely demise of some indigenous airlines while some others are still grappling to survive. But the technical vibrancy and operational consistency, which Air Peace, barely nine years old, has demonstrated, give local and foreign aviation analysts and the larger global community…

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By Sheriffdeen Tella The major thought of every powerless Nigerian is how to survive without cash in the next minutes or next second because of government ad hoc monetary policy on currency redesign. According to the Act that sets up the Central Bank of Nigeria, the only institution that can print the domestic currency is the CBN. Those who designed the Act were conscious of the danger of allowing multiple issuers but never envisaged that such an important task can be carried out without proper caution and consideration for its…

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By Emeka Obasi Those who believe in 2023 as year of Igbo Renaissance must put on their thinking caps, discrimination and division are vicious tools aimed at killing the idea before time. Drums of exclusiveness from a few conservatives East of the Niger are disturbing to the ear. No matter where you come from, as long as you have the identity, you are an Igbo man. The Southeast geo- political zone is just homeland. Ndigbo are found all over the globe from Delta to Rivers State of Nigeria. Africa is…

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By Emeka Alex Duru February 25, 2023 may have gone. But it counts among the dates with significances in Nigeria’s history. Others are October 1, 1960, the Independence Day; January 15, 1966, the day Nigeria witnessed its first military coup; June 12, 1993, the day Nigerians filed out for what had been considered the freest election in the country, but the outcome was truncated. February 25, 2023, has entered that league. It was a day of Nigeria’s presidential election; the day that the hopes by Nigerians for enthroning enduring democratic…

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