Category: OPINION

Vice Presidency: Ihedioha And His Trajectory

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By Chris Anyalewechi There is a popular saying that the tree that bears the fruits will be stoned. In other words, only fruitful trees are pelted. Following profuse media reports that H.E. Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON is among the few persons being considered for the position of running-mate to the PDP Presidential flagbearer for the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar GCON, detractors of the former Imo helmsman have had very little sleep. They seem to be caught completely off guard by this latest development and seem utterly perturbed…

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Igbo Kwenu!

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By Taiwo Olanegan Self-determination of Biafra is legitimate and achievable. However, nations no longer get divided with bombs. Nowadays, they are split with a biro or crayon. Therefore, barbarous, or murderous state agitators and gangs won’t get invited to a United Nations (UN) negotiation table. But are tried, convicted, and jailed. You want to achieve Biafra. It is an easy math. But not by decapitating heads. Let the Igbo begin their Great Exodus rather than another war. Move east. Settle east. Invest east. Live east. Vote east. That is the…

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For TPT’s Toks, Senate Chamber Next

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“In period where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better” —Harry S. Truman By Oluwasegun Abifarin The victory of Akogun Adetokunbo Modupe, popularly known as Toks by friends and associates, in the Ondo North Senatorial primary election of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is a good tide in the political waves of the country Happily, and for the good of the country, the tide is changing as courageous individuals who have made their marks in…

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Who Will Save The South East?

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By Kazeem Akintunde The southeast geo-political zone in Nigeria has been in turmoil for some time now. The nebulous activities of a group known derisively as ‘unknown gunmen’ have rendered the zone prostrate and about to completely cripple business activities in the region. Governors in the region have been turned to toothless bulldogs that can only bark but not bite. The gunmen are known but many are now playing the ostrich. They have become the lord of the manor, dishing out instructions on what goes on in the region. Political…

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Deborah: Victim Of WhatsApp Rule Violators

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Late Deborah Yakubu (left), and the wicket Islamic extremist that let the pack that murdered her By Azu Ishiekwene Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience is still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy. The brutal termination of the life of a promising young Nigerian in a school, will again pass with lamentations and condemnations as has become the norm, but most likely, without the consolation that justice would be served. As we flip over this page and move on, we would…

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With Osinbajo, It’s Catch-22 Situation For Tinubu

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (left), and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN Vice President of Nigeria in a chat By Onyema Omenuwa The hypocrisy of supporters of Nigerian politicians can be nauseating. Lately, to even a casual follower of political developments, nothing arouses such revulsion more than the virulence being exhibited towards Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, by supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu because of the former’s ambition to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Suddenly, we’re witnessing people, who all the while exhibited fanatical support for the All Progressive Congress (APC) government, turning 180…

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APC And Igbo Presidential Aspirants

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By Sam Onwuemeodo For Rochas Okorocha’s group, Governor Hope Uzodinma and Adams Oshiomhole were for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu presidential aspiration. This was the first impression or belief. The group, abinitio, also believed that the repeated or consistent or persistent campaign of calumny against Okorocha, by Uzodinma and his government, was part of his deal with the Tinubu group.  We could be right. We could be wrong. The strong feeling was that the lmo State governor was given the assignment or job of blackmailing Okorocha out of reckoning. Right from the…

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What Will Kill A Man Is Already Before Him

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By Francis Ehwerido On a recent visit, a former colleague and longtime friend, Assumpta Udoh, told me something I found very profound because of its clarity: “Franco, by the time you are 50, the health problem that will kill you will be before you. How long you live thereafter depends on how you manage it.” Assumpta is very correct. Her grandmother was diabetic but died at age 98. Her 101-year-old father is asthmatic, but still going strong. He played exhibition tennis at 100 in Ikoyi Club, Lagos, last year. Of…

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Britain, IPOB And Terrorism

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By Paul Ejime Two consequential implications stand out in the recent United Kingdom Government statement on separatist groups in Nigeria’s South East region. The first is that the deteriorating security situation in the region, the stomach-churning and senseless bloodletting and barbarism that has lately seized the region, and which is at least in part blamed on IPOB and other groups, has dealt it probably an irreversible damage in the international community. The second and a corollary to the foregoing is that the United Kingdom which hitherto was a haven for…

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Deborah Samuel: How It All Happened – Course Mate

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Her last words: “What do you hope to achieve with this?” Rukia, late Deborah’s coursemate of the college, who witnessed how Deborah was flogged, killed, and burnt described the scene as the most horrible she has ever witnessed. The student who identified herself simply as Rakia, gave an account of how the voice note of the 25-year-old student degenerated into an uncontrollable situation. Speaking from her parents’ home in Gidan Kaya area of Sokoto State, the visibly shaken student said, “Deborah was my course mate. I just stepped into the…

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