Category: OPINION

By Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe In Igbo cosmology of identity definition, a family of criminals does not stand for a family without good persons but a family where the criminals predominate, and the good ones are unable to act to remedy the bad reputation of the family. This is idiomatically expressed in the Igbo saying: Ofu aka luta mmanu ozuo ora aka onu—“when one finger touches the palm oil it spreads to the rest.” That the Igbo as a people are collectively deemed bad by both outsiders and some sections of…

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By Sonnie Ekwowusi President Bola Tinubu has recently been quoted as saying that Nigeria is not the only country in the world afflicted by poverty. Mr. President made this statement when he received a delegation from the National Assembly who came to felicitate with him on the occasion of the last Eid-el-Kabir celebration.  In other words, President Tinubu believes that the widespread public outcry about Nigeria’s high poverty rate is unnecessary because Nigeria is not the only country in the world affected by poverty. President Tinubu had earlier stated at…

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By Dr. Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe Although State creation is neither a part of the intractable security, economic and political problems confronting Nigerian masses presently, nor is it attainable under the present political dispensation; but since a person like Senator Alhaji Ned Nwoko, a known Fulani Muslim political errand boy and scion of jihad in Anioma land has chosen the path of self-serving distraction, we will follow him by his footsteps. I have also read the mendacious and intellectual cacophony put forward by his cousin-Special Assistant on Media Maxwell Peter Nwoko…

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By O.C Nwaogwugwu Esq. My dear brother, Hon. Emeka Chinedu, I bring you greetings this afternoon. I write you this letter as a bonafide son of Oboama. I write with mixed feelings. I write as one of those who encouraged and supported you when you indicated your intention to contest for House of Representatives election in 2019, against all odds. l write as Okaruo Oboama. l write with pent-up feelings. Many people who didn’t know you then, did not cherish your ambition until you started throwing money around. The money…

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By O.C Nwaogwugwu Esq. My dear brother, Hon. Emeka Chinedu, I bring you greetings this afternoon. I write you this letter as a bonafide son of Oboama. I write with mixed feelings. I write as one of those who encouraged and supported you when you indicated your intention to contest for the House of Representatives election in 2019, against all odds. l write as Okaruo Oboama. l write with pent-up feelings. Many people who didn’t know you then, did not cherish your ambition until you started throwing money around. The…

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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In a country and a season in which candour is not always seen as a virtue, those who make it the currency of their daily lives are either idolized, endangered or idolized into endangerment. On the Nigerian streets, a person who addresses issues of public significance with candour can be described as having “broken the table”. As a figure of speech, this usage is back-handed compliment for bucking a national habit of dressing up reality in a bodyguard of avoidance. Tables, however, can be useless without…

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By Festus Adedayo (PhD) Yesterday, General Sani Abacha clocked 28 years in the grave. Abacha’s sudden expiration at the thick of his maximal and maniacal rule reminds Nigerians, especially those who were old enough in 1998 when he died, of how human beings should never play god. Abacha ruled with an iron fist after he seized power. He summarily executed dissidents and political opponents while those who held other views disappeared without a trace. A very interesting equation was when he ordered the deaths of Generals Oladipo Diya and Abdukareem…

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1. Good afternoon gentlemen and ladies of the press. As you are aware for one year, we did not comment on the worrisome activities of the Peter Mbah’s government because as citizens of the state and major stakeholders in the Enugu project we want every government to succeed, as the success of every government irrespective of the party that brought it into office will be enjoyed by us all and generations unborn. 2. Another reason why we have not commented on the activities of the Peter Mbah led government is…

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By Hassan Gimba This write-up is not new. It was first published on January 18, 2021. Considering his recent court case, I find it relevant to republish it today. Those familiar with novels, especially before the advent of the internet, can remember a famous novel recalled in my headline. The book, The Way The Cookie Crumbles, first published in 1965, is one of the ninety or so thrillers written by Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond, better known as James Hadley Chase. Ordinarily, a cookie represents many things, ranging from the inanimate…

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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Muhammad Ali, the American boxing phenomenon whom the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) voted the Sports Personality of the 20th Century in 1999, often promoted pugilistic enterprise in verse. When then ruler of the country formerly known as Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, invited him to a contest against then reigning champion, George Foreman, for the undisputed heavyweight boxing championship of the world in October 1974, Ali christened the contest as “Rumble in the Jungle”. One…

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