In the heat of the 2018 killings by criminals, I received a deluge of broadcast messages steeped in conspiracy theories of how the government was backing certain criminal groups in their festival of bloodletting. According to one of the well-noised fibs, the government was paving the way, through militias, for the occupation of Nigeria and […]
By Frederick Nwabufo Why do we seek angels in the realm of humans? There are no messiahs, angels or a Doctor Strange to magic our problems away. We are all humans – fatally flawed but blessed species. Politics is not a game of piety and leadership is beyond moral sanctimony. We have to get down […]
BY IBE PASCAL AROGORN The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. Understand, our police officers put their lives […]
By Frederick Nwabufo To whom do we owe allegiance – our tribe or Nigeria? The reality is some of us, if not most, define our existence and identity from a tribal standpoint. We think in tribal amplitude and act in protection of the tribe. Our tribe comes first; we steal, fight and even kill for […]
I have always maintained that Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State is a lawless governor with heart of bitterness, anti-people and deceit. In my view, the Supreme Court imposed governor possesses undemocratic tendencies with reckless abandon. The whole scenario and process of the gestapo abduction of Uche Nwosu is terroristic and barbaric. Unfortunately, it was […]
By Frederick Nwabufo What does Nigeria mean to me? It means hope and promise of a greater now and future; it means resilience and courage to rise from dust and nothing; it means purpose in disarray, unity in diversity, brotherhood in divergence and love even in dangerous times. It will be a violent lie to […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn “While others hate his guts and fear his grievances, I cherish the enormity of the quickness of his wits and marvel at the largeness of his heart for smart arguments. “However, despite my constant talking down impudently on him with pontifications about my old-time political experiences, he has refused to give […]
Reactions have emerged following the death of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Personnel Lance Corporal Ogah Bercy, attached to the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), who died of complications from snakebite in her toilet at the NAF Base Bill Clinton Drive Abuja. Questions on how snakes and other reptiles manage to enter our bathrooms and toilets […]
By Fredrick Nwabufo In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief decider of the nation’s leadership. Since the country’s independence in 1960, the north has had the political Midas touch. Although some Nigerians are of the opinion […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn “Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.” According toEdmund Burke, “the greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse”. A direct primary, which […]
