BY TOYYIB MUSA-OMOLOJA Few people today will not marvel at the self-destruction going on in the south-east of Nigeria. The insanity which started with attacks on symbols and institutions of democratic government associated with Nigeria has continued to grow in amperage. The audacity of it all is now yielding to monstrosity and incredulity as to […]
BY FREDRICK NWABUFO How much money, property does a man need? I am compelled to believe that the faculty for primitive accumulation is a pre-historic flaw of the African species. From Mobutu Sese Seko, former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo; General Sani Abacha of Nigeria, to Teodorin Obiang, vice-president of Equatorial Guinea; Jacob […]
By Sanusi Muhammad The godfather of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in 2015 led the South-West into an alliance with the North to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn “May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. For, to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Over the […]
By Dimm Uche Okwukwu The Ngwa are Igbos. The Ikwerre are Igbos. They are offsprings of the same father. Agreed, Wike has the right to hold any view so far as it is within the ambit of the law and not counter-productive. He can define himself in any manner he deems fit. But he is […]
By Kanayo Esinulo The gladiators are warming up and it is likely going to be a tough outing this time round. One thing that makes the politics of Anambra State interesting and somewhat fascinating is that its electorate are highly enlightened and sensitive. Its voter population knows exactly what is at stake. This is the […]
By Fredrick ‘Mr OneNigeria’ Nwabufo ‘’Restructuring Nigeria’’ is a quandary. There is no concord on the complexion or dimension which the re-engineering of Nigeria should take. There has been a cacophony of arguments, but one opinion which a good number of Nigerians hold is that the orbital states that make up the country should determine, […]
By Frederick Nwabufo prejudices whether ethnic, political or religious. Nigeria’s social media dome is a hang-out for lies, malice and bigotry. Falsehood in this seemingly anonymous quarter is oxygenated by hate and bias. The canard of the Nigerian Army recruiting repentant Boko Haram insurgents, for example, has been rippling because it fits into the prevailing […]
By Frederick Nwabufo National affability has much to do with what we think of one another; how we talk to one another, and what we call one another. As nugatory as this may appear to be, the content of our dialogues and multilogue – caustic and vile – in our cocoons on social media and […]
we are the victims of its reverberations, but when we wear the jackboots and are handing down orders, censures; singling shots, cutting down, attacking and destroying other people we palliate our actions. In most cases, we subsume our venture in tyranny as ‘’activism’’ – a term that has now become nebulous and an umbrella for […]
