By Ibe Pascal The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function. How do you react when your […]
By Ibe Pascal Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again. According to Eduardo Galeano, most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy. […]
By ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES In the last few days, Hope Uzodimma has unleashed his rambling rascals on the internet with a sole charge to insult and attempt to ridicule the member representing me in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. Most of these rambling rascals are either older than Ugochinyere by many years […]
By Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Destiny in one’s life will always be manifested with efforts, dedication and commitment. The attainment of higher positions in life is constantly tailored to many driving forces that could be inbuilt and reflections of personal endowments and zeal to succeed. The case of the new Inspector-General of Police is not an […]
By Frederick Nwabufo We must tread with circumspection. We must follow reason. Why are we inclined to misadventures? Why are we not having conversations on how the south-east can work with the federal government to improve the infrastructural standing of the zone, and how we can take advantage of the decentralisation of electricity; revive […]
By Fredrick Nwabufo It has been 30 days of the Bola Tinubu administration, and it has been a bustling and eventful one. President Tinubu has rightfully earned the ticket “Baba-go-fast” for the decisiveness, punctiliousness, diligence, and swiftness of his leadership. The past 30 days have been motion, movement, and acceleration. Good things happen when […]
By Fredrick Nwabufo The past one week has been one of the most momentous in the life of the nation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu dared the undared, and triumphed. He passed a knotty test of leadership. The first of its kind. Under a haze of threats of strike by labour unions over the abrogation […]
Hours to the May 29 handover, the Kaduna State Government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared the Atyap Community Development Association as an unlawful society in the state and signed an order to proscribe it. The proscription order noted that the Southern Kaduna association allegedly involved in acts capable of endangering the peace, […]
By Prisca Sam-Duru Here we go again! For the 10th National Assembly, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in what it described as a template developed by the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and adopted by its National Working Committee, NWC, during the week, announced the zoning arrangement for principal positions in the National Assembly. As it […]
By Abimbola Adelakun During the governorship and state house of assembly elections in March, the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) enjoined Nigerians to go ahead and collect any monies distributed by vote-buying politicians but still vote their conscience. Ideally, it should be shocking that a country’s president—especially one who came to power as […]
