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The Anambra State Police Command says it has arrested on Chinelo Udogu who allegedly flogged a 3-year-old girl to death and thereafter, dumped her body in the bush. The…
Where’s Rotimi Amaechi?
By Fredrick Nwabufo Could this be the eclipsing of a coruscating star? Could this be the sectioning of a gadfly? Could this be the end of a political odyssey?…
Coups d’état and West Africa’s political fragility
By Felix Oladeji In the last two decades, periodic elections have become the norm rather than an exception in West Africa – a region previously adjudged as the most…
It’s in Igbo’s best interest to support Tinubu
By Fredrick Nwabufo. Could Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), be that unifier a sundered Nigeria needs? What are his antecedents as regards respect for diversity…
Let the campaigns begin
BY NICK DAZANG On Wednesday September 28, 2022, two major milestones will be reached on the electoral front. On that fateful day, we would have arrived at the ninth…
Can Nigeria’s INEC organise a credible national election?
By Chidi Odinkalu Indeed, it can be claimed with a large measure of truth, that rigging of elections has become part of our political culture.– Report of the Judicial…
That Umuonyeche Video: Uzodinma’s Poor Trauma Response
…..Another Magic: Transforming a hoodlum to a ‘movie star’ ….The ‘Nasa connection …The CUPP, Ikenga mystery BY Nze Crux Ahumibe It is public knowledge that the scary revelation on the…
Cooked Voters Register: From Lawmaking to “Noisemaking”
BY DR. AKO EZIEFUL To discuss the intricate shades of mediocrity in the Imo State House of Assembly would take an entire tabloid. For anyone who could afford to fling…
Do we still value education in Nigeria?
By Adekoya Adekunle LAST Wednesday, the United Nations, UN, Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, said that our dear country, Nigeria, is not on track to meet many…
Peter Obi: As tough as nails
By Chuks Iloegbunam Sitting inside his Apapa, Lagos, office, one day, just the two of us, and holding lighthearted conversation, Peter Obi suddenly said that he would forever be…
The ethnic prejudices holding us back
By Fredrick Nwabufo The convulsive tenor of the campaign season is bringing out the worst in us. Daggers are drawn, tempers are inflamed; relationships are tested, and our differences…
Who Is Afraid Of BVAS And Integrity In Nigeria?
BY ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES Anyone who sponsors actions against the deployment of BVAS during the upcoming general elections in Nigeria is simply an enemy of democracy and anyone trying…
FEMI FANI-KAYODE and Tinubu’s hollow strategists
By Steve Osuji They are not exactly pen for hire, they are consort journalists. Well kept and used by their master for his purposes. They have no qualms, they have…
Queen Elizabeth was not Nigeria’s problem
Last Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom brought another opportunity to interrogate Nigerians’ perception of their own realities. Before her transition, arguments had risen as to…
Buhari, still the Jibril of Sudan
At the height of the chatter the current occupant of Aso Rock, Major General Muhamamdu Buhari (retd.), had been body snatched by a certain Jibril (or Jubril) from Sudan,…
