By Cheta Nwanze A few months ago, the governor of Kaduna state, in his typically blunt manner, said that Lagosians should get a free pass to heaven because they live in hell on earth. His exact words, “I don’t know how people in Lagos survive. Every day, four hours in traffic for five days. […]
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo There is a god in Rivers. When it suits him, he corrects the injustice of the justice rendered by the supreme court. Sometime in 2015, he woke up and reviewed a supreme court decision. Many clapped with devotion. They lionized the small god. The supreme court had said Omehia was […]
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 incident happened at Amikwo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The command’s spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said “the body of the victim has […]
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? Could this be the domestication of the fabled Lion of Ubima? Could this be Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s nadir? Amaechi’s political tapestry has been the craftwork […]
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 coup-prone in the world. There has been notable progress with heads of states being elected, incumbents unseated, and alternations of power. Despite these positives, the […]
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 and sensitivity to inclusion? Well, as governor of Lagos, Tinubu had a diverse cabinet; in fact, he is reputed to be one of the few […]
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 out of the 14th milestone on the way to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. By the same token, and based on the Timetable […]
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 Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO), 1979-1983, Main Report, Paragraph 10:10 (1986) THE electoral landslide of President Shehu Shagari’s […]
…..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 sinister plot to hijack our 2023 elections, made by the CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere thoroughly traumatized Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state and his […]
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 a whole day sitting through one of their sessions, such a person would go home thinking of puppetry in Disney land. I tried once, the […]
