A constant debate between scientists and historians Historians and scholars from different eras have always debated about which year has been the worst for humankind and most of them point their fingers at AD 536, not only due to the massive number of deaths but also because of the many events that took place which […]

Modern Russia’s first major foreign military campaign began seven years ago. It was a very different challenge to the current test in Eastern Europe FILE PHOTO: Russian soldiers, with Russian flag, are seen on armoured vehicle as they enter the base at the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. ©  Bekir Kasim / Anadolu […]

Freemasonry is a fraternal organization of which members have included George Washington, Harry S. Truman and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Worldwide membership in the society totals over 3 million members, of which 1.1 million are in North America. But where did Freemasonry come from? Modern Freemasonry, as it is known today, is often considered to have […]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Paper presented at the 2022 General Assembly of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Sept 23, 2022 By Rev. Fr. George Ehusani, Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation After the major scandal and embarrassment that attended the unfortunate massacre of 13 worshipers inside the St. Philip’s Church, Ozubulu, Anambra State, on Sunday August 6, […]

September 22, 2022 The cabals including some members of Buhari’s extended family and friends are the powers behind the throne. President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Aso Rock cabals are plotting to retain power in the Northern region in 2023, a presidential source has informed SaharaReporters. According to the source, Buhari and members of […]

Europe’s royal houses have shared close family ties for centuries. The British royals have more German roots than you might think. About 300 years ago, on August 1, 1714 — the English Queen Anne died. As a result, the German Elector George Louis of Hanover was proclaimed king of Great Britain in absentia.  He was […]

Although a lot of literature has been produced highlighting the strengths and benefits of religion, many have associated the following problems with religion: conflict with science, curtailing freedoms, delusion, claims of having the exclusive truth, fear of punishment, feeling guilt, immutability, instilling fear, internal conflicts, irrationality, justification of violence, limitation on the rights of women, […]

In 2010, sociologist Phil Zuckerman published Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment. Zuckerman lined up evidence that the least religious societies also tend to be the most peaceful, prosperous and equitable, with public policies that help people to flourish while decreasing both desperation and economic gluttony. We can […]

Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? No religious bigotry, no “righteous” judgement, no cruelty “in the name of God,” no holy wars, no honor killings, and no shame in just being yourself. Truly, the world would be a better place without religion, wouldn’t it? Well, let’s try it out. Let’s imagine what the world would be […]

Religion is filling people with fear. Religion is one of the main reasons why people are afraid of living. … Religion is turning people against themselves. … Religion is turning people against each other. … Religion is keeping people in ignorance. Copied

British empire crimes in Africa, British empire crimes in India, British crimes in Ireland, British crimes in Australia, British empire crimes in Kenya When the news broke that the queen of England was ill, Ms. Uju Anya, a lovely anti-racist African living in the USA, responded to the news via Twitter, saying: “I heard the […]

Do you know that an Igbo man planned and proposed a modernised self-governed Nation/Empire/Republic of Igbos 39 years before the birth of Nigeria as a country? His name is JAMES AFRICANUS BEALE HORTON (1835–1883). He published and sent the British government his proposal titled, “The EMPIRE OF THE EBOES/HACKBOUS/HEEBOS/IBOES/IGBOES/EGBOES, with the Requirements Necessary for Establishing […]

Firstly, when CIA recruits candidates for work as undercover, overseas operatives, they are seeking out individuals who, for the most part, ALREADY possess the mental traits required of a successful spy. More specifically, the recruit must demonstrate that he is supremely self-confident, observant, inquisitive, analytical, morally flexible, cool under pressure, comfortable working alone and, perhaps, […]

Chief Martin Agbaso was universally acknowledged as the winner of the governorship election in Imo State on April 14, 2007. The 2007 election was midwifed by the honorable and gentlemanly Governor of the state at the time HE Chief Achike Udenwa of Orlu zone, who was poised to reciprocate the gentlemanly dispisition of Owerri zone […]

FLASHBACK PERSPECTIVE A Case of Self-Evident Truth The late American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously reminded all of us that ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’. Dr King’s admonition is instructive particularly for those who under the cover of darkness or in the seclusion of their homes or offices, […]

Kathy and Ross Petras We all have that little voice in our heads that weighs in on everything we do or say. If we let it, it can make us feel demoralized, belittled or just less capable. The end result is that we wind up not accomplishing what we want.  It’s never easy navigating challenging […]

German writer Esther Villar In her book “The Manipulated Man” that caused outrage and hostile criticism from women explains how women since the earliest times have manipulated men and turned them into their slaves, having pretended to be the oppressed sex, while in the real sense, they are the oppressors. She explains how a woman […]

“The meeting of minds between Sir Lugard and the leaders of the Sokoto Islamic Caliphate was not surprising for, in practice, there were no emotional or philosophical differences between imperialism which Lugard championed and the feudalism in Northern Nigeria before British colonial rule.” – An unpublished work Britain operates a parliamentary democracy which is subordinated […]

The vox-pop: Should Africans hold the late Queen Elizabeth  responsible for the evils of colonialism, neocolonialism and apartheid? What’s your view on the tweet by Prof. Uju Anya of the Carnegie-Mellon University? The death on Thursday of United Kingdom’s  longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II,  has given a new impetus to the quest by  Nigerian […]

I have always said it that the core of the Igbo political class are not fit to represent the region in National politics. Most of them were mostly hungry and struggling before they joined politics. Very few who had something meaningful doing were barely well educated before joining politics. All these factors impacted heavily on […]

Friday Sep 16, 2022 King Charles III is being urged to step down and let his son Prince William take the throne within two years. The new monarch, who ascended the throne at the age of 73 last week, has been warned by the royal commentators that His Majesty should gear up for a short […]

Omenụkọ was the first Igbo published novel in 1933. It was written by Pita Nwanna. The writer did not go to any primary school, college or University. He was a carpenter. He learnt art of writing by attending Sunday School at Methodist Church, Ụzụakọli. In 1933, Omenụkọ won several awards, representing indigenous African Literature. Pita […]

Fellow Nigerians, you commit an unforgivable sin in the eyes of God, and a crime in the eyes of man and your generations unborn, when you take money and vote to keep yourselves, your children and your generations unborn in perpetual slavery and servitude. These are the kinds of actions that can be construed as […]

Think & Grow Rich is a In 1937 bestselling self-improvement book written by Napoleon Hill. This book has been key to numerous people’s success and if you ask high performing and successful people who are lifelong learners, more than likely have read this book. In chapter seven Hill outlines a short list of causes of […]

Arab slavery had already begun in Africa more than 700 years before the European transatlantic slave trade. The slave trade began when the Arabs invaded North Africa for the first time in the 7th century AD. The first Arab entry into Africa was through Egypt. An Arab military general named General Amir Aben Alas invaded […]

Video Stirs Mixed Reactions A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian woman in the United Kingdom has sent her husband packing after he called the police on her Her husband was said to have involved the police after she threatened to kill him with a weapon during an argument The man had reportedly brought the lady to the UK […]

The Russian president discussed key foreign policy issues with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Current attempts to push for a unipolar world “have taken an absolutely ugly form lately, which the overwhelming majority of nations of the planet find unacceptable,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The remark came as he met his Chinese […]

Nigeria practices presidentialism, and in a presidential democracy, the nation rests on the shoulders of one man. Health is therefore of major concern in determining the electability of a candidate. This gives no room for arguments. All public offices, the office of the president inclusive, demand occupiers who are sound both in body and in […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has submitted that the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mallam Tukur Mamu has affiliations with many terrorist organizations.The secret police in a document submitted before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday alleged that Mamu who is an ally to a controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has […]

The distraction called President Muhammadu Buhari visit to Imo State was scheduled to suffer several thunderstorms. Coincidentally, IPOB directed a sit – at – home, same Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in honour, sympathy and solidarity for its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing trial in an Abuja federal high court for alleged felony. Kanu […]

This one-off Mercedes S600 Royale is dubbed a Mercedes-Maybach S600 on steroids. Based on the S-Class S550, the S600 Royale is a sight to behold. It makes its presence known every it goes. We’ve seen all kinds of wonderful creations from custom tuning houses and enthusiasts across the world. This custom one-off Mercedes S600 Royale dubbed the […]

LAGOS, Sept 9 (Reuters) Nigeria’s crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, figures from its regulator show, as the nation grappled with rampant theft from its pipelines and years of underinvestment. The decline is a further threat to strained finances in Africa’s most populous nation and cuts global oil […]

September 13, 2022 Angola and Libya have overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude oil producer, says a report by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for September 2022, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According […]

Holders of the peoples mandate must subject themselves to criticism, constructive or otherwise, because you have placed yourselves accountable for the welfare and wellbeing of many. The nigerian democratic system is based on the party system of government. It is a government by criticism and exposition and therefore, it has to be governed by three […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was not nursing any presidential ambition after 2019, reportedly decided to join the 2023 race after moves by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies to truncate the chances of his preferred candidate, Peter Obi. Peter Obi, who is now the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, […]

The then Labour government secretly provided large quantities of arms to the Nigerian federal government which, by early 1970, had crushed an attempt by the country’s eastern region of Biafra to gain independence, which it had declared in May 1967. During the three years of war, up to three million people died, as Nigeria enforced […]

Like a prude confronted with sexually explicit images, the world didn’t hide its shock at Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya’s negative comments last week on the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The world had waited with bated breath at manifest indications that Elizabeth’s last hours had come. Amid this apprehension, the associate professor of […]

“There’s fire on the mountain and nobody seems to be on the run There’s fire on the mountain top  and no one is a-running…One day the river will overflow And there’ll be nowhere for us to go And we will run, run Wishing we had put out the fire In this season of university closure […]

Atiku has never been loyal to any PDP past president, he wasn’t loyal to Obasanjo, Yaradua or Goodluck Jonathan. He betrayed them by decamping just to fight against them. Now, does he expect governors to be loyal to him and support his own ambition? never. Discerning elements in the PDP know for a fact that […]

As a Nigerian with considerable interest in public affairs, the Grand Ballroom of New York City’s Hilton Midtown Hotel, the venue of “Afro-Economics & Government Policy: A Conversation with Governor Peter Obi,” was my destination last Sunday. The engagement followed others in the United States, some of which had been mismanaged by local organisers who […]

Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi, an Igbo, was born in Minna, Niger State.He is a native of Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi local government area, Anambra State, Nigeria. His father was David Anadumaka, a story-teller and elephant hunter. Ekwensi attended Government College in Ibadan, Oyo State, Achimota College in Ghana, and the School of Forestry, Ibadan, after […]

At a particular meeting held in Kaduna which consisted of all paramount traditional rulers in Nigeria and which had the queen of England in attendance, Attah Ameh was asked to remove his cap to greet the Queen of England as others had done. Though he refused until they said he should leave the meeting if […]