OBJ On GEJ’s Failures: It Is Time For Baba To Exit the Public Scene. By Idris Usman.

Speaking to popular personal development expert, Anthony Robbins, President George W. Bush said “I can’t criticize President Obama, he is my president, he is the president of the United States. I remember when Nixon was impeached I thought this man destroyed the American democracy, destroyed the presidency, destroyed the reputation, but you know what I […]

Heroic Welcome For Gov. Fayose As He Calls For Unconditional Release Of Nnamdi Kanu.

The Igbo community in Ekiti Thursday showered heroic welcome on Governor Ayodele Fayose for identifying with the pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court on Wednesday, saying he has indeed proved to be their own brother from a distant land. Fayose had attended the court trial of Kanu and also appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to […]

The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari—the ECONOMIST.

Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every […]

What Is Next For Imo PDP? – By Collins Ughalaa.

There is no doubt that despite the obvious challenges of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State the people still hold so much expectations for the party. The PDP has not been able to hold itself together since they lost the 2015 presidential election, though political analysts say such condition is common with […]

What is next for Imo PDP?, Part 2. By Collins Ughalaa

Before I continue with this second part of this series started few days ago, let me first of all thank the leadership of the Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the meeting they held at the residence of Hon Ezenwa Onyewuchi, and Hon Ezenwa Onywuchi himself for standing in the gap and […]

THE BIAFRA QUESTION: A CASE FOR A SELF-DETERMINATION REFERENDUM (Being the Position Presented to the World Media By the Lower Niger Congress On the Issues Arising from the Global Biafra Protests).

BACKGROUND Nigeria was a colonial-era creation of the British. The country was on January 1st 1914 artificially cobbled together by the annexation the then Protectorate of Southern Nigeria to the then Protectorate of Northern Nigeria in an exercise officially tagged “Amalgamation” The mind-boggling failures of this otherwise giant promise on the African Continent has been […]

Before we get carried away.

The meeting up, within record time, of the seemingly impossible bail condition for Nnamdi Kanu, once again demonstrates what Igbos can achieve, when we are United and determined. It is another example of the spirit of Biafra, the efficiency and ability to get thinks done, which marvelled the world. The world wondered how Biafra, survived […]

THE AILING PRESIDENT AND THE COMING CONFLAGRATION IN NIGERIA. By Femi Fani-Kayode.

If the United Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, can describe the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as a “mutton-headed old mugwump” and an “Islington herbivore” how on earth should we describe our very own President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria? As each day passes he looks more and more like the colourful creature […]

Jonathan’s Concession: The Part Osita Chidoka Played.

In the midst of confusion that trailed the election results, Jonathan and his supporters were in panic mode with many suggesting that he should call Buhari to concede defeat while others opposed any concession. Ministers knelt, begged Jonathan to concede It pointed out that it was in the midst of the confusion that two ministers […]

COURT SACKS CHAIRMAN AND NINE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU.

Hon. Justice Mutala Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja this morning sacked the Chairman and nine other members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, in a public interest suit filed by Kingdom Human rights Foundation International. The Foundation had instituted a suit against the Chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau on […]

Sometimes the price can be very high in the fight against corruption.

Strive Masiyiwa, CEO and Founder of Econet Wireless, recently took to his blog to reveal his side of the story behind the company’s downfall in Nigeria. An extract from the blog post: It’s time to play by a different (ethical) set of rules (Part 7) Nigeria 1 of 5 I had the privilege of making […]

LEST WE FORGET – By Speedwell Emeka Onyewuotu.

In 1999, Chief I.D Nwoga was the Chairman of PDP, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was a revered leader of the party, Chief Evan Enwerem, Chief Martin Agbaso , Dr Kema Chikwe, and the likes all the big weights of Imo Politics then were all in PDP. In fact the strength of Imo Politics then was Owerri […]

Hattara Gwamnatin Kano! Before We Bring Down The House ~ By Imam Abubakar Sulayman.

In 2009 when Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the current Emir of Kano, was being considered for the job of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, someone who claimed to have known him since the 1980s spoke about his character and temperament. Sanusi, he said, is a man who is a devoted Muslim without being overly pretentious […]

Biafra, the Ostrich Mentality and Nigeria’s Tragedy.

There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and I must do so again—that Nigeria’s refusal to confront and address the sore of the Biafran War is the chief reason no nation has been able to materialize out of the space called Nigeria, no peace […]

Buhari’s $500M Donation To Clinton Campaign May Damage Nigeria Relation With Trump Govt. ~US Group.

A US non governmental group, the American Black Group for Democracy has revealed that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s government plunged $500Million (About N150Billion) into the failed Hillary Clinton electioneering campaign fund. They added that the donation may create a huge misunderstanding between Nigeria and the incoming Trump’s US government. The Nigeria integrity challenged President, […]

Fulani herdsmen genocide in Igbo land, Igbo Apex Organisation OHANAEZE NDI IGBO, WORLDWIDE takes a stand.

RE: UNPROVOKED MASSACRE OF OUR PEOPLE AT NIMBO, UZOWANI LGA, ENUGU STATE BY FULANI HERDSMEN , ON MONDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016,. OUR 34 POSITIONS: 1. We have viewed with grave concern, the reckless and callous attitude of the Fulani herdsmen, who had the effrontery to bring down their violence to our peaceful […]

Nnamdi Kanu’s farcical trial, the path to perfidy. By Eke O Eke.

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran agitators just took a new turn. Last month, six of the inconsequential charges were dismissed by the court, setting the stage for the Binta Nyako headed trial to convict them on the rest of the charges for treasonable felony and hang them. Yesterday, 25 April 2017, the […]

2019: The best weapon to beat Uche Nwosu, Rochas . ~ By Collins Ughalaa

A lot of things have happened in Imo State in quick succession, and if you are not careful you would miss count of the events, because sometimes the narration gets twisted by the government of the day in the state. Anyway, if the state government has been described as the “unjust aggressor against its own […]

Imo 2019: “The blind cannot lead the blind”, Bishop Iwuogo replies Senator Hope Uzodimma .

Bishop Blaise C. Iwuogo of New Life in Christ Evangelical Mission, Lagos, has replied Senator Hope Uzodimma’s comment last week that Imo State needs experienced hands with drivers license to govern the state from 2019, saying that the Senator should know that such drivers license includes “exceptional leadership experience, education above and beyond Bachelor’s Degree […]

Nigeria is Too Weak to Break, Says Sule Lamido.

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state was quoted last week as saying that Nigeria cannot break up because members of the elite are united in preserving their advantages over the masses irrespective of their differences of tribe and religion. Nigeria, he said, “is too weak to break. Who will break it? The ordinary person in […]

Okorocha wants to kill us – Imo pensioners.

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Imo State chapter, has raised an alarm over the State government’s attempt to coerce pensioners to dissociate themselves from the court action instituted against her (the State government) for non-payment of pensions to the retirees. It would recalled that Imo State government recently issued a circular […]

Some education for those who think the bible is everything.

Before 1,000 B.C. we have the following gods or demigods born on December 25: Horus, Osiris, and Attis. Before 200 B.C. we have Mithra, Heracles, Dionysus, Tammuz, Adonis, and others (see All About Adam and Eve, by Richard Gillooly). Some of these characters, you will see below, were also born to virgins. Osiris Interestingly, in […]

Oshiomhole, Mamora Considered for Position of SGF.

Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, or former Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, may clinch the top-ranking cabinet post of Secretary to the government of the Federation (SGF) if the Yemi Osinbajo-led panel probing the allegations of financial impropriety against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David […]

Let’s Put Nigeria on the World’s Map! “MAKING COMMON SENSE” By Ben Murray Bruce

The news going round that the current meningitis scourge affecting some parts of Nigeria is the result of the sins of Nigerians is absolute rubbish! Meningitis is caused by bacteria not sin. If sin caused meningitis, most of us politicians will get it, but it is the poor who suffer it most. It is more […]

APC chairman, over 800 others defect to PDP in Akwa Ibom.

Over 800 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).‎ Leading the defectors to the PDP, the APC Chairman in the council area, Aniefiok Ekah, said the defectors had ‎endured severe hunger in APC and could therefore no […]

THE ROLE OF THE POLITICAL CLASS IN REALISING THE COLLECTIVE DREAMS OF JUSTICE, EQUITY, FAIRNESS AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN IMO STATE.

BEING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA CON, KSC, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AT THE 2017 DIOCESAN SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE ON THE LAKE , CHURCH OF NIGERIA ANGLICAN COMMUNION , AT ST MARY MAGDALENE PARISH, OGUTA, IMO STATE, MONDAY , APRIL 24, 2017 PROTOCOLS Let me begin this discourse by […]

SEXUALISATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Have you bothered for once to peruse through your children’s school textbooks? I know you are a very busy parent working round the clock to put food on the table for your children. I equally know that you have employed some housekeepers to look after your children on your behalf. But I strongly suggest that […]

OKOROCHA SHOULD STOP WASTING IMO STATE ASSETS IN THE NAME OF “DONATION” TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.

PRESS STATEMENT. There is no doubt that indigenes and residents of Imo State have passed through the “golgotha” of economic hardship for the years “the ship sailing but destined to nowhere” administration of Chief Ethelbert Anayo Okorocha commenced in 2011. This no doubt accounts for the apparent lack of public interest or “I don’t care […]

ODEBERELE – IMO 2019 – LET THE PERMUTATIONS BEGIN!

Each state of the Nigerian federation is unique in its politics. However, some are absurdly unique. Imo State falls within this last category. The last time Imo has been actually lead by leaders in all sense of the word remains 1979 to 1983. Since then, all manners of men and women interested in nothing but […]

Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2/Add.1 (1994).

Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of […]

THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY, LED BY SIR GEORGE GOLDIE, SOLD NIGERIA TO BRITAIN FOR £865,000.

The Nigerian State was a bought and sold like a commodity, it’s has never been a Nation Know your history …… Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846–1925), an aristocrat of the Isle of Man, was instrumental to the British colonial administration in Africa. Best known for his dogged stance in holding forth the Niger River […]

THE IGBOS AND THE YORUBA ‘COLD WAR’; A CASE FOR SOUTHERN UNITY ~ By Charles Ogbu.

“Power is like a shadow. It resides exactly where men who are under its control think it resides” The above is true with regards to the situation of Southerners in the Nigerian experiment. We think the Fulanis are the ones that have been holding power and because we think and believe so, it actually look […]

Senate-presidency rift: Advisers misleading Buhari –Ihedioha.

Accuses Okorocha of denigrating Igbo tradition. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha is the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 2015, he was the governorship standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, but lost the election to Governor Rochas Okorocha. In this interview with IHEANACHO NWOSU, FRED ITUA and MAGNUS […]

TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BIAFRA AND SOUTH SUDAN.

1. South Sudan independence was preceded by five decades of scorched earth war – the longest war, anywhere, of the modern era (1955 to 2005). 2. The South Sudanese do not have the creativity of Biafrans and have not been able to avoid the total collapse of their society or social infrastructure. For example, until […]

At last somebody stands up for Ndigbo. Chief Olisa Agbakoba(SAN) files fundamental rights class action against FG.

Mr. Olisa Agbakoba has filed a Fundamental Rights Class Action against the Federal Republic of Nigeria for himself and on behalf of the South East Zone on grounds of discrimination pursuant to Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution. This action was by Originating Summons supported by an affidavit of 99 paragraphs and a statement. The […]

Empty Threats: Why Trump’s Vow to Strike North Korea Was a Bluff.

While the White House threatened Pyongyang with a potential strike in the event of a new nuclear weapons test in North Korea, the US striking group was actually moving away from the Korean Peninsula. “There will be no strike against North Korea,” Russian political scientist Alexei Gusev told Radio Sputnik. It appears that Donald Trump’s […]

Where is the world heading to?

1- Adultery is authorized in South Africa, no man or woman has the right to get separated from their partner because he/she committed adultry 2- The US agreed that for better relationships with the world super powers, all the countries of the world must accept homosexual marriage (woman+woman=1 or man+man= 1) 3- Germany just signed […]

BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN AUGUST OKPE’S “THE LAST FLIGHT”

Paradox of development, according to Ian Morris, is a concept rooted in the changing dynamics of progress. It refers to a situation where every solution, at some point, becomes the problem. Morris who wrote at the turn of 21st Century is precise in why nations triumph or atrophy. The Third World is weak, he illustrates […]

FULL DETAILS OF THE EL- RUFAI MEMO TO PRESIDENT BUHARI.

The El Rufai Memo to Buhari: IMMEDIATE AND MEDIUM TERM IMPERATIVES FOR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI – SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 1. Background: In April 2015, I sent a short memorandum to you, Sir – then as president-elect. We never discussed the memo in detail and I am not even sure you got to read it bearing […]

Masterminds Of 3 Mysterious Cases Unveiled: Abiola’s Death Not Natural, Obasanjo Named In 1995 Coup Against Abacha.

Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar owes the nation more explanation on the death of the late politician. A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, has said that the winner of the 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, could not have died of natural causes, The Nation reports. Abiola whose election […]

1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan To Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis.~ By Tyler Durden

Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad’s father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State plan coalescing to “bring real muscle to bear against Syria,” toppling its leader (in favor of one amenable to US demands), severing ties with Russia (its primary arms […]

APC, the anatomy of a supposed political party.

The APC is currently divided into four warring camps as follows: 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) 2) The Buhari Political Friends Camp (BPF) 3) The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Camp (BAT) 4) The Bukola Saraki Camp (BS) 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) currently is about the most powerful of all the four […]

DAVID AXELROD: ONE OF THE FOREIGN HANDS THAT PLOTTED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S DOWNFALL.

Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election has come and gone. But the ripple effect of it will continue to resonate for a very long time. While people like the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who are well-known for their roles in putting together the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a formidable force in the […]

Read Ohakim’s latest letter to Rochas Okorocha…

His Excellency Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha Governor of Imo State Government House Owerri, Imo State. STILL ON THE TREND OF EVENTS IN OUR STATE. It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write Your Excellency once again on some issues that I would like you to look into as a matter of urgency. […]

THE ENEMY WITHIN AND THE COLD-BLOODED THREAT FROM AREWA (PART 1)

On March 28th a hitherto unknown northern group known as the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, through its spokesman, one Yerima Shetima, had the nerve and effontry to accuse Afenifere and the Yoruba nation of a “subtle campaign of ethnic cleansing” and went on to threaten us with what they decribed as “reprisals against the millions […]

The Enemy Within And The Cold-Blooded Threat From Arewa (2) by Femi Fani-Kayode.

Apart from Afenifere, the OPC and a number of noble and courageous elders and leaders hardly anyone else from the south west has spoken up publicly for the Ifes and the Yoruba in this matter and that is a crying shame. What happened to the voices of the APC Governors in Yorubaland? What happened to […]