Changing the power equation by Livy-Elcon Emereonye

If it is true that the people, and by extension every generation, get the leader (ruler) they deserve then there is no need for anyone to complain about bad system and bad government – we should rather accept our fate and then do the needful. It can’t be better except when we get into the […]

PRESS STATEMENT FORMER NEW PDP MEETS ON THE STATE OF APC AND THE NATION.

Nigerians may recall that members of the former New PDP Block within the All Progressives Congress (APC) addressed a letter dated April 27, 2018 to the Chairman of APC where we informed the party of our grievances and expectations from both the party and government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Following this development, the party invited […]

Inside EFCC report on corruption allegations against Obasanjo.

As President Muhammadu Buhari and a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, continue to engage in a war of words, a report has been obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission regarding corruption allegations against Mr Obasanjo. The clash between the president and one of his predecessors was triggered when Mr Buhari, while receiving a delegation […]

THE MAY 21, 2018 EKWUEME SQUARE DECLARATION OF OHANAEZE NDIGBO : LOFTY PROCLAMATIONS, DEADLY DEBILITATION OF IGBO STRATEGIC INTERESTS. -LNC May 22, 2018.

It will be recalled that by an Open Memorandum dated May 14, 2018, addressed to the Ohanaeze Conveners of the Restructuring Summit and titled, “UNDERSTANDING THE OBJECTION OF THE EASTERN NIGERIA SELF-DETERMINATION COLLECTIVE TO ANY “RESTRUCTURING” THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON AMENDMENTS TO THE 1999 CONSTITUTION”, the Lower Niger Congress dissected the core issues driving […]

LIKE NORTH KOREA LIKE NIGERIA: THE BULL & THE BUCKET. By JOSEPH OKECHUKWU

BACKGROUND When in February of 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “Israel is Coming Back to Africa and Africa is Returning to Israel” he wasn’t joking. That is because Donald Trump must have advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get to work and make more friends on the continent so Israel is not constantly isolated at […]

This Is Not The Change We Clamoured For— APC Chieftain Attacks Buhari, Apologises To Jonathan.

Having achieved the change agenda, it is now crystal clear, that the change we had clamoured for is not the change we got. Under your [Buhari’s] tenure the rule of law has been replaced with the rule of force. You have injected fear into the society. People who voted for you to save them from […]

The cost of change by Livy-Elcon Emereonye.

Everything, including the minutest and unnoticeable change, has a cost – an opportunity cost. Change is not only a constant phenomenon but it is also something that can happen with or without our consent. People, things, change for good or bad, better or worse, with lots of ripple effects. But whether we are actively involved […]

Imolites and APC’s Congresses of Shame. By Dr. Austin Uganwa

Imolites watched with disgust and disbelief on Friday, May 11, 2018 as All Progressives Congress (APC) state secretariat on Okigwe Road in Owerri, Imo state capital went up in flames. For several hours thick smoke that oozed from the fire incidence enveloped the sprawling city causing severe environmental pollution. Those who had activities within the […]

PDP tackles Buhari, APC on fuel subsidy controversy.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of corruption in the handing of the fuel subsidy regime under the All Progressive Congress (APC) government. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, recently announced its annual expenditure on fuel subsidy saying it had risen to over N1.4 trillion. Mr Kachikwu described […]

MY ORDEAL IN THE HANDS OF FEDERAL FORCES – Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye, on Monday afternoon, released a lengthy statement detailing how he was arrested by over 200 policemen and attacked by the Federal Government. Melaye revealed that he was pounced on by the government for speaking the truth and demanding accountability. He also thanked the Nigerian people for standing by him, he praised the […]

PDP’s secret deal for Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, others.

•Party’s Contact and Integration Committee gets two-week extension •Jonathan’s ex-minister emerges dark horse in the race •Ex- Gov. Boni Haruna is Turaki’s Campaign DG •Dogara walks tight rope WHAT’S ON OFFER TO WHO KWANKWASO: State PDP structure in Kano, governorship ticket to his preferred candidate and Senatorial seat SARAKI: PDP structure in Kwara, governorship ticket […]

A DRAFT OF THE IGBO POSITION On the Future of Alaigbo and the Future of the Federal Republic of Nigeria THE ALAIGBO DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ADF)

1. We speak on behalf of Alaigbo: The Igbo-Speaking Peoples in Nigeria and elsewhere in the World, particularly those in the main Igboland, Anioma and Ikwerre and any other areas. 2. We are a Nation, a land of free peoples and any Union with any other nation must be based on free choice, namely, on […]

Perspective “Electoral shutdown inside 2018 is inevitable if we truly wish to end our enslavement under 1999 Constitution; Abort the 2019 Elections for your own good”

This is a most Logical Summation of facts and and a most brilliant deployment of Logic on the subject of Fulani guile, and what the rest us, particularly in the South and Middle Belt should do, in Self-Redemption. The title to this post is a quote taken from a comment in a Forum where the […]

A Hard Lesson for Okorocha.

On 24th March 2012, Chief Rochas Okorocha, then less than a year in office as Imo State Governor, was in Kosovo where he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an independent power plant, an agro processing plant and several other industries that he promised would be established in his state. There were neither feasibility […]

Government False Labelling And Lopsided Security Appointments Fuel And Escalate Janjaweed Jihadism In Nigeria

A combination of false labelling, misrepresentation of facts, propaganda, distractions, unwillingness, inability, aiding, abetting, condoning and lopsided security appointments by the present Federal Government of Muhammadu Buhari has continued to fuel and escalate the Janjaweed (Jihadists under the cover of cattle herders) attacks and destructions carried out on Christian faithful and other non Muslims and […]

220 Killings In The Past 15 Days Of May 2018: Nigeria Receding To Total Regime Collapse And Anarchy.

No fewer than 220 killings or violent deaths arising from nontraditional crimes or violence have independently been recorded in Nigeria since the beginning of May 2018 or between 1st and 15th May 2018; out of which no fewer than 71 confirmed deaths and 87 feared deaths took place in Kaduna State alone. There are also […]

2019: The final battle of the Generals. By Lasisi Olagunju.

When crocodiles eat their own eggs, let frogs run and run. Because of the 2019 elections, an intra-class war is currently raging among a special breed of Nigerians. I call their exclusive enclave the Generals Club. These are a lucky set of army officers who either staged the counter coup of July 1966 or benefitted […]

BUHARI AND MIYETTI ALLAH, THE AUDACITY OF IMPUNITY, ARROGANCE AND DISHONESTY.

The attempt by president Muhammadu Buhari during his recent visit to America and the UK and the attempt by Senator Jegeri Alkali, leader of Miyetti Allah, to justify Fulani terrorism is as nauseating as it is repugnant. How can a normal person with conscience, sense of responsibility and respect for human lives, give excuses for […]

IGNORANCE OF SOME APC/PDP YOUTHS AND ELITES IN THE HANDS IF THE NORTHERN OLIGARCHY. By Samuel Danauta Kyarshik

I feel so sorry for our youths in the middle belt but especially on the Plateau for the outright display of ignorance during the arraignment of Baba Jang. I am not of PDP or APC, but I have this to say to you all…if what defines your loyalty in your political pursuit or activities so […]

NNPC’s Pro-North Shakeup; Another Provocation of Ndigbo. By Nwobodo Chidiebere

“There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth.” —Louis Farrakhan President Buhari’s 97/5 per cent policy was grossly implemented recently at the NNPC Tower, Abuja. In the nepotism-driven shakeup; Fulani oligarchy had their way. Shaibu Musa was appointed MD of the NNPC Medical Services, Ibrahim Birma was named […]

A MUST READ! How Buhari makes Atiku his successor.

President Herbert Hoover did not cause the Great Depression. But his sin was that rather than his policies bringing it to an end — or at least bringing it under control — his policies indeed worsened the whole situation. Even knowing fully well that the fact on the ground couldn’t lie, President Hoover preferred to […]