IMO nPDP COLLAPSES INTO SEN. HOPE UZODINMA’S CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION IN FINAL PUSH TO CAPTURE THE DOUGLAS HOUSE.

Full text of WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE COALITION OF nPDP IMO STATE IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR HOPE UZODINMA PROTOCOL GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS, I bring you good tidings as I welcome you all to this New Year of 2019, a year that holds definition to our persistent struggle to bring good governance back to […]

MY PLANS FOR AND MY SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE OF OWERRI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY.

I am Duruebube Chimazuru “Oblong” Nnadi-Oforgu, House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Action Alliance (AA) aspiring to represent Owerri Federal constituency. I am happy to tell you my constituents that I am not in politics because I have the financial means, and in any case, I do not really have it. My motivation […]

Igbos Hate Buhari, Kingsley Moghalu (YPP). – Chidi Cali

“For Ohanaeze to Endorse Atiku Abubakar and not me, simply means that Igbo problems are Never Tribalism, but Pure Hatred for Buhari, and it is Not good.” – Prof Kingsley Moghalu. **** I said it many here, that these small Presidential candidates are working for Buhari and wanted to use the Debate to annihilate Atiku. […]

WHO IS KINGSLEY MOGHALU WORKING FOR, AND WHO AND WHAT HAS SUSTAINED HIS CAMPAIGN SO FAR?. By Terrence Onyejiaku.

The witch cried at night The baby died in the morning. Atiku had always been assailed on conjectures So let’s PRESENT everyone’s facts and then allow the fertile mind to connect the dots. Please educate me. Is there a career path to becoming CBN Deputy Governor, or is it also a political appointment like a […]

CJN’s suspension: A dictator bares his fangs. Punch editorial board.

Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari surrendered all pretence to the rule of law and constitutional democracy by sacking the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Unilaterally and in flagrant violation of the Constitution, he also swore in Tanko Muhammad as the new acting CJN. By this act, the President has precipitated needless confusion in the polity. […]

Checks & Balances

The 1999 Constitution has neither checks nor balances. There are zero consequences for any breach of the wordings of the Constitution. The make-up of the states as vassals of the central government does not permit the fake federating units to disagree with the central government and call for negotiations of a point of discord. There […]

Illegality Of The ‘Suspension’ Of Justice Onnoghen: 20 Points To Note. By Inibehe Effiong.

The purported suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari is unequivocally unconstitutional, illegal, immoral and grossly indefensible. What General Buhari has done, putting it mildly, is a brazen coup against democracy. The following 20 (twenty) points are worth noting: 1. The office of the CJN is […]

Onnoghen: BVN reveals more accounts.

• Detectives write three banks •Battle shifts to court on Monday •Anxiety over restriction of Onnoghen’s movement •Tight security in Supreme Court judges’ quarters • US, UK, EU urge caution The CJN is accused of false declaration of assets. A six-count charge has been filed against him. Further investigation into Onnoghen’s accounts notwithstanding, the United […]

OBY EZEKWESILI: THE EXPLANATION

Please read her below: Three hours ago, I arrived far flung Cabo in Mexico where our Albert Einstein’s Genius100 Visionaries meeting is holding. I was delighted to read reactions of real patriots to my announcement that I’ve decided to withdraw from the 2019 Presidential race& end my membership of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria- ACPN. […]

THOSE WHO ARE TELLING THE PRESIDENT THE TRUTH ARE HIS TRUE FRIENDS – Okogie

RETIRED Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has warned the nation’s leaders to tread softly because there is anger in the nation, arguing that even leading members of the ruling All Progressives Congress at the centre have demonstrated commendable candour by openly acknowledging that the hopes of 2015 have been shattered. […]

WHY WE MUST RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA TODAY AND ELECT ONLY THOSE, WHO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCIPLINE -SERIES ONE.

Not many Nigerians are aware that Nigeria has a comprehensive 30 years , $3trillion/N915trillion integrated infrustructure development master plan that cuts across all the key sectors of our economy. What this simply means is that to fix Nigeria’s huge and gaping infrastructure deficit, which will help us to create the enabling environment for sustainable enterprise […]

Read Zik’s version of what transpired between him and Ojukwu during the Biafra war. It is an eye opener and must present some good lessons for the present generation.

Zik’s account of events here presented is long but worth a reading! “Yes. I played a prominent role in Biafra for the unity of the country in order to restore peace and bring about unity of the country. That’s the role I played. I advised Ojukwu. I said well look, you have declared secession. What […]

Threat of UK Visa Ban: Opposition Got Buhari Where it Matters. By Farooq Kperogi.

I am closer to the power brokers in this Buhari regime than I can persuade many people to believe. But I’m not in the business of persuasion. I just want to arm people with the right information. They can choose whatever they want to do with it. In the wake of the gale of defections […]

Onoghen’s Suspension, a Coup Against Democracy, Says Saraki

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari, as a coup against democracy and a deliberate attempt to endanger our hard-won democracy. Saraki, in a statement personally signed by him stated that the suspension was another act of desperation […]

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE SUSPENSION OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE WALTER NKANU SAMUEL ONNOGHEN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA AND SWEARING IN OF ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, 25TH JANUARY 2019.

Fellow Nigerians, A short while ago, I was served with an Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen from office pending final determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal […]

Suspension of CJN a clear case of impunity gone far – Northern Democratic Front.

The Northern Democratic Front (NDF) “a group of democrats committed to the respect for the Rule of Law” has rejected “in totality” the purported suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari. Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, the group took a swipe at President Buhari over what it described as […]

INDEED, OBY, FELA AND CO ARE WORKING FOR BUHARI.

Is there anyone who still want to argue that Madam BringBackOurGirls, Mr Inspire to Expire and their fellow empty Theorists are not political Yahoo Yahoo Characters on an undercover Vote-Splitting mission for the Asorock Cabals?? Who is still in doubt? Few months to a very important General Election, some supri-supri speaking clowns jump out from […]

The Influence Of Money Politics In Imo state.

Elections across the world over are not cheap ventures. It requires time, intellect and human capital, while huge amounts of money is required to reach out to the electorates during campaigns and before or during election. In Imo, money politics has long dominated our elections and the problem is worsening. Imo Politicians focus a lot […]

INTERROGATING OMEGARA’S N4.5bn ACCUSATION AND IHEDIOHA’S DEFENCE. By Kizito Duru

One of the things that characterize every political period is propaganda. Some of these propaganda are too watery to deserve a rejoinder, hence it is allowed to die a natural death, some are professionally shaped and manufactured to the point that the receiver or the target would have to engage media warlords to counter and […]

The Path of Destruction.

In 1962, the federal government of Nigeria built a transmission backbone to connect Kainji Dam and the power plants in Lagos. Excess power from the transmission system was sent to the Eastern Region to support the Oji River coal plant running as an independent power. War broke out in 1967. The federal government disconnected the […]

The Obasanjo Catalogue.

Dr Fimiletoks takes Obasanjo to the cleaners, says “teacher don’t teach me nonsense”: 1. Last kick of a dying horse. A toad doesn’t run in the afternoon..You are afraid, fear has overwhelmed you. You should have written this letter to yourself in 2003 and 2006 when we witnessed the worst elections in our history. Last […]

The Fulani Nation is on our doorsteps

We have foreign invaders on our door steps, who want to come in and take over our land and way of land in front of our very eyes. People like Tinubu and Osinbajo are blindly watching this happen and saying nothing. Tinubu is too selfish to see beyond his greed, and Osinbajo too naive and […]

The Nigerian Fulani Empire.

Nigerians would be fools to allow the government spend to 2Trillion to secure Fulani settlements all over Nigeria. I wish those states which have donated lands luck. I have argued for several years that the special treatment given to Fulanis and their live stock business is discriminatory because it is not extended to farmers and […]

IMPLICATIONS A WRITTEN ADMISSION OF WRONG DECLARATION OF ASSETS UNDER THE ACT. By Emmanuel Jakpa.

Word on the street is that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen admitted guilt to the Code of Conduct investigators and tried to excuse it by pleading mistake. The next line of argument is that ignorance of the law is not an excuse. I heard it from a layman like Fisayo Soyombo […]

The Ethnic Victory of 2015 and an Apology: By Moses E. Ochonu.

What an earth shattering apology from a Nigerian Prof in USA. What I find intriguing is everything he says about the tribal coalition that brought in Buhari was decided by Bro Bosun when he called APC a Muslim party 5 years ago. He stands vindicated! It is now quite clear that what happened in Nigeria […]

Abubakar Tsav writes Obasanjo, says ex-President “Your Open Epistles Have Outlived All Usefulness”

Elder statesman and former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has faulted ex-President Olusegun over his Sunday’s comment on the security situation in the country. Obasanjo had during a press conference on Sunday claimed the security situation in Nigeria has deteriorated under the Muhammdu Buhari-led government. Reacting in a letter entitled “Your […]

Miyetti Allah attacks Atiku for saying Buhari not a full-blooded Fulani.

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani has rebuffed an accusation by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, that President Muhammadu Buhari is not a “full-blooded Fulani man because he cannot speak Fulfulde.” Atiku, who made the claim during a campaign rally in Jigawa State, described Buhari as a fake Fulani man, […]

You are an election rigger without peer, Tinubu attacks Obasanjo again.

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has attacked former President Olusegun Obasanjo again, calling him an election rigger without peer. Tinubu, who issued a letter on Tuesday, titled: “Chief Obasanjo -At War Against his Own Deeds,” in response to the letter written by Obasanjo to attack President Muhammadu Buhari, said […]

Bill to criminalise estimated billing passes third reading at House of Reps.

A bill for an Act to amend the Electric Power Reform Act to prohibit and criminalise estimated billing by the Electricity Distribution Companies has passed third reading in the House of Representatives. The House unanimously voted in favour of the bill when it was put to voice vote by the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun (APC-Osun), […]

Farmers/herders crisis: NEC approves livestock plan, targets N2trn investment.

Yesterday (17/01/19) the FEC (Federal Executive Council) presided over by VP Osinbajo agreed to Miyetti and Buhari’s “The National Livestock Transformation Plan”. This plan where land is going to be “donated” to Fulani herdsmen so they can have their colonies and places of worship funded by Nigerians, in every part of the land. The plan […]

Catholic Church Doesn’t Run On Tithes, Has Never Taught That God’s Blessings Depend On Tithes – Okogie.

THANK GOD ATIKU DID NOT DEBATE. BY BODUNRIN ORIADE.

Unknown to 84 million Nigerian registered voters, Saturday, 19th January, 2019 , was a day set aside by the APC and her siamese twin sister, the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) , under the flawed leadership of Mr John Momoh, to openly rubbish and humiliate the PDP and her most popular and winning candidate, Alhaji […]

Nigeria: God’s reversal of Babel

There are no coincidences in life according to Yoruba philosophy. However, many Yorubas and Igbos, the two largest original African groups, as well as the whole Southbelt believe it was a mistake to have been lumped together in this ‘mere geographic expression’ called Nigeria created by the British. Especially with the Afro-Arabic Northern Caliphate that […]

THE NEW NIGERIA WITHOUT SOUTH EAST OR SOUTH SOUTH – BY JOSEPH OKECHUKWU.

Before another misguided fool tells you to vote for Buhari for his self aggrandizement……please read. In 2017 Nigerians woke up to a shocking leaked audio tape purportedly exposing a highly obnoxious and sinister ethnocentric plan to completely, not just marginalize, but at best frustrate the Igbos of Nigeria and eradicate every last economic influence that […]

WHY SEN.HOPE UZODINMA IS THE BEST FOR IMO GUBER 2019. By Evang. Tony Gray Okpe.

I have taken my time to analyse the candidates of political parties contesting for the 2019, IMO gubernatorial election; their strength and weakness, their disposition to humanity, which undoubtedly would impact greatly to their governance and their capabilities to deliver. Among the lots, I found Senator Uzodinma ranking higher than others. Senator Hope Uzodinma is […]

CORRUPTION IS NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF NIGERIA’S WOES. THE ROOT CAUSE OF NIGERIA’S WOES LIES IN HER CURRENT FAULTY, FRAUDULENT, FEEDING BOTTLE, BEGGARLY, WICKED, RETROGRESSIVE, ACCURSED, POVERTY GENERATING AND DEATH FOISTING CONSTITUTIONAL, FISCAL, GOVERNANCE, POLITICAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FRAMEWORK.

The lies that the enemies of Nigeria, the retrogressive elements, the unproductive and backward walking agents of darkness that have held Nigeria down over the last 40 years, have continued to feed us with is that corruption is the root cause of Nigeria’s woes. Nothing can be farther from the truth than this deliberately created […]

Why Ihedioha, Anyanwu Will Not Reconcile. By Lancelot Obiaku

January 13, 2019 Despite assurances that the rift between Imo PDP governorship candidate, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and Senator Samuel Anyanwu is over, a member of the party in the State, Mr.Lancelot Obiaku believes otherwise. In an article titled “ Imo PDP: Why Ihedioha And Sam Daddy Are Far From Reconciliation, Mr. Obaiku said despite Chief […]

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE SOUTH SOUTH GOVERNORS’ FORUM HELD IN ABUJA ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019.

An emergency meeting of the governors of the states of the South South geopolitical zone, held at the Bayelsa State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja on Sunday, January 13, 2019. The meeting, called at the instance of the Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, who is also Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, […]

Press statement: Why Buhari, APC Want CJN Onnoghen, Out – By Timi Frank

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has stated that the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is meant to anoint another CJN who would help legitimize President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure at the Supreme […]

ASSETS DECLARATION: FG SLAMS 6-COUNT CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST CJN, ONNOGHEN.

•To be docked on Monday, as moves to force him out of office thickens ABUJA- In an unprecedented move, the Federal Government, has slammed a six-count criminal charge against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, over his alleged refusal to declare his assets. Aside allegation that he failed to disclose his assets […]

ONSLAUGHT ON THE JUDICIARY: NIGERIANS MUST RISE UP TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY. By DR MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb., Ph.D, LL.D. CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

A strong judiciary is one of the irreducible fundamental platforms for any meaningful constitutional democracy. If you terrorise, intimidate, harass and humiliate the judiciary, using strong hand and brute force, it is a stage set for bidding democracy farewell. The president Buhari government has been very intolerant of any credible dissenting voice in the country. […]

Unveiled: Justice Walter Onnoghen’s nemesis, Dennis Aghanya, was President Buhari’s aide.

The identity of the man who wrote a damning petition against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been revealed. According to online information about Mr. Dennis Aghanya, he was a media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari between 2009 and 2011; while he was also a pioneer National Publicity Secretary of the defunct Congress […]

Onnoghen: South-South governors hold emergency meeting.

The South South Governor’s Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for Sunday. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations to the Governor òf Bayelsa State, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that the security òf the Niger Delta, during and after the election, the issue of derivation, and recent development […]

THE CHARGE AND PLANNED ARRAIGNMENT OF THE HON. CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER ONOGHEN BEFORE THE CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL.

Our attention has been drawn to the trending news that the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onoghen has been charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, based on a petition submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau on Wednesday the 9th of January, 2019, and is to be arraigned before the Tribunal on Monday […]

Chief Justice Replies CCB, My Assets Declaration Expires in 2020.

Justice Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria has confirmed that his asset declaration form numbers SCN 00014 and SCN 00005 were declared on the same day, 14/12/2016 and will expire in 2020. He noted that the 2009 Period which he did not make declarations, were submitted in 2016 when he noted the omission. According to […]

HAS BUHARI AND EL-RUFAI PUT THE DEATH NAIL TO NIGERIA BY THEIR JIHAD?

The Kaduna State governor Mallam El Rufai, last week published new laws about the practice of religion in Kaduna state. It is a law to regulate religious activities. However, it is the usual steps that most Muslim dominated countries have used to kick start their elimination of other religious groups. EL-Rufai’s new laws. In Kaduna […]

FROM CUPP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12TH JAN 2019

•OPPOSITION COALITION CUPP CONDEMNS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLOT TO FORCE THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA OUT OF OFFICE TO HELP BUHARI APC MANIPULATE 2019 ELECTION TRIBUNAL. •OPPOSITION COALITION ENJOINS CJN NEVER TO RESIGN FOR THE SAKE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AS THIS IS THE FAILED ACTION OF A TYRANT TO SUBDUE AN INCORRUPTIBLE JUDGE •OPPOSITION COALITION ALLEGES […]

ABUBAKAR ATIKU REACTS TO THE ONSLAUGHT AGAINST THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE FEDERATION.

A Clarion Call In Defence Of Our Constitution I have received the news of the sudden charges about to be filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, with apprehension and suspicion especially as such a move against the head of an arm of our government is coming so close to an election […]

AMAECHI DIDN’T INSULT BUHARI IN AUDIO TAPE – SOYINKA.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he has read several reports of the trending audio clip depicting the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, insulting President Muhammadu Buhari but he has not been able to spot any insults as insinuated by the media. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a symposium on fake news […]

THE NORTH AND THE PARADOX OF POLITICAL POWER. By Charles Ogbu

The APC wing of the Scions Of Danfodio are actually not as politically sophisticated as we give them credit for. They just happen to be dealing with a common sensically-barren political elites, from Igbo and Yoruba, who, like two foolish dwarfs, have refused to aspire to be the Giants that they were created to be […]

Party chairmen accuse INEC of doctoring/tampering with guideline for 2019 election on accreditation procedures.

…Party chairmen demands list of Collected PVC before election …Party Chairmen want Amina to step Down as head of collation unit . ….Party Chairmen want IGP sacked. The ongoing meeting of the leadership of INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) led by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and National Chairmen of 91 Political Parties snowballed into crisis over […]

ASO ROCK CLINIC GULPS N9.17BN IN FOUR YEARS

Analysis of budgetary allocations in the last four years show that N3.94 billion, N3.87 billion, N331.70 million and N1.03 billion were allocated in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively, for the operations of the State House Medical Centre. Despite top Presidency officials routinely flying out of the country to seek medical attention, the Federal Government […]

NIGERIA LOST $2.8 BILLION TO ‘OIL – RELATED CRIMES’ IN 2018 – UN.

Agency Report The United Nations says Nigeria lost an estimated 2.8 billion dollars in revenues in 2018, mainly due to oil-related crimes. This is according to a new ‘Report by the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)’ on Monday in New York. The report, which […]

Today in history.

Do you remember the 2012 fuel subsidy removal rally and strike? If you have forgotten, it took place from Jan 6-12, 2012. It got to a peak on Jan 8, 2012. Background fact January 1, 2012, GEJ led FG increased fuel pump price from N65/ltr to N141/ltr so that subsidy can be totally removed! Voila! […]

IMO STATE AT A GLANCE-THE UNPAID PENSION ARREARS OF IMO STATE CIVIL SERVANTS (REFORMING THE IMO PENSIONS SYSTEMS)

Imo state, just like Abia state is one of the two states in the South East of Nigeria with huge unpaid pension liabilities. Huge pension liabilities that stretches over 6 years and have resulted to untimely death of some of our retired senior citizens . The most tragic situation that stares Imo state and our […]

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE INAUGURATION OF 2019 APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA MONDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 2019

Protocols: I would like to welcome you all, the leaders of our party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the formal inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for the purpose of managing our campaigns for the 2019 general elections. 2. This is a historical moment and I consider it a great privilege to have […]

SPECIAL REPORT: Why Troops Are Losing Ground To ISWAP. By Ahmad Salkida

In the few days leading to the eclipse on 2018, reports from the warfront in North East Nigeria provoked huge concerns, fiercely stirring panic within communities in and around Maiduguri, Borno state. Governor Kashim Shettima, within this period, quickly called an emergency security meeting to receive briefs from different security commands in the state. At […]

Ancient Israel may have spoken Igbo!

We know the lies have sinked in for ages, but we must say the truth so that those who care can be set free from lies. And for the world to know the truth of history, the powers of this world and their scholars must accept the inevitable reality that just as the oldest human […]

2019: Kwara braces for landmark general elections as Saraki fights for political life. By Bisi Abidoye.

Kola Shittu did not match the picture the reporter expected to see. It was the second day of the new year and the Kwara State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was calm and all smiles as he ushered party officials into and out of his office in his expansive home in the old […]

BREAKING: President Buhari orders prosecution of Pinnick over NFF multi-billion alleged fraud.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the prosecution of the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, over an alleged multi-billion scam in the organisation. It was also learnt that the Federal Government through the Presidential investigative panel headed by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, had placed Pinnick on travel ban. Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that […]

How a Political and Economic Integration Can Transform Igboland into an African Economic Hub. By Chinedu George Nnawetanma.

Igboland is an ethnocultural region in the present-day southeastern Nigeria. It differs from the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria in that it encompasses both the zone and other adjoining territories of the eponymous Igbo ethnic group. With an estimated 35 million inhabitants, it is comparable to the US state of California in population and […]

Why APGA As A Party Must Not Die (2) By Law Mefor.

If not anything, the Party has shown itself the most resilient party in Nigeria and has survived as the Third Force in the nation’s political Party equations. One of the celebrated US Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a speech, March 6, 1956, gave an insight into why political parties in the current dispensation in Nigeria […]

YOU CANNOT GET BY PRAYER WHAT YOU SHOULD GET BY CHARACTER & OBEDIENCE.

A man’s character is his fate Heraclitus Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (US), said: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” As a clergyman, I have watched pitiably how people self-sabotage themselves […]

A lesson through the ages. By Owei Lakemfa.

In March 1952, three months before general elections, soldiers in a small country, Cuba overthrew the government. The coup was led by a candidate and former military dictator, Colonel Fulgencio Batisa. Cuba itself was essentially a gambling and tourist country for fun-loving Americans whose mafia led by Charles Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky also ran […]

Arthur Eze, DSP Ekweremmadu, Gov Dave Umahi, Nnia Nwodo vs Atiku and the Fight for Igbo Liberation.

My goal is a fact filled assessment of what is driving Igbo politics in the upcoming presidential polls and its implications for Igbo liberation. As the facts will show, collective Igbo interests have been relagated and sacrificed in the altar of personal ambitions of key principals in Igbo politics in a way to constitute a […]

The North is Suffering and Smiling.

I have always admired the Southwest of Nigeria. One of the topics that fascinated me in secondary school history was that of Oyo Empire, particularly the story of Kakanfo, the renegade general, whose rebellious streak gave rise to Ife Kingdom. I have learnt from history that conformity gives rise to very little. It is not […]

Tribute to late Governor Sam Mbakwe on his 15 years remembrance by his Daughter Helga Mbakwe Nosiri.

15 years today, Agbawo Dike Izu. I am so proud to be counted as one of your 5 daughters. You came and left an indelible mark. Here I am thinking of how you, as an ordinary citizen fought the Ayo Irikefe Panel, the Justice Mamman Nasir Panel, the David Mark Panel, the Daramola Panel, the […]

BALARABE MUSA BLOWS ATIKU, OBJ, IBB AND PDP:

“Nigerians risk having a fascist government under Atiku because of his open alignment with former heads of state and retired generals, who have some questions to answer. “That is why I am highly disappointed at the illusion by some Nigerians that Atiku is better than Buhari. There is absolutely no comparison between Buhari and Atiku.” […]

OPEN LETTER TO IPOB. By Charles Ogbu

Brethren, I bring you greetings. It is beyond argument that, through the agitation for Biafra which you lead, you, The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) have brought both local and international attention to the plight of Ndigbo in Nigeria. You have raised our consciousness to a level never seen before. In the face of naked […]

IGBOS AND YORUBA’S, UNITE FOR A BETTER NIGERIA! Nigeria will be better than Dubai if the Yoruba and Igbo can agree – Yinka Odumakin

Yinka Odumakin is the spokesperson for Afenifre, the pan-Yoruba social-cultural group. He shares his thoughts in this interview with NATHANIEL AKHIGBE on how a formidable alliance between the Yoruba and the Igbo can rescue Nigeria from the current leadership crisis and onto a path of sustainable development. Excerpts: Q• There is a recent development which […]

Nigeria’s war against corruption and government abuse of power. By Eke O Eke

It cannot be said too often that with the way the government is treating opposition members, who it claims are in violation of the law, that the Nigerian government has become a violent violator of human rights. It is a fearful and dangerous thing for the people to feel that they need protection from their […]

INEC’s Troubling Missteps Amid Aso Rock’s Desperation. By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.

There is a noticeable whirl of feverish desperation in the Presidential Villa. No perceptive person can miss that. From indiscriminately arresting and detaining political opponents and critics, to squelching dissent in the traditional news media through blackmail and threats, to undisguisedly deploying security forces in the service of overt partisan agendas, it’s now starkly transparent […]

CHARTING IGBO BEARINGS IN JANUARY 2019 AS ONE-NIGERIA HEADS FOR THE ROCKS.

“ABURI 1967 was a Demand by an embattled Eastern for Restructuring back to being a Federation from the 1966 Accident and Collapse of the Federation of Nigeria. Nigeria agreed but later dithered and rather resorted to Violence of Genocidal Proportions in what became, for the embattled Eastern Nigeria whose Peoples were the targets of that […]

Amina Zakari is Lying About her Relationship with Buhari. By Farooq Kperogi

Mrs. Amina Zakari just said to the BBC, “I’m not [Buhari’s] niece.” That’s flat-out mendacious. And it puts a huge question mark on her honesty, probity, and trustworthiness. A person who can lie this casually about something as basic and as verifiable as her relationships is disreputable and unworthy of the responsibility she’s been entrusted […]

AMINA ZAKARI , INEC, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COLLATION CZAR AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

Amina Bala Zakari, mum of 5, a widow, was married to Bala Zakari Kazaure who passed away in 2000, is not related by blood to Buhari but is more than a niece or daughter. She is from Jigawa. Her father former perm Sec and Emir of Kazaure, Husaini Adamu, was married to Buhari’s elder sister. […]

Atiku, Buhari and the Prophecies. By Olusegun Adeniyi

As it is common with this season, we have in the past two days been treated to a deluge of prophecies from religious clerics about what will happen this year in our country with specific reference to the 16th February presidential election. While many of these clerics have boldly told us what God told them […]

THE ELEVATION OF IMCOMPETENCE. By Shaka Momodu.

There is a struggle going on in Nigeria. It is a struggle between two evils – one, less so with a touch of human face and the other, extremely so – aloof, insensitive, unfeeling, deeply hypocritical and incompetent on a level never before seen in our country. My dilemma is not so […]

THE PRESIDENT AND AMINA ZAKARI BOTH LIED ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP – Farooq Kperogi

WHY IGBOS CAN’T BE TAMED. BY OGUNMUYIWA OLAYINKA.

It will be a task impossible to actualise for the Igbos, to follow the Yoruba’s Ideology. The Igbos are more republican by nature, which is why it is very difficult for you to tame such tribe. From the extensive research I did on the three major tribes, I find out that the Igbos are the […]

All the President’s Men: On national (in)security.

We live in a society where the ruling class has lost their moral compass and the prevailing trend is staying silent in the face of severe threats to our collective existence as a nation; recent events and the lamentable situation across the country is a matter of grave concern to all Nigerians irrespective of tribe, […]

WHO IS ISA FUNTUA… THE NEW OWNER OF 9MOBILE AND KEYSTONE BANK….

Introduction. Recently, a shocking story came out to public knowledge about how Keystone Bank and 9Mobile were acquired in controversial circumstances by the business interests of one Alhaji Isa Funtua, a close friend of President Muhammadu Buhari, via the instrumentality of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). As the smoke raised by the scandalous story […]

NIGERIA AND IMO STATE WILL ONLY FACE MASSIVE SUFFERING AND ANGUISH IF WE ELECT DESTRUCTIVE MEN AND WOMEN INTO POWER IN 2019.

Most knowledgeable Nigerians do not need any religious con artist to tell us that Nigerians are in for torrid times in 2019, if we do not elect men and women , who can help us to wither the impending fiscal revenue disaster that stare us right in the face . Any smart ten year old […]

MEZIE IMO 2019 (MAKE IMO WORK AGAIN (MIGA) -REVIVING THE ADAPALM AND IMO STATE CRUDE PALM OIL INDUSTRY/VALUE CHAIN – SERIES TWO.

We started last year by recounting how the good people of Imo state have been let down over the last one decade of failed democratic experience, which has done nothing but to deepen the unemployment, poverty, disenchantment and misery situation amongst the populace. We paid special attention /emphasis to the immediate past 8 years of […]