Money: From Medium of Exchange To Medium of Influence – The Nigerian Example.

Money (banknotes & coins) is a medium of exchange. But some African politicians and particularly the politicians in Nigeria are gradually redefining money as a medium of influence. These politicians steal millions of dollars of public funds, not because they want to buy bread and butter, but to control those people who are willing to […]

Why Nigerian universities are graduating illiterates. By Dr Tayo Oke.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities called off their strike over pay and conditions, a few days to February 16, 2019 general elections. The strike commenced on November 4, 2018 and had threatened to run through the elections, creating an own goal for the All Progressives Congress and the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari into […]

NNPC, PUBLIC SECTOR MISAPPROPRIATION, IGNORANT GOVERNORS AND THE RAPE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH.

1. Between May 2015 to December 2018, based on official reports from the NNPC, over $389million/N140billion was wasted to do Turn Around Maintenance program of the refineries. Yet the refineries are not doing more than 10% of its installed capacity. 2. Between May 2015 to Dec 2018, over N550billion/$1.8billion losses were incurred by the NNPC […]

Manipulated Elections And Nigerian Judiciary.

Hope! Justice! These two words have suddenly taken a prime place in Nigerian lexicon. The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal made this possible. Last Friday, the tribunal ruled that Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party won the September 2018 governorship election in Osun. The three-man tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]

FAAN, Air Peace Clash over Arrival of New Aircraft.

What was supposed to be a moment of jubilation was turned into sadness for Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest carrier, last Wednesday during the arrival of its latest Boeing 777 into Nigeria, as the aircraft was denied landing for several minutes, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that the aircraft, which was supposed to touch down at […]

GOD PLEASE HELP AND STRENGTHEN THE REMNANTS, WHO HAVE REFUSED TO KISS THE FEET OF BAAL.

It is a big shame that values and truth have been so destroyed in Nigeria. It is so disgraceful and shameful that electoral results are now being manipulated to favour those who did not win because of silly and stupid considerations that they will be made ranking members in the Senate and house of Rep […]

Is Population Growth A Weapon in the Hands of Moslems. By Aniedobe

Ndigbo assimilated the Whiteman’s religion, culture, indomie, shawama and gbogbotigbo. By 2050, at the present rate, Nigeria may be up to 450 million people. Of that number, well over 300 million will be in the North where their girls begin at 13 to pop out kids. Your average Igbo man now starts at 35. His […]

OKOROCHA’S SWAN SONG. By RAY EKPU

In the last few days, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, the Governor of Imo State, seems to be a sober man. In the last eight years that he has been the keeper of the shop at Imo, he has carried on the business of managing that shop with an unusual swagger, wielding power with a tremendous sense […]

AS GOES KADUNA SO GOES NIGERIA!

Kaduna has remained that quintessential time piece that reflects the Nigeria future. Beyond the state demarcated and the ancient city named after the crocodile “Kaduna” looms large as a concept that captures the collective essence of Northern Nigeria. Looking into the archives our records reveal that Bishop Tugwell and his expedition team left Lagos on […]

Onnoghen’s Media Crucifixion, APC’s Desperation And Ineffectual Opposition. By Chidiebere Nwobodo

I was flabbergasted and outraged after reading the reports emanating from the CCT trial of CJN Walter Onnoghen—I deliberately omitted the word “suspended” because he remains the Chief Justice of Nigeria in the eyes of the law; until CONSTITUTIONALLY removed from office. I was astonished at the emptiness of the prosecuting (persecuting) counsel. The three […]

LAGOS, PORT HARCOURT, KADUNA AND ENUGU: A Tale of Four Cities.

There has been so much controversy on who owns Lagos in recent times between the indigenes and the non-indigenes, between “omo Eko” (indigenes ) and “ara Eko” ( residents), that a little knowledge of the history of Lagos may remove the blinkers from our eyes.The indigenes of Lagos have a saying “Awori lo l’Eko” meaning […]

NAIJA POLITICS…By Reuben Abati.

Here is yet another account of what I saw in the politics of Ogun State and Nigeria. One of my early teachable moments was the realisation that you are required to dress like the people whose votes you are looking for, and operate at that level, be like them, connect with them. When the 2019 […]

ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION OF 1964 AND WHO WAS JOHN GIDEON OKELLO?

The days of Fulani hegemony in Nigeria are numbered. I love history because it repeats itself. ZANZIBAR is part of Tanzania. Tanzania is in the East of Africa. ZANZIBAR is an island within the Indian ocean. For over 500 years, ZANZIBAR was ruled by Arabs who enslaved black Africans and forced them into slave labour […]

THE EKUMEKU WAR ONE OF THE REASONS THE BRITISH HATES THE IGBOS!

The British-Igbo War That Lasted For 31 years – The Ekumeku Resistance Ekumeku war lord and his army The resolutions of the Berlin conference of 1804-1805, gave European nations the rights to lay claim to lands and resources in Africa. Britain, who had engaged in the trade with coastal cities before and during the 19th […]

IMO STATE AT A GLANCE-THE UNPAID N57BILLION PENSION ARREARS OF IMO STATE CIVIL SERVANTS (REFORMING THE IMO PENSIONS SYSTEMS)

One of the putrid stench from the many heaps of governance rots and decay that Rochas Okorocha will be passing over to Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha to inherit is the unpaid N57billion Pension Arrears of our retired senior citizens. Make no mistake about it, from May 30, 2019, the Senior Citizens will converge in Owerri […]

Public Health Challenges in Nigeria by Livy-Elcon Emereonye.

There is no alternative to good health, and public health seeks to meet the health needs of the public. According to Everett Koop, “Healthcare is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time.” Regardless of space and time, class and […]

THE TERRIBLE STATE OF IMO STATE ECONOMY – FACTS THE INCOMING GOVERNOR, RT HON EMEKA IHEDIOHA (CON) MUST NOTE. IMO AT A GLANCE.

1. Total Domestic Debt Obligation: N101, 964,536,533.04 2. Foreign Debt Obligations: $65million/N23billion 3. Pension Arrears/ Liabilities: N57,000,000,000 4. Debts / liabilities owed to deposit money banks, contractors, judgement debts liabilities etc.N48billion. Total Estimated Debts and Liabilities : N230, 494,536,533.00 (Two Hundred and Thirty Billion, Four Hundred and Ninety Four Million, Five Hundred and Thirty Six […]

IN HIS GREED AND MEGALOMANIAC STATE OF MIND, HE WANTED TO BECOME THE JAGABAN OF THE SOUTH EAST.

Rochas Okorocha rose to power in a ground swell/ overwhelming masses support. He had such mass appeal and goodwill that were/are only accorded to anticipated deliverers. According to his close ally and bosom friend of over 25 years, Prince Eze Madumere, (the current Deputy Governor of Imo State), Rochas did not have up top N5m […]

HOW DO WE ALLEVIATE ỤBỊAM (POVERTY) IN THE IGBO SOCIETY?

One day I was in Main market Ọnicha with my in-law and looking at the numerous goods and services exhibited in different shops for market and sells, I asked my in-law, “Nwanne, do you know the financial worth of all the goods and services in this market?”, he answered “well I wouldn’t know, maybe in […]

Nigerian Investment Strategy …getting Dangote and the other A-List Entrepreneurs to consider Eastern Nigeria as an investment destination

So we just came out of an election circle and there are winners and then there are mega winners. I see only the winners, however Nigeria as a Nation should use this momentum to push for a transformation of its structure to a more flexible one that accommodates all Nigerians, I believe that is the […]

OLU OWERRI, A DROWNED, MYOPIC AND UNPATRIOTIC GROUP. Martin Agbaso, The Mouthpiece Of Owerri Zone – Owerri Patriotic Front (OPF)

Our attention has been drawn to an unwarranted, and disrespectful publication against the person of Chief Martin Agbaso (Ochoudo) where you deliberately posted false facts just to deceive the reading public in your usual mudslinging manner. The said ignorant publication did not deserve ours or indeed any educated persons response, but on a second thought, […]

Olusegun Adeniyi: The Voice of Reason!

Al Barney, Herman Radnitz, Mark Girland, Malik, Tom Lepsky, Maddux, Joe Biegler, Helga Rolf. Do these names ring a bell? Any avid reader will readily profess to having favourite authors. In my early days in secondary school, I can stay glued for 15 hours stretch gulping every page of virtually every available title of James […]

UNDERSTANDING THE WESTERN IDEA OF A FUTURE NIGERIA, AND THE URGENCY OF NOW. By Gerald Oluchi Ibe.

Protocols: The world apart from Nigeria had long realized that history is the basket where solved and unsolved human issues are stored for easy retrieval to be used in solving contemporary problems. As George Orwell reminded us, “he who controls the past, controls the future.” Meaning that it is the interpretation given to Nigerian history […]

MAN-MADE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN NIGERIA: BETWEEN RUNNING WITH SHACKLES AND REMOVING THE SHACKLES TO RUN FREE.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY FUTURE IN NIGERIA AS A EASTERNER – PLEASE READ THIS TO THE END:: YOU WILL BE AMAZED!!! The shockwaves arising from Roguish Electoral Ritual of 2019 in Nigeria seems to have finally awakened the obdurate One-Nigerianists of Eastern Nigeria to a new realization that […]

Exposed! WHY OKOROCHA WANTS TO CUSTOMIZE AND PRIVATIZE IMO STATE FOREVER – By Ogu Bundu Nwadike, M.A

Conclusions have emerged why the expiring governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, is hell bent on customizing and privatizing the state for himself, his family, friends and associates. The reasons include but are not limited to his proven natural inclination towards feudal greed and avarice; primitive acquisition and amassing of wealth; ill-motivated ambition to become […]

THE FAR NORTH VERSUS THE REST OF NIGERIA!

We were taught something very interesting in our MBA Class which may also interest you. This is it. ALL BUSINESSES HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE FACTORS THAT MAKE FOR GREATNESS. HOWEVER, WHETHER A BUSINESS EXCELS OR REMAINS MEDIOCRE OR AVERAGE LIES SQUARELY WITH STRATEGY! In other words, STRATEGY is the chief factor in achieving exceptional […]

Atiku: An Omen Worse Than Defeat By Azu Ishiekwene

In a contest in which the two leading candidates were Hausa-Fulani, the whispering campaign in many religious circles that the Hausa-Fulani is the worst evil that has befallen the region since Satan, didn’t seem to make much sense. As the final results of last week’s presidential poll were released, three broad groups emerged: Those genuinely […]