MACHIAVELLI, PREBENDALISM AND CONSPIRACY OF NIGERIAN ELITES. By Law Mefor

The problem of the Nigerian nation is prebendalism(political systems where elected officials and government workers feel they have a right to share government revenues, and use them to benefit themselves, supporters, co-religionists and members of their ethnic groups) and Machiavellian conspiracy of the inept ruling elites. What the Nigerian nation state has since become is […]

THE FUTILE SEARCH FOR A GOOD IGBO.

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Between 250 CE and 1948, Jews were expelled from Europe over 80 times. That is, in 1,700 years, people in Europe expelled the Jews at the average rate of once every 21 years. It happened in France, England, Spain, Portugal, Germany and dozens of other countries. These countries in their own […]

PEPT APPEAL: WHAT TRADITION SAYS ABOUT SUPREME COURT JUDGES TO FORM PANEL. By Law Mefor

“We have no friends among you” – Justice Nikki Tobi The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the nation’s final court of appeals on all matters – socioeconomic, political, cultural, traditional and even religious. It also serves as court of first instance on matters for interpretation of the Nigerian Constitution. The Supreme Court has also been […]

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR REPORT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS IN NIGERIA.

Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Introduction I conducted an official country visit to Nigeria from 19 August to 3 September 2019. I warmly thank the Federal Government of Nigeria for their invitation to visit the country, and the officials I met for their availability and support. I also […]

WHY BOLA TINUBU CAN NEVER BE NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT.

Notes from Atlanta with Farooq Kperogi I admit that it’s always ill-advised to use the word “never” when you prognosticate the outcome of a future event. The vagaries of life can throw a wrench to the works of the most auspicious auguries. I know that. Nevertheless, I am prepared to go out on a limb […]

NASIR EL -RUFAI: NIGERIA’S MOST DANGEROUS POLITICIAN. BY DR FAROOQ KPEROGI

Kaduna’s Governor Nasir El-Rufai is straight-up Nigeria’s most bigoted and most dangerous public official alive. In a Nov. 9, 2013 tweet, he called Goodluck Jonathan a “lazy, docile, incompetent, clueless, hopeless, useless leader” using a photo of him praying in a church for illustration. Yet this man detains and torments people who criticize him. Abu […]

IGBO AKIRI (IGBANKE): SENDS SOS TO NDIGBO, OHANAEZE AND ALL IGBO ORGANISATIONS HOME AND IN DIASPORA.

PLEASE SHARE THE MESSAGE TO HELP NDIGBO CREATED INTO EDO STATE. Igbo-Akiri (Igbanke) is an Igbo speaking community of IKA accent in Orhionmwon local government, Edo state. We, the people Igbanke are gradually losing our Igbo linguistic and cultural identity as a result of our forceful membership with the Binis through conquest (Biafran war). If […]

BUHARI, APC DESPERATE TO SUBJUGATE THE SUPREME COURT… NJC IN SECRET RECRUITING OF NEW JUDGES.

In what may be another desperate move by President Buhari and the APC to emasculate the judiciary, the President has ordered the Justice Tanko Mohammed-led National Judicial Council (NJC) to urgently recruit new judges for the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Information available to us indicates that the National Judicial Council (NJC) is currently interviewing judges […]

OUR DESTINY IS IN OUR ENDEAVOURS.

History is still clearly in the making. It is not a fixed, immovable and permanent thing; it is evolutionary and dynamic. And I am not Adiele Afigbo, those are the ones who are trained Professional historians of the Igbo world. Nonetheless, it has always struck me that the Igbo are generally antipatethic to their own […]

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN NIGERIA – ALFA BELGORE

He was a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, an enviable position that made him the high priest of the Nigerian Constitution. A seer who took oath to serve Nigeria and his fellow citizens by helping all aggrieved to understand the spirit and letter of the Constitution. But he was dangerous. Yes, Alfa Belgore has been […]

JUDICIAL COUP D’ETAT IN NIGERIA. By Femi Aribisala.

The upshot of all this is that it is a waste of time casting votes in any future presidential election. We just went through the worst presidential election in Nigeria’s history. To add insult to injury, we have now been assaulted with the worst judicial verdict in the history of Nigeria. The presidential election petitions […]

PEPT VERDICT: HOW DEMOCRACY DIES. By Law Mefor

“GOD, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Wrong rules the land […]

419 CASES, OTHER SCAMS IN NIGERIA DATE BACK TO THE 1930,s. BY ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE

Operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States went to town recently with the names of some 77 Nigerians they nabbed over financial crimes in that country. While many compatriots agonise that these criminals are hideous ambassadors of their nation, not a few have argued that scams of this nature have […]

GROWING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY: SENATOR IFEANYI UBAH AND ANAMBRA SOUTH INDUSTRIALISTS, CHIEF ALLEN ONYEMA, CEO OF AIR PEACE, CHIEF AKAI EGWUONWU, CEO; ANAMBRA RICE/STINE MILLS HOLD STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP MEETING WITH CHINESE CONSULAR GENERAL IN LAGOS.

In furtherance of my Bi-lateral meeting with the Chinese Consulate, yesterday, I led two of my constituents and illustrious key players in the Nigerian economic sector; Chief Allen Onyema, CEO of Air Peace and Chief Akai Egwuonwu, CEO of Anambra Rice to a strategic partnership meeting with the Chinese Consul General; Mr Chao Xiaoliang in […]

“BUHARI IS A LAZY PRESIDENT” By Bayo Oluwasanmi.

Like his first term, Buhari’s second term took off on a disappointing note. He didn’t hit the ground running. It took him months to appoint his ministers. Even so, some of the ministers appointed are thieves, looters, and despicable politicians. I have been following Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency since 2015. Based on his extensive overseas trips […]

ALADINMA: DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORY OF IGBO PEOPLE. BY CHIMAROKE NNAMANI

The concept of Aladimma in the Igbo world view is not a claim of having it all and good at all times, and certainly not built on sitting in recrimination over the disaster of a consequential war waged on them and the other Eastern Nigerians in an avoidable chain of actions escalated by the egos […]

AZỤBỤEZE: BACKWARD INTEGRATION IN IGBO ENTREPRENEURSHIP PHILOSOPHY.

In 1962, a Great Igbo son, Michael Ọkpala asked a very critical question thus, “I have never understood why Nigeria should export 41,947 tons of raw cotton in 1961 valued at £9.5 million while importing 177, 684, 000 square yards of textiles valued at £19 million. Why should we continue to import such heavy commodities […]

PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL: WHEN COURT ABDICATES RESPONSIBILITY – By Law Mefor

“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” -Bertrand Russell It was quite a relief reading senior lawyers like Jibrin Okutepa, repudiating the strange judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Lawyers call non-lawyers laymen and themselves […]

NIGERIA: CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY! By Jide Osuntokun

These are the worst of times for Nigeria. Nigerians are being arrested in Los Angeles and New Jersey, United States for advanced fees fraud, impersonation and credit card fraud and for what is now generally called “Nigerian scams”. When other people commit these crimes, they are charged for committing “Nigerian scam”. We have now gone […]

A BRIEF PROFILE OF THE IGBO PEOPLE OF JAMAICA

Wah gwaan bredrin, everyting ire? Ever heard the word “red eboe” in Jamaica? Your suspicion is true. “Red eboe” was used to refer to the Igbo slaves in Jamaica because of their light skin. Jamaica witnessed the influx of the Igbo race between 1790 and 1809, a time when the British had just passed the […]

NNAMDI KANU’S SPEECH AT THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT 10th SEPTEMBER, 2019

BIAFRA: BRIEFING FOR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. (FULL TEXT) Nigeria in Crisis There is a crisis in Nigeria. The Nigerian State has never been at peace with itself and recent events amplify this pending emergency. And, as has been the case since independence from Britain in 1960, Biafrans are the easy target of the lack of […]

A TIME TO REBUILD: AN ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA CON, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 100 DAYS IN OFFICE BROADCAST, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA.

Friday, September 6, 2019. PROTOCOLS A 100 days ago, my Deputy, Hon. Engr. Gerald Irona and I were sworn into offices as Deputy Governor and Governor of Imo State, respectively. At that solemn event, we pledged to serve you with honesty, transparency and the fear of God. We have not, for one day wavered from […]

IS ONE OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST LAWSUITS BUILT ON A SHAM?

A dying Irishman went for one last big score in Nigeria. The project failed, but a London tribunal says his company’s owed $9 billion and counting. Gaslighting. The oilfield fires of the Niger Delta burn day and night. Metal pipes snake through the swampland, spewing flames so vast they cast the sky in apocalyptic orange. […]

IMO STATE GOVERNMENT COMMENCES MASSIVE ROAD PROJECTS.

Imo State Executive Council has approved an ambitious and massive 13 roads rehabilitation and construction across the state estimated at N24.34b as part of the first 100 days activities The contracts were immediately signed inside Sam Mbakwe Expanded Council Chambers in Owerri by the various contractors and the representatives of the state government including the […]

ARISE NDIGBO

First, it was an accusatory attack on Nnia Nwodo. Then the physical molestation of Ike Ekweremadu, then recently the raid against Dave Umahi. All these have one thing in common, a loss of innocence. And an unmasking of our masquerades. These are the things we now live with. And they’ve been building up for a […]

EXPOSED: HOW ROCHAS OKOROCHA USED HIS CRONIES TO INCORPORATE ZIGREAT.

AS KHRFI PETITIONS EFCC, SEEKS OKOROCHAS’ ARREST AND PROSECUTION. The kingdom human rights foundation international has petitioned the Economic and Financial crimes Commission seeking the urgent investigation, arrest and prosecution of the former governor of Imo state, Rochas Anayo Okorocha and all others involved in what it described as dubious, over-inflated and fake contracts awarded […]

SUMMARY OF NIGERIA’s ROLES IN ENDING APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.

In March 1960, 69 black people were massacred in Sharpeville, South Africa, by the white apartheid police. That same year, Nigeria successfully liberated itself from 160-year British occupation. The new Nigeria`s leaders` reaction to the Sharpeville massacre has changed everything in South Africa from then on. Here is a letter the then Nigeria`s Prime Minister […]

FBI, NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS AND OTHER STORIES. By Reuben Abati

This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian, especially if you are a Nigerian in diaspora. It is indeed the worst of times to be Nigerian because of the kind of daredevilry that our compatriots have demonstrated in recent times, in criminal pursuits of such scale, texture, volume, and depth, […]