WHY ARE PEOPLE DOUBTING BUHARI’S THIRD TERM DENIAL?

Fellow Nigerians, I don’t know about you, but I find the cynicism of many Nigerians very strange and sometimes distressing and depressing. If you’re a social media addict like me, you must have experienced the horror of reading some banal arguments on some platforms. Believe me, it is no longer funny! No surprise that some […]

NIGERIA’S SECOND NIGER BRIDGE: GROUP LAUDS JULIUS BERGER, PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR PROJECT DELIVERY PROGRESS.

“Each of us came away thrilled and very grateful for this very functional project, which will ease traveling time and boost business across the country.“ – Chief Joe Ikunna Igbo intelligentsia Forum has concluded its onsite fact-finding assessment trip of the ongoing Second Niger Bridge Project with a positive report. After a touring of the […]

SOCIAL MEDIA BILL: SHORT WALK TO TOTALITARIANISM? – By Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.

Bishop Kukah has earned respect over the years for his unbiased stand on burning national issues. This is yet another classic! I have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in Nigeria. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far […]

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MR ALLEN ONYEMA’S WEALTH.

I have taken out time to research into Mr Allen Onyema’s past and what you will read here should be of interest to every Nigerian. You will decide on the guilt or innocence of Mr Allen Onyema. Article: In 2007 when Yar’Adua mounted the rock, the Niger Delta was no man’s land, it was a […]

ONLY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SIDES WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AGAINST HER CITIZENS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT.

Just imagine the SPEED with which The Nation Newspaper reported that the EFCC has set up a Special Panel to investigate the AIR PEACE BOSS AND his acquisition of Aircrafts from the US. THISDAY reports that the Attorney General of the Federal, Malami is waiting for the letter from the US Government on the so-called […]

ALLEN ONYEMA AND AIR PEACE V. US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – BY Emmanuel N. Emenyonu, Ph.D (Glasgow), LLB (London), CPA (Massachusetts), FCA (Nigeria)

The Nigerian media space went agog when the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division on November 19, 2019, filed Case 1:19-cr-00464, A “True Bill”, otherwise known as Grand Jury Criminal Indictment against the persons of Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, a Nigerian Citizen, the Chairman and CEO of Air Peace; […]

THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY GOVERNMENT THAT SIDES WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AGAINST HER CITIZENS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT.

LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION IS MAKING BRITAIN LESS BRITISH.

It is becoming both more European and more American Before the referendum in 2016 European Union flags were as rare as golden eagles in Britain. Today they are as common as sparrows. Parliament Square is permanently festooned with them. Activist Remainers flaunt flag-themed berets and t-shirts. On October 19th a million-strong army of People’s Vote […]

AIR PEACE AND THE INFLUENCE OF IMPERIALIST COSMOPOLITANISM OR CAPITALISM.

The mainstream and new media has been awash with news about the indictment of the CEO of Air Peace. I find this very baseless and ridiculous because, I think of the strategic nature of transportation as an aid to economic development and industrial expansion in every Country. The capitalist penetration of Africa came with a […]

AFRICA: THE NIGERIAN MILLIONAIRES.

A 1965 Times Magazine article on emerging Nigerian millionaires Friday, Sep. 17, 1965 Along with pride in status and problems of self-government, independence for the 31 nations of black Africa means the emergence of black businessmen. A few flourish on cottage industries, that early stage of every economy; some are the opportunistic agents of the […]

FIRE IN BAYELSA, DEATH IN KOGI. By Lasisi Olagunju

“The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilt by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they can become the momentary masters of a fraction of dot…” I do not know the maker of the viral video from which I […]

THE DEFINITION OF THE DEEP STATE AS IT RELATES TO USA POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY.

The term “deep state” has been associated with the “military–industrial complex” by several of the authors on the subject. Potential risks from the military–industrial complex were raised in President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the […]

TRUMP’S WAR ON THE DEEP STATE TURNS AGAINST HIM.

The impeachment inquiry is in some ways the culmination of a battle between the president and the government institutions he distrusted and disparaged. William B. Taylor Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, told House investigators that he sought to resist the president’s efforts to pressure Ukraine for political help. Nameless, faceless and voiceless, the […]

AS THE DEEP STATE ATTACKS TRUMP TO RAVE MEDIA REVIEWS, DONT FORGET ITS DARK SIDE.

The deep state has a long history of betraying the trust of the American people. They aren’t our friends just because we share an enemy in common. “Thank God for the deep state,” declared former acting CIA chief John McLaughlin recently while appearing on a panel at George Mason University. A year ago, the deep […]

WE NEED SEA PORTS IN THE SOUTH EAST ASAP.

When i went to Oseakwa Ihiala Anambra to take a look at the Orashi River, the closest potential seaport we have in Nigeria that linked Ndi Igbo to Atlantic Ocean. After my meeting with Oseakwa Youth one of their leaders who based in Lagos his is name Prince TonyMax who took me to his house. […]

MALLAM MAMMAN DAURA: MAMMAN DAURA@80 – By Sam Nda Isiah

It’s a long read, but interesting. Mamman Daura @ 80. I have known him all my life. At least I remember the day, while I was in primary school, I heard my father telling some of his friends that a new editor, a brilliant young man, had been appointed editor of the New Nigerian, and […]

THE SUSPICIOUS VISIT OF THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISION TO THE SOUTH EAST AND THE BIAFRAN QUESTION

Since after the gruesome civil war against the people of Biafra in 1967/70, when Britain supported the aggressors to bring war against the people of Biafra, no British High Commissioner have ever set foot anywhere in Biafra land. Biafra land has been nothing to them, other than where subjugated people live. Britain was desperate and […]

NDIGBO: LISTEN TO PRICE WATERHOUSE AND COOPERS (PWC)s MEGAPHONE ON NIGERIA – By Sam Igwe.

It has been 23 days since we launched the Crowdfunding Campaign to share the idea and moblize support for SE2030 a novel online collaboration platform for peer to peer investments to radically transform the economic outlook of South East Nigeria. In that time Nigerians living in the UK alone have sent home over N72.5 Billion […]

NDI IGBO IN THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA; PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS AND THE WAY FOWARD. BY KINGSLEY MOGHALU.

YOU MISSED IT…? Here is the complete soft copy of the World Class Lecture delivered by Prof. Kingsley Moughalu at the 2nd Memorial Lecture of Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, organized by Chuwkuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Univeristy. Republished by Harrison Madubueze. Protocols. I thank the Vice, Chancellor, Senate and Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University […]

$9.6Bn JUDGEMENT: GRACE TAIGA CONFIRMS AGF GOT DRAFT OF P&ID AGREEMENT – WITNESS.

A principal witness, CSP Umar Babangida, on Wednesday alleged that Grace Taiga, a former director, Legal Services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, played a major role in the fraudulent gas supply agreement between the Federal Government and Petroleum and Industrial Development (P&ID). Testifying in an FCT High Court in Abuja, Babangida, informed the court that […]

ABIA STATE, EPITOME OF PERFIDY, CORRUPTION AND INHUMANITY – By Eke O. Eke

In the last few years, I have been making regular trips to Nigeria and have sadly observed the continued deterioration of Abia state, in all aspects of life. I have just returned from another harrowing trip to Abia state and my heart aches. In this last trip, I visited Umuahia, Aba, and port Harcourt and […]

MILITARY OCCUPATION OF IGBO LAND MUST NOW END – EKE O. EKE

I read with horror the plan of the Nigerian army to widen and deepen its occupation and blockage of Igbo land. Since the beginning of the Buhari administration, Nigerian army has been conducting military exercises in igbo land, unprecedented in any democracy in peace time. This ill-conceived show of force has caused unbearable suffering to […]

IGBOS AS A PEOPLE: THE WAY FORWARD – By Okechukwu Okugo

Everyone has a part to play to advance us, Ndi Igbo, as a people. And we need not wait for anyone to start. Every mighty castle that is standing starts with only one block. That is why even a little change of attitude or mental behavior as an individual can have a spilling positive effect […]

SOWORE, KANU AND THE PRICE OF INGRATITUDE – By Law Mefor.

“Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble” – Chinua Achebe Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have a lot in common. Apart from advocating radical changes in Nigeria for which they […]

AS THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR PLANS A VISIT TO EASTERN NIGERIA……

The British Impremature and a Visit to Biafraland Dear ‘Almighty’ Britain, now of the infamous Britexit, is there any one you do not Know? What is it this time around? A visit to the South East on political and security issues indeed! What part of your horror script has refused to fall in place, you […]

CRIMINALIZING THE POOR TO EXTORT THEM – By Y. Z. Ya’u, CITAD, Kano

There is a sense in which we cannot successfully fight mega unless we make sense of petty corruption such as extortion. On Friday, I travelled from Yola, Adamawa State to Azare in Bauchi State. About five kilometers after Numan from Yola, there was a military check point set up as part of the Operation Positive […]

FRANCE BEHIND FIRING OF OUTSPOKEN AU AMBASSADOR.

Are you aware that so-called Francophone African countries continue to pay a colonial tax to France? And, this is after independence. This system, according to the recently sacked and outspoken African Union permanent ambassador to the United States Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, is an abomination destined to keep African countries poor forever. In 1958, Guinea president […]

ISLAMISATION AND FULANISATION; TOO LATE TO CRY – By Charles Ogbu

The warning from people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Chief of Army staff, rtd general TY Danjuma and a host of others about Buhari’s Islamisation and Fulanisation agenda is a little too late, I’m afraid. Those warnings are as useless as a man warning his household about a supposed impending fire outbreak after the […]

TINUBU: STOOPING LOW TO CONQUER 2023 APC TICKET.

…Reconciling with everybody and keeping quiet except when necessary The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commenced a dual policy of appeasement and self-restraint in a bid to sustain his increasingly surging 2023 presidential aspiration. The 2023 bid was informally advanced last Wednesday with the Supreme Court declaration […]

MAINA SCANDAL: EX-EFCC CHAIR, EX IGP, 2 HEADS OF SERVICE IMPLICATED.

MAINA MIRACLE •N17 billion cash traced to fugitive Pensions boss •How he bought $2m house in cash in 2012 •19 standing trial as EFCC pursues 12 cases About N17billion pension cash has been traced to the dismissed chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, with a long […]

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SUPREME COURT ON 30TH OCTOBER 2019 IS A FARCE, NOT A VALID HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF THE APPEAL LODGED BY FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT ATIKU AGAINST THE VICTORY OF PRESIDENT BUHARI IN THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS DECLARED BY INEC – Professor Ben Nwabueze

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, was reported in the Vanguard newspaper of October 31st 2019 to have said as follows: “We have examined all the briefs of argument and the exhibits for over two weeks and we have all agreed that there is no merit in this appeal. The appeal is […]

WE DON’T HAVE A RICE PROBLEM – By Tosin Adeoti

Please follow me carefully… Imagine you are the head of a household of two children: Stephen and Stanley. Steve (28) is a promising young Architect who works at Ikoyi earning N100,000/month. Stan (17) is a non-bookish SSCE graduate who is still seeking admission into the University. They both live at home; your house. You have […]

RUSSIA TO REVIVE NIGERIAN STEEL PLANT ON HOLD SINCE SOVIET ERA.

• Russian company MetProm the latest to develop idled complex • Construction started in 1979 but plant has yet to pour steel Russia may give a new lease of life to Nigeria’s biggest steel plant after decades of inactivity, the West African nation’s mines minister said. Construction of Ajaokuta Steel Co. began in 1979 with […]