Freemasonry is a fraternal organization of which members have included George Washington, Harry S. Truman and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Worldwide membership in the society totals over 3 million members, of which 1.1 million are in North America. But where did Freemasonry come from? Modern Freemasonry, as it is known today, is often considered to have […]

Read More The Origin of Freemasonry:The origin story of the word’s most secret society.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Paper presented at the 2022 General Assembly of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Sept 23, 2022 By Rev. Fr. George Ehusani, Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation After the major scandal and embarrassment that attended the unfortunate massacre of 13 worshipers inside the St. Philip’s Church, Ozubulu, Anambra State, on Sunday August 6, […]

Read More A Critique of Fundraising Modalities in the Nigerian Churches Today.

September 22, 2022 The cabals including some members of Buhari’s extended family and friends are the powers behind the throne. President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Aso Rock cabals are plotting to retain power in the Northern region in 2023, a presidential source has informed SaharaReporters. According to the source, Buhari and members of […]

Read More Buhari, Aso Rock Cabals Secretly Working Against APC Candidate, Tinubu, Supporting PDP’s Atiku – Presidential Source

Europe’s royal houses have shared close family ties for centuries. The British royals have more German roots than you might think. About 300 years ago, on August 1, 1714 — the English Queen Anne died. As a result, the German Elector George Louis of Hanover was proclaimed king of Great Britain in absentia.  He was […]

Read More How German are the British royals?

Although a lot of literature has been produced highlighting the strengths and benefits of religion, many have associated the following problems with religion: conflict with science, curtailing freedoms, delusion, claims of having the exclusive truth, fear of punishment, feeling guilt, immutability, instilling fear, internal conflicts, irrationality, justification of violence, limitation on the rights of women, […]

Read More What is the problem with religion?

In 2010, sociologist Phil Zuckerman published Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment. Zuckerman lined up evidence that the least religious societies also tend to be the most peaceful, prosperous and equitable, with public policies that help people to flourish while decreasing both desperation and economic gluttony. We can […]

Read More Imagine a world without religion II

Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? No religious bigotry, no “righteous” judgement, no cruelty “in the name of God,” no holy wars, no honor killings, and no shame in just being yourself. Truly, the world would be a better place without religion, wouldn’t it? Well, let’s try it out. Let’s imagine what the world would be […]

Read More Imagine a world without religion.

Religion is filling people with fear. Religion is one of the main reasons why people are afraid of living. … Religion is turning people against themselves. … Religion is turning people against each other. … Religion is keeping people in ignorance. Copied

Read More The Negative Effects of Religion on Society

British empire crimes in Africa, British empire crimes in India, British crimes in Ireland, British crimes in Australia, British empire crimes in Kenya When the news broke that the queen of England was ill, Ms. Uju Anya, a lovely anti-racist African living in the USA, responded to the news via Twitter, saying: “I heard the […]

Read More British colonial crimes. 15 books you need to read.

Do you know that an Igbo man planned and proposed a modernised self-governed Nation/Empire/Republic of Igbos 39 years before the birth of Nigeria as a country? His name is JAMES AFRICANUS BEALE HORTON (1835–1883). He published and sent the British government his proposal titled, “The EMPIRE OF THE EBOES/HACKBOUS/HEEBOS/IBOES/IGBOES/EGBOES, with the Requirements Necessary for Establishing […]

Read More The First Man to Propose a Modern Independent Nation of Igbos in 1865

Firstly, when CIA recruits candidates for work as undercover, overseas operatives, they are seeking out individuals who, for the most part, ALREADY possess the mental traits required of a successful spy. More specifically, the recruit must demonstrate that he is supremely self-confident, observant, inquisitive, analytical, morally flexible, cool under pressure, comfortable working alone and, perhaps, […]

Read More How are CIA agents trained to think?

Chief Martin Agbaso was universally acknowledged as the winner of the governorship election in Imo State on April 14, 2007. The 2007 election was midwifed by the honorable and gentlemanly Governor of the state at the time HE Chief Achike Udenwa of Orlu zone, who was poised to reciprocate the gentlemanly dispisition of Owerri zone […]

Read More The continued relegation of Owerri zone: The genesis.

FLASHBACK PERSPECTIVE A Case of Self-Evident Truth The late American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously reminded all of us that ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’. Dr King’s admonition is instructive particularly for those who under the cover of darkness or in the seclusion of their homes or offices, […]

Read More Owerri zone: The Imo Gubernatorial Election Fraud against Agbaso. The Gumption and Glory

Kathy and Ross Petras We all have that little voice in our heads that weighs in on everything we do or say. If we let it, it can make us feel demoralized, belittled or just less capable. The end result is that we wind up not accomplishing what we want.  It’s never easy navigating challenging […]

Read More Want to sound and feel more confident? Ditch these 11 phrases from your vocabulary, say psychologists

German writer Esther Villar In her book “The Manipulated Man” that caused outrage and hostile criticism from women explains how women since the earliest times have manipulated men and turned them into their slaves, having pretended to be the oppressed sex, while in the real sense, they are the oppressors. She explains how a woman […]

Read More THE SLAVERY OF MEN BY WOMEN

“The meeting of minds between Sir Lugard and the leaders of the Sokoto Islamic Caliphate was not surprising for, in practice, there were no emotional or philosophical differences between imperialism which Lugard championed and the feudalism in Northern Nigeria before British colonial rule.” – An unpublished work Britain operates a parliamentary democracy which is subordinated […]

Read More Queen Elizabeth’s Colonial Legacy In Nigeria

The vox-pop: Should Africans hold the late Queen Elizabeth  responsible for the evils of colonialism, neocolonialism and apartheid? What’s your view on the tweet by Prof. Uju Anya of the Carnegie-Mellon University? The death on Thursday of United Kingdom’s  longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II,  has given a new impetus to the quest by  Nigerian […]

Read More Nigeria-Biafra War: Queen Elizabeth II On Posthumous Trial

I have always said it that the core of the Igbo political class are not fit to represent the region in National politics. Most of them were mostly hungry and struggling before they joined politics. Very few who had something meaningful doing were barely well educated before joining politics. All these factors impacted heavily on […]

Read More The Igbo Political Class: The Quest To Restore Her True Identity.

Friday Sep 16, 2022 King Charles III is being urged to step down and let his son Prince William take the throne within two years. The new monarch, who ascended the throne at the age of 73 last week, has been warned by the royal commentators that His Majesty should gear up for a short […]

Read More King Charles III urged to abdicate throne in two years

Omenụkọ was the first Igbo published novel in 1933. It was written by Pita Nwanna. The writer did not go to any primary school, college or University. He was a carpenter. He learnt art of writing by attending Sunday School at Methodist Church, Ụzụakọli. In 1933, Omenụkọ won several awards, representing indigenous African Literature. Pita […]

Read More Omenuko: The first Igbo published novel in 1933

Fellow Nigerians, you commit an unforgivable sin in the eyes of God, and a crime in the eyes of man and your generations unborn, when you take money and vote to keep yourselves, your children and your generations unborn in perpetual slavery and servitude. These are the kinds of actions that can be construed as […]

Read More A CALL TO NIGERIAN VOTERS TO TAKE THE MONEY, THEN ‘VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE’.

Think & Grow Rich is a In 1937 bestselling self-improvement book written by Napoleon Hill. This book has been key to numerous people’s success and if you ask high performing and successful people who are lifelong learners, more than likely have read this book. In chapter seven Hill outlines a short list of causes of […]

Read More The 30 Causes of Failure

Arab slavery had already begun in Africa more than 700 years before the European transatlantic slave trade. The slave trade began when the Arabs invaded North Africa for the first time in the 7th century AD. The first Arab entry into Africa was through Egypt. An Arab military general named General Amir Aben Alas invaded […]

Read More HOW ARABS CAME TO CONQUER AND SETTLE IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Video Stirs Mixed Reactions A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian woman in the United Kingdom has sent her husband packing after he called the police on her Her husband was said to have involved the police after she threatened to kill him with a weapon during an argument The man had reportedly brought the lady to the UK […]

Read More Nigerian Woman in the UK Throws out Her Husband for Calling the Police on Her

The Russian president discussed key foreign policy issues with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Current attempts to push for a unipolar world “have taken an absolutely ugly form lately, which the overwhelming majority of nations of the planet find unacceptable,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The remark came as he met his Chinese […]

Read More Push for unipolar world ‘turning ugly’ – Putin

Nigeria practices presidentialism, and in a presidential democracy, the nation rests on the shoulders of one man. Health is therefore of major concern in determining the electability of a candidate. This gives no room for arguments. All public offices, the office of the president inclusive, demand occupiers who are sound both in body and in […]

Read More Post-2023 Nigeria: Should A Nation Consciously Elect A Sick President?

The Department of State Services (DSS) has submitted that the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mallam Tukur Mamu has affiliations with many terrorist organizations.The secret police in a document submitted before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday alleged that Mamu who is an ally to a controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has […]

Read More Sheikh Gumis aide Mamu, has links with local and international terrorists.

The distraction called President Muhammadu Buhari visit to Imo State was scheduled to suffer several thunderstorms. Coincidentally, IPOB directed a sit – at – home, same Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in honour, sympathy and solidarity for its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing trial in an Abuja federal high court for alleged felony. Kanu […]

Read More Imo visit: Questions for Buhari, Uzodimma

This one-off Mercedes S600 Royale is dubbed a Mercedes-Maybach S600 on steroids. Based on the S-Class S550, the S600 Royale is a sight to behold. It makes its presence known every it goes. We’ve seen all kinds of wonderful creations from custom tuning houses and enthusiasts across the world. This custom one-off Mercedes S600 Royale dubbed the […]

Read More This One-Off Mercedes S600 Royale Is A Mercedes-Maybach On Steroids

LAGOS, Sept 9 (Reuters) Nigeria’s crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, figures from its regulator show, as the nation grappled with rampant theft from its pipelines and years of underinvestment. The decline is a further threat to strained finances in Africa’s most populous nation and cuts global oil […]

Read More Nigeria’s oil output at 32-year low as thieves hobble output.

September 13, 2022 Angola and Libya have overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude oil producer, says a report by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for September 2022, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According […]

Read More Crude oil production: Angola, Libya overtake Nigeria – OPEC report

Holders of the peoples mandate must subject themselves to criticism, constructive or otherwise, because you have placed yourselves accountable for the welfare and wellbeing of many. The nigerian democratic system is based on the party system of government. It is a government by criticism and exposition and therefore, it has to be governed by three […]

Read More Opposition and criticism of government in Imo state.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was not nursing any presidential ambition after 2019, reportedly decided to join the 2023 race after moves by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies to truncate the chances of his preferred candidate, Peter Obi. Peter Obi, who is now the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, […]

Read More Perspective: How Wike’s Plot Against Peter Obi Birthed Atiku-Okowa Presidential Ticket

The then Labour government secretly provided large quantities of arms to the Nigerian federal government which, by early 1970, had crushed an attempt by the country’s eastern region of Biafra to gain independence, which it had declared in May 1967. During the three years of war, up to three million people died, as Nigeria enforced […]

Read More How the british encouraged the massacre of biafrans to protect their oil interests

Like a prude confronted with sexually explicit images, the world didn’t hide its shock at Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya’s negative comments last week on the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The world had waited with bated breath at manifest indications that Elizabeth’s last hours had come. Amid this apprehension, the associate professor of […]

Read More Examining Uju Anya’s vitriol on Queen Elizabeth II

“There’s fire on the mountain and nobody seems to be on the run There’s fire on the mountain top  and no one is a-running…One day the river will overflow And there’ll be nowhere for us to go And we will run, run Wishing we had put out the fire In this season of university closure […]

Read More Education: There’s fire on the mountain.

Atiku has never been loyal to any PDP past president, he wasn’t loyal to Obasanjo, Yaradua or Goodluck Jonathan. He betrayed them by decamping just to fight against them. Now, does he expect governors to be loyal to him and support his own ambition? never. Discerning elements in the PDP know for a fact that […]

Read More ATIKU SHOULD BE FEARED MORE THAN BUHARI AND TINUBU COMBINED!

As a Nigerian with considerable interest in public affairs, the Grand Ballroom of New York City’s Hilton Midtown Hotel, the venue of “Afro-Economics & Government Policy: A Conversation with Governor Peter Obi,” was my destination last Sunday. The engagement followed others in the United States, some of which had been mismanaged by local organisers who […]

Read More At the Peter Obi event in New York – By Sonala Olumhense

Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi, an Igbo, was born in Minna, Niger State.He is a native of Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi local government area, Anambra State, Nigeria. His father was David Anadumaka, a story-teller and elephant hunter. Ekwensi attended Government College in Ibadan, Oyo State, Achimota College in Ghana, and the School of Forestry, Ibadan, after […]

Read More HISTORY : CYPRIAN EKWENSI

At a particular meeting held in Kaduna which consisted of all paramount traditional rulers in Nigeria and which had the queen of England in attendance, Attah Ameh was asked to remove his cap to greet the Queen of England as others had done. Though he refused until they said he should leave the meeting if […]

Read More The Story Of Attah Ameh Oboni – the Nigerian King who Chose Suicide Instead of Bowing to the Queen of England.

Everybody is hung up on domestic abuse by men against women. Nobody spares a moment to find solutions to the equally devastating verbal abuse men suffer in the hands of their wives. It is worse because men can’t discuss what their wives do to them for fear of scorn and derision. They suffer in silence. […]

Read More Issues: Domestic spousal abuse and violence against men.

Owerri was put on the British map in 1893,it was centrally located, on flat ground, fertile earth, the weather was favourable and the people were welcoming.It was made it’s own district Council on 11th May 1902 with Sir Harold Morday Douglas as it’s first district commissioner.It’s municipality today serves as the capital of Imo State. […]

Read More The rich cultural heritage of the Owerri people.

Was not creative but powerful Was not mesmerizing but astonishing Was not charismatic but magnetic Was not charming but charging Was not skillful but heroic Was not godfather but goals – father Was not cerebral but celebrity …His goals took to the World Cup Finals for the first time in 1994 He scored Nigeria’s first […]

Read More The Rashidi Yekini story

The war raged on, till 1914, when the Ekumeku movement was defeated. That was the same year, the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria were joined as one country. Historically, the resolutions of the Berlin conference of 1884-1885, gave the European nations the rights to lay claim to the lands and resources in Africa.Britain, who […]

Read More The Igbo People And Their Quest For Freedom: A Critical Reflection On The Ekumeku War(1883 – 1914)

“Two sovereign wills cannot exist side by side within the same space, sooner or later they will collide.” A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) I see a collision coming. I see a day coming when the slaves and the slave masters will see eye to eye. I see a day coming when the servants will look at […]

Read More THE COMING COLLISION

The 20th century for Africa marked an era of liberation. Marred by wars and revolutions, this era brought about a public enlightenment that is still felt to this day. Communities and individuals took it upon themselves to change the status quo, and take hold of their fate. The fight for individuality intensified, as people formed […]

Read More 11 countries that gained independence during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

The growing popularity of Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has shown that he’s a force to be reckoned with come 2023 general election It appears the camps of top contenders for the next President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]

Read More Peter Obi’s rising popularity rattles APC, PDP.

It is a good thing to be proud of one’s country, and I am – most of the time. But it would be impossible to scan the centuries of Britain’s history without coming across a few incidents that evoke not pride but shame. Among those I would list are the creation by British officialdom in […]

Read More Buried for 50 years: Britain’s shameful role in the Biafran war. By-Frederick Forsyth.

Seven Sisters Oil Companies is a phrase that was made famous by Italian state oil Company ENI Chief and Italian businessmen Enrico Mattei back in the 1950s. Mattei used this phrase disparagingly, which he coined in order to refer to the seven Anglo-American oil companies that had formed the “Consortium for Iran” cartel. They became […]

Read More Seven Sisters Oil Companies

The most powerful Freemason in England and Wales is the Queen’s first cousin Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent – and he’s the longest-serving head after being appointed 55 years ago The Queen ‘s cousin heads one of the most mysterious organisations in the UK, the Freemasons. Freemasons describe themselves as a “secular social and […]

Read More Late Queen’s cousin head of allegedly mysterious organisation -And he’s not the only royal involved

Late Alhaji Ahmed Mai Deribe was a citizen of Borno state. He was born into the Deribe family in 1924 and died in 2002 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Before his death, Alhaji Mai Deribe was arguably one of the richest Nigerian men in the 80s. He built a house made from a mixture of liquid […]

Read More Late Alhaji Mai Deribe

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch whose rule spanned seven decades, died today Thursday 8th september 2022 at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952, on the death of her father, King George VI. She oversaw the last throes of the British empire, weathered global upheaval […]

Read More Queen Elizabeth II dies.

Onitsha is a town or city in the present day Anambra state. Onitsha was formed by 3 tribes which are Edo (Benin), Igbo and Igala. It had nine villages in which 4 are Edo who are the rulers of Onitsha (Obi of Onitsha), 3 are Igbo while 2 are pure Igala. The two villages occupied […]

Read More ONITSHA, ANOTHER HOME OF INDIGENOUS IGALA PEOPLE.

So where will a man who has enabled corruption in Lagos for over 20yrs suddenly get the change we need from? The contest is not between Tinubu as governor vs Peter Obi as governor. It is between Tinubu as a political shark and enabler of profligate governance vs. Reform-minded minimalism of PO I am a […]

Read More Reasons why i will never vote Peter Obi in 2023 -By Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè

Frankly speaking, one of the major constraints to progressive and effective leadership in Nigeria today is the presence of self-serving and opportunistic leaders.Leadership in all intents and purposes is concerned with fostering change while the centrality of political governance is service oriented. According to Brad Szollose “politics is a progenitor while leadership is a product […]

Read More THE SENATOR NDI OWERRI ZONE NEED IN 2023. UCHE ONYEAGUCHA IN FOCUS.

After meeting in Beijing, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin released a joint statement clarifying the ideological divisions of the new cold war: Eurasian calls for multipolarity, cooperation, sovereignty, and “redistribution of power in the world” against US unipolar hegemony and interventionism. February 4, 2022 may very well be remembered in history textbooks as […]

Read More China And Russia Declare ‘New Era’ Of Multipolarity, Challenging US Interventionism.

THE A P C. (1) No South East Presidential candidate for 2023 election even though it is the turn of the region to produce one. The party’s presidential candidate is from a region which had produced President for eight years and vice president for nearly eight years. (2) No South East Vice Presidential candidate. (3) […]

Read More 51 reasons the PDP and the APC may not campaign in the South East for next year’s election.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a new dimension with the strong calls for the resignation of the Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, so that the presidential candidate of the party and the chairman of the party will not be from the same northern part of Nigeria. Ayu is from […]

Read More PDP CRISES: Atiku, not Ayu, breached PDP policy on power rotation

Emperor Hadrian of Rome was a cultivated person, devoted to the arts and to architecture, and forever anxious to ease the lot of the humblest of the empire’s subjects. In his last months he adopted as his heir one of his close friends, Titus Antoninus, a man of great piety and wisdom.Antoninus, given the name […]

Read More Rome Under The Emperor Marcus Aurelius And Successors.

Chief Titus Ike Ume-Ezeoke, Onyima of Amichi was the founder of Peoples Club of Nigeria. He was the younger brother of Sir Geoffrey Ume-Ezeoke former Accountant General of the Old Anambra State and also the elder brother of Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke former Speaker of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under President Shagari.They were sons of […]

Read More PEOPLES CLUB OF NIGERIA

This is distressing!! Do you know why the African elite, African wealth and African heads of state are at the service of the West? Do you know why apartheid, colonization, neocolonialism or even Françafrique existed? Do you wonder why the African is poor when his continent is full of so much wealth? Have you ever […]

Read More THE CHARTER OF IMPERIALISM

The general awareness and awakening of the masses and the  unfolding issues around the 2023 general election is instigating palpable fear among political parties and their candidates whose stock in trade is to ascend to power through underhand voting manipulation, incumbency overbearance, vote buying, thuggery and all other manners of political ghaghaghaness that characterized past […]

Read More 2023 Owerri Zone Senatorial Election: Those who are unlikely to be Senator.

While much is known about the Igbo-speaking communities outside the South-East, but very little is known about the Igbo-speaking communities in Kogi state especially in Ibaji and Igalamela/Odolu LGAs such as the Eke Avurugo community (which speaks Igbo as first language and Igala as second language. One could find a handful of communities which strongly […]

Read More Igbo Speaking Communities In Kogi State

Nigerian Pastor and international Affairs Expert Femi Aribisala has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is “too arrogant and contemptuous of Christians”. Aribisala, in his tweet Thursday, said, Tinubu “is convinced he can win the election in 2023 without Christians. He cannot”, he added. Aribisala, a famous columnist and […]

Read More Any Christian who votes for Tinubu after 7 years of Christian persecution in Nigeria is a fool – Femi Aribisala

June 30, 2020 Will the Jagaban of Borgu ever learn? The article reproduced here was written in 2015.  It predicted the comeuppance of Bola Tinubu in the APC.  I have decided to re-submit it for publication because what was obvious to so many of us on the sidelines what oblivious to Bola Tinubu. We always […]

Read More Don’t cry for Bola Tinubu-By Femi Aribisala

The total value of Nigeria’s crude oil stolen between January 2021 and February 2022 is about $3.27bn (representing N1.361tn at the official exchange rate of N416.25 to the dollar), the Federal Government disclosed. This came about as the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) met with the Oil Producers Trade Section, made up of IOCs […]

Read More Nigeria Loses Crude Worth $3.27bn To Organised Theft In 1yr

A member of our church does business that takes him to Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Niger Republic often. He told me something that is difficult to believe except you know he has no reason to tell lies. He said there is a full scale war going on between Fulanis and Hausas in the North, especially […]

Read More SENSITIVE:  ARE WE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NORTH?

Historical Records Show Igbo Nation Is 2550 Years Older Than Yoruba Nation In Nigeria. The Igbo Nation is indisputably 2,550yrs older than the Yoruba Nation in Nigeria. This is in terms of age of existence and settlement. It is further an established fact that no other ethnic nationality out of Nigeria’s current 386 ethnic nationalities […]

Read More ETHNIC HISTORY OF THE EXISTENCE OF NIGERIA

Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, elder statesman and nationalist is a former Minister of Aviation in the First Republic. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on violence across the country, the recent visit of some Igbo leaders to President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), alleged […]

Read More How South-East Lost The Chance Of Producing Nigeria’s President In 1979 – Amaechi