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A source close to former president Obasanjo has revealed that the former president is trying to regain back his place in the Nigerian history. Obasanjo is said to be of the view that it is the turn of South East to produce Nigeria’s next president. It is believed that he is indirectly supporting Peter Obi to be the next president and as a result of that, he has been meeting with a lot of stakeholders in the 2023 presidential election to ensure Obi’s emergence as President in 2023. There are some facts that have emerged following the recent engagement with…
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The year 2018 was one of self-examination for Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari who flew in on the wings of change had been in power for three years and the situation had simply become far worse. The inflation rate when he came in was 9.01 per cent, shooting up to 15.68 per cent the following year, and 16.52 in 2017. Virtually all the over 165 integrated special schools for the Almajiri out-of-school children established by his predecessor had been closed. The government had deliberately exacerbated the ethno-religious challenges in the country by appointing almost all the security chiefs from one part…
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It should be possible for the rest of us to understand the frustrations of Ndigbo in the hands of their two big brother tribes, Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba, and their determination to distance Ndigbo from the levers of the highest political power in the land. We should offer them some sympathy in their quest at every election circle to produce the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They have not produced one since the late Owelle of Onitsha, the great Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, became president, commander-in-chief of the armed forces under the provisions of the Republican Constitution in 1963.…
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“In this trip of life, if you are not careful….Rumors will make you hate innocent people and love the hypocrites” (Internet) MAN is a social animal, the only one with various tools to communicate his feelings, passions, desires and needs to others. With the introduction of mobile devices and other communication tools ,many of us spend several hours and precious moments “getting in touch”, checking out on others and passing information. We scroll, link and peruse, but sometimes we are confronted with that which is questionable, untrue and what might have gone viral. These can be harmful, untrue because they…
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Fellow Nigerians, it is the season of politics and another election cycle is upon us. Candidates are presenting themselves to the electorate to be considered for various positions. But this cycle is looking more and more like 2015 when men and women, young and old, reasoned in reverse order. All efforts to make them see the danger and demagoguery that then-candidate Muhammadu Buhari represented proved futile. They were deaf to reason and blind to the red flags. Today, we are all experiencing the consequences of electing incompetence dressed in borrowed robes as president. See the mess that Nigeria has become…
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In Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, two further Rothschild world banks are created. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank. Did You Know the IRS and the Fed are Private Corporations of the IMF? 1945: The end of the Second World War. It is reported that I.G. Farben plants were specifically not targeted in the bombing raids on Germany. Interestingly at the end of the war, they were found to have only sustained 15% damage. The tribunals held at the end of the Second World War, to investigate Nazi War Crimes, censored any materials recording Western assistance to Hitler.…
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We all know that domestic violence and abuse is a huge problem in our society, but do many of us understand how this issue affects men? Domestic abuse is often discussed as a women’s issue, because the majority of widely reported domestic abuse is experienced by women (and perpetrated by men). However, domestic abuse also happens to lots of men. In spite of being abused, a man would most likely not report his ordeal, because he fears stigmatisation from friends and family. Men usually wont want any third-party interference. More married men are becoming victims of various kinds of spousal…
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According to Dennis Osadebey in the book, Building A Nation, Nnebisi was the son of an Nteje woman, Diaba, who had gotten pregnant for an Igala man, Ojobo Nnebisi grew up in Nteje thinking he was of the kindred, but one day, after a quarrel, he was told that his father was not from there, so he could not take part in land sharing. He thus left Nteje with his followers, and followed a route which brought him to the great river. If you look at a map of those areas, it is quite easy to trace the route taken…
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The two countries have successfully established a mechanism for mutual settlements in rubles and rupees, Purnima Anand says. Russia and India don’t need the US dollar in trade, having turned to national currencies to conduct mutual settlements, BRICS International Forum President Purnima Anand told reporters on Wednesday. “We have implemented the mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and rupees, and there is no need for our countries to use the dollar in mutual settlements. And today a similar mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and yuan is being developed by China,” she said. “That means that the BRICS countries are…
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Why has Owerri Zone consistently failed to produce governors despite her obvious strengths? I would briefly discuss some of the reasons in detail. Lack of altruistic interest: Why does the governorship elude Owerri zone despite its obvious electoral and political relevance? Why is the zone not mounting any serious challenge? The answer is simple; our zone appears to lack ‘altruistic interest’. Its major players are mostly self-serving, ready to play second fiddle, greedy and selfish. A journey down memory lane would reveal that since 1999, Owerri zone has been politically relegated. We have quite frankly, developed a tarnishing reputation for…
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The mood among Okigwe and Owerri political elite is that of veiled anger, frustration and resentment. But the two cheated zones are largely responsible for the growing arrogance and landlordism of Orlu zone. Most Okigwe and Owerri politicians are blinded by self service and pecuniary interests, and it appears that they do not fully understand the game-plan of a zone that seems to have perfected methods of keeping Imo State as its inherited territory, in the same way that the politically greedy Hausa/Fulani have held and continue to hold the entire territory of Nigeria down as a vassal state for…
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Nigeria’s heyday as a country remains in the past when federalism, in its genuine sense, was practiced. During this time, countries like South Korea or Taiwan were not a match for Nigeria in every metric of development conceivable or in any index of progress that is measurable. It was the time the world cast its hope on Nigeria as the messiah of the Black race, and it was also the same period when ethnic suspicion was less intense in many people’s minds. At that time, Nigerians of Igbo extraction could rise to the peak of their careers in the Yoruba…
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Self-centered and self serving politicians are not difficult to identify as they unashamedly exhibit a “do-or-die” disposition. Not only that, they display acquisitive character as if the resources God blessed Nigeria with as a nation solely belongs to them. Oddly enough, people in this category across the country are just a marginal percentage of the demographic segment of Nigeria’s societies put together. This category of politicians or political leaders are not difficult to identify in public places, and they are majorly not in any way better than Nigerians in other sectors of the economy; in terms of academic and professional…
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The job of a senator is to act on behalf of the Nigerian people and his state zonal constituency in legislative sessions to ensure their voices and that of the common citizen is heard. Each of the 36 Nigerian states has three Senate representatives and one for the FCT. Detailed below are the most important aspects of the job of a senator. The Job of a Senator: Key Aspects Represent Constituents; The most important job of a senator is to represent his people. A senator speaks with citizens about problems, concerns or suggestions they have for their senatorial zone. People…
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As the general elections in Nigeria draw closer, i advise the electorate of Ndigbo and Nigeria in general to vote for individuals and not political parties which as we all know are mostly bereft of manifestos and ideology. By embracing fanatic partisanship, we have become perfect examples of protagonists of the polarity of our political system. By voting blindly for party’s bereft of ideology, ethics and morality, we are not acting intelligently; rather we are brainwashed into blindly and gullibly following a personal prejudice and escalating and fuelling an increasingly corrupt, counter productive and fraudulent system. While you need not…
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Money is a vital component for political activity, because nothing can be done without money; therefore, it is safe to say that political activities cannot be executed without money. Money politics is a political system in which a politician is being supported by its party members in return for financial support. We are trapped in a system where money has become superior to quality leadership. Money politics as a means of funding political activities and participation has now turned to a case of the highest bidder, where only people who can spend are considered the best candidate(s). The capacity to…
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Ndi Imo have a peculiarly sickening political culture. We play politics with the mouth rather than with the head; Politics being the only thriving mainstay of the state, citizens are all learning the art of the blessing-turned-curse. To survive, everybody (priests, politicians, sycophants, professionals, security agents, everybody) now play the game which -fortunately or unfortunately- requires only notorious skills of attacking any percived enemies of the government and even honest critics of government policies, process and politics. Nigeria is in dire straits. Educationally, medically, economically, professionally, socially, let alone politically, Nigeria is in trouble. Nigeria is in deep shit. why…
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Supporting your governor and urging him on even when it is beyond argument that he is progressing in error is not patriotism. It is nothing short of mindless sycophancy. In a nutshell, patriotism simply means loyalty to your country as a whole, not your Governor as an individual. The Governor of your state deserves your support ONLY to an extent to which he is doing only the things that are in the best interest of your state. The moment he starts working against the interest of your state, you owe it to yourself, your state and your fellow citizens as…
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The devastating and destructive menace of hard drugs across our nation is well documented. That these narcotic drugs, their potency, and destructive abilities are continually upgraded, is unfortunately a notorious fact. Their target markets have increasingly greater spread now, reaching far into the hinterlands of our dear nation, meaning it is no longer just a city or town phenomenon, but our villages are sadly also in play. Every generation has had a drug with a reputation as the most noxious and has attempted an antidrug strategy they felt was a best fit. In recent years, the drug undoubtedly with the…
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THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY THE REASON WHY THE HAUSAS, YORUBAS, EDO AND THE NIGER DELTANS WILL NOT TRUST THE IBO MAN AT THE CENTER AND WHY THE HAUSA/FULANI’S MAY NOT WANT TO RELINQUISH POWER IN NIGERIA Any historians in the house to vet this but no insults or character assassination please: Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria; Chief of Army Staff was from SE Chief of Naval Staff was from SE IG of Police was from SE Chief of Defence Staff was from SE Internal Affairs Minister SE External Affairs Minister SE Education Minister South…
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Sen. John F. Kennedy speaks to supporters at Chicago Stadium four days before the 1960 election. AP Photo As states continue to count their ballots in the 2020 election, it seems possible that Democrats and Republicans will end up in court over whether President Trump will win a second term in the White House. President Trump has said he’s going to contest the election results – going so far as to say that he believes the election will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a team of lawyers lined up for a legal battle. Unprecedented…
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It is not aimed at a violent change of government like what we have recently seen in the neighbouring African countries but, it will be earthshaking. It would be a compulsory retirement of a generation of gerontocrats or very old and recycled politicians Nigerian youths believe are wasteful, selfish and have held Nigeria and the promises it holds by the jugular. The revolution shall be through the ballot box and it has started. The youths have realized that results of elections in Nigeria can no longer be changed at the collation centres! Rigging of 2023 elections is nearly impossible. All…
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June 3, 2022 •Next election is die-or-live for Nigerians. By Clifford Ndujihe & Olayinka Ajayi Political-Economist and former Presidential Aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, on Monday stepped down for Mr. Peter Obi, who went on to emerge as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, unopposed in Asaba, Delta State. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and 2019 vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, left the PDP last Wednesday, joined the LP on Friday and won the ticket on Monday. In this engaging interview Professor Utomi spoke on the state of the nation and why he…
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The importance of Dr Uche Diala’s post lies in the need for critical thinking, analysis and strategy. It’s therefore without doubt a bold and courageous alternative view in the usual frenzy of popular nzogbu nzogbu herd mindset which rather than produce relief mostly deepen our affliction. However, his approach and conclusion failed to present a fresh position but a rather, a rehash of an age long defeatist incremental approach embedded in a narrative of false assumptions, misplaced priorities, and a faulty stereotypical conceptual frame. Consequently he failed to capture and properly define our problem, let alone its diagnosis. Not surprisingly…
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This is not a popular topic to broach at this time but someone has to take the risk because we have been here not too long ago politically as a people. Personally, I am neither a member of the PDP nor Labour Party but no question that I have my fair share of sentiments for the South East as an Igbo man and as an objective political watcher and analyst, I have taken a peek into the scenarios. I know some people might not agree with me or might even attack me. That is why I have not said anything…
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As the general elections in Nigeria draw closer, i advise the electorate of Ndigbo and Nigeria in general to vote for individuals and not political parties which as we all know are mostly bereft of manifestos and ideologies. By embracing fanatic partisanship, we have become perfect examples of protagonists of the polarity of our political system. By voting blindly for party’s bereft of ideology, ethics and morality, we are not acting intelligently; rather we are brainwashed into blindly and gullibly following a personal prejudice and escalating and fuelling an increasingly corrupt, counter productive and fraudulent system. While i can’t give…
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Food for thought as we prepare to select and not elect our next crop of leaders. Given the pejorative weight of the lingo, it is not unexpected that some readers of this piece may want to know from me who an educated person is, and how is he supposed to be conducting himself or herself in public, or rather make utterances. There is no denying the fact that two schools of thought now exist in support and in disagreement with the argument that on the grounds of the falling standard of education that there is now a category of graduates…
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I thought by now the Nigerian Presidency will be so unattractive that people will have to be begged to come and take it. Why should anyone be eager to inherit Boko Haram, terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, secessionists, communal warriors, oil thieves, sea pirates, depreciated naira, depleted foreign reserves, high debt service ratio, plummeting oil production, astronomical costs of diesel and aviation fuel, high unemployment, suspension of rail and aviation services, trillions in petrol subsidy, unimplementable Petroleum Industry Act, 13million out of school children, bloated civil service, ASUU strike, impending police strike, exploding illegal refineries, oil spills, River Niger flooding, advancing Sahara…
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The crowd that is chanting Run, Jonathan, Run is a composite contingent made up of greedy and hungry fellows, rented fellows, political flunkeys of the basest type and those who think that Nigeria may be ready for any kind of political tomfoolery at this time. Ordinarily, a man who had risen from the position of a Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President to the apex of his country’s administration, the presidency, ought to be happy that he had done, without being harmed, a marathon that most Nigerians only dream about. In that case, he would be expected to play only the…
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“…it is necessary for a prince who wishes to maintain his position to learn how to be able not to be good, and to use or not use this ability according to circumstances.” These are the words of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), a former diplomat of the Florentine republic during the early years of the Renaissance. Machiavelli lived through a time of great political upheaval in Italy, a region dominated by a number of large city-states – such as Florence, Venice, Milan and Pisa – that were fiercely competing for economic and political power. While the intense rivalry between these city-states…
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The legislative institution of contemporary Imo state should under normal circumstances perform all the basic functions of a representative assembly legislation, oversight and representation. Specifically, their functions include law making, approval of executive policies, confirmation of appointments, budgets and appropriation, oversight over government agencies, representation and education of the people, removal of erring public office holders at the highest level, etc. They are, however, bedevilled by a number of problems that have continued to limit their role as effective instruments of participatory democracy and limited government. There are other problems that are fall outs of the peculiarities of our legislative…
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OCTOBER 18, 2021 Pandemonium looms for the world as the ‘Everything Shortage’ meets a ‘Dark Winter’ thanks to collapsing global supply chains. A global supply chain crisis is brewing, leading to a full-spectrum shortage of essential items. This is the result of mass centralization, where policies are dictated and synchronized by the aristocrats of the New Normal. The coming years will be marked by extreme socio-economic turbulence. The world is reportedly facing an “everything shortage” where essential goods are getting harder, farther, and more time-consuming to find. These shortages affect the entire gamut of the social pyramid structure. The typical…
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JUNE 20, 2020 Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy – and you may even believe it – but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, or anything else obscure or untraceable – it doesn’t matter. They are less than the 0.0001%. For lack of a better expression, let’s call them for now “obscure individuals”. These obscure individuals who pretend running our world have never been elected. We don’t need to name…
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MAY 2, 2021 “A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle For good or bad, COVID-19 has changed the way we navigate the world. It is also redrawing the boundaries of our world (and our freedoms) and altering the playing field faster than we can keep up. Owing in large part to the U.S. government’s deep-seated and, in many cases, top-secret alliances with foreign nations and global corporations, it has become increasingly obvious that we have entered into a new world order—a global world order—made up of international…
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America has been for many decades the biggest playground for the different factions of the Deep State in control of the different monopolized industries, news networks, government and private institutions, nurturing cadres of experts in the field of sciences, finance and economics, military, sheep-herding aka social engineering, mind control and reprogramming cloaked as “spirituality”, etc. Recently, we witnessed the methods by which the Rockefeller faction, through the Democratic Party, used all means being made available to them to silence the Trump campaign, which heavily relied on social media to spread their “conspiracy theories” about the litany of crimes committed by…
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Last month I posted an article that looked at the World Economic Forum as the institution behind ‘The Great Reset‘ agenda that was launched in June. One of the main themes of the article was the WEF’s ‘Strategic Intelligence platform’, which the organisation describe as ‘a dynamic system of contextual intelligence that enables users to trace relationships and interdependencies between issues, supporting more informed decision-making‘. As I made reference to, Strategic Intelligence is the mechanism which brings all the interests that the WEF focus on together. This includes specific countries and industries, as well as global issues like Covid-19 and…
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DECEMBER 29, 2020 Crimes against Humanity. The people who are implementing and enforcing lockdown measures are directly contributing to the untold suffering and deaths of millions of people. by David Skripac Here we are at the end of a year filled with upheaval, facing yet another round of lockdowns, this time ostensibly intended to fight off a supposed “second wave of COVID-19.” In the foreground, we have the completely co-opted mainstream media bombarding us with an endless barrage of positive coronavirus case numbers. Plus we have the World Economic Forum—along with its lackey world leaders—hounding us with incessant calls for…
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Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most famous public intellectual in an interview talks about the massacre of Christians in Nigeria and Madrasas by Turks in the Middle Belt. While Nigeria’s Vice-President supposedly a Christian and a Pastor, denies that there is any massacre of Christians and was described by a USA official as “He lies shamelessly — including this weekend in New York — about the anti-Christian persecution his government is at least tolerating and, at worst, enabling…” (in June 2019), we have Mr Lévy saying that Christians of Nigeria are being massacred. So who is LYING! Is it this French Philosopher?…
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The so-called unity of Nigeria is very negotiable! SEPARATION IS NOT ABOUT WAR, IT HAS PEACEFUL ASPECT. In 1776, the USA split from the UK In 1830 Belgium separated from the Netherlands In 1965, Singapore split off from Malaysia. in 2002, East Timor got split off from Indonesia. In 1921, Ireland split off from the United Kingdom, and (possibly in the future) there will be secession of Scotland. In 1944, Iceland split from Denmark with remarkable ease. In 1905 Norway split from Denmark. In 1905, Norway and Sweden also peacefully split ways. One got the car. the other got the…
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From: Agunwa Emeka NzeribeOwerri, Imo State08087669868 Date: 18/10/2021 Subject: Imo – The Mistake Of Okorocha Should Not Be Repeated Introduction: My Governor, I will be straight forward. I am glad that some people close to you knows I am your avid follower and supporter. So the issue of impudence does not exist at all. I am being straightforward because I know how busy your office is. More so, the security challenges which you must be at alert, with constancy, to keep under control. You are doing well. All your enemies who by extension those of our state Imo, shall not…
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“There is absolutely no need for vaccines to extinguish the pandemic… You do not vaccinate people who aren’t at risk from a disease. You also don’t set about planning to vaccinate millions of fit and healthy people with a vaccine that hasn’t been extensively tested on human subjects.” – Dr. Mike Yeadon PhD, Pfizer’s former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy & Respiratory Disease By Mike Whitney “What we know about coronavirus from 30 years of experience is that a coronavirus vaccine has a unique peculiarity, which is any attempt at making the vaccine has resulted in the creation…
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Generally, electioneering in Nigeria is capital intensive, and this has led to the emergence of: The godfather phenomenon. Machiavillian Godfather style executives exude a brand of politics that more than often gives rise to the prevalence of sycophants, zonal sellouts aspiring to be leaders or position holders, inter-party defections, brutish politicking, electoral violence and political assassinations. Being the sole proprietor or the Oga of the State, the godfather inter alia rises at will and nepotistically or clannishly chooses whoever he or she deems fit for administering political units for his or her proper politico-economic advantage. The process of using government…
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Friday June 5, 1998, was a cool bright day. Before we left the Villa, the Press Corps was informed that the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, would be making a brief stop-over at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, enroute Morocco. And he was expected to hold a brief discussion with the General Sani Abacha. We were therefore expected to be at the airport to cover the event on Sunday, June 7. It was a topical assignment in view of Nigeria’s neutral position in the Middle East conflict. Besides, the rest of us were keen to meet…
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Mario Puzo’s Mafia blockbuster is a set text for political candidates and advisers everywhere. Mario Puzo’s The Godfather now functions the way fairytales or Bible stories do. It’s become a fundamental narrative deeply embedded in the collective psyche, regularly adapted and reworked for radically different settings. Stripped to its essentials, this is a story of unwanted succession, of an heir to the throne who yearns to escape his destiny. “What Michael wanted was out, out of all this, to lead his own life,” Puzo writes. Watch the first season of The Crown and you soon realise that it is The…
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MAJOR POINTS: •It’ll be horrendous if Nigeria fails as a state. •Buhari’s cancelling of Lagos light rail cost Nigeria $3bn. •With our resources and beginning Nigeria should be First World country now. •How 1975 destruction of civil service, abandonment of plans hurt Nigeria. •Obasanjo is responsible for the current humongous payment to our Parliamentarians. •The President, others must take pay cut. •Obasanjo not qualified to be PDP candidate in 1999 but smuggled in. •We had permission to export cow meat to Britain, others in 1971. Now, Read to the end. It’s worth it. At 87, Chief Phillip Asiodu, elder statesman,…
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There is no doubt that members of Nigeria’s National Assembly have grown too big for their boots and it is time the Nigerian people are massively fed with the liberating enlightenment that they possess the powers to cut them to size. Yes, the lawmakers need to be served an urgent reminder that they are in that Legislative House because the people have so far chosen to tolerate their deficient representation and can wake up one morning, decide that they have had enough of their abject lack of patriotism, suffocating arrogance and insensitivity and ask them to pack their loads and…
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2 years short of 20 years of Orlu governance, Imo State is already in a frenzy over who succeeds Governor Hope Uzodinma in 2024. Already, many individuals, diaspora groups and organizations from the three senatorial districts of Imo East, Imo West and Imo North, are engaged in serious discussions on how to balance the problems caused by the Supreme Court judgement that deprived Owerri zone of their first attempt at a full term in office since Imo state was formed in 1976. Imo East, also known as Owerri zone, has nine local councils, namely Owerri Municipal, Owerri North, Owerri West,…
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“A President or a Governor is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the country or state as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude…
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Amb. Obi Adim wrote. My brother, I agree with you on this one. The only way out is for a leader to be true to himself and the people he serves, having absolute loyalty for his oath of office. Simple as this may sound, it needs emotional maturity, unselfishness, and sincerity of purpose. Strangely, these qualities have nothing to do with education, experience or wealth. Pedigree gives that foundational emotional maturity and unselfishness. We take it for granted but that’s the nucleus that brings stability in a leader. This stability mitigates inferiority complex, which makes it easier for a leader…
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Igbo elite’s failure to acknowledge that the Igbo now have a defacto Governor General in the person of Maazi Kanu is why they think that Anambra 2021 will be business as usual. If the elite are sincere, the vast majority of ndi Anambra have already opted to sit at home and let them elect their governor. We have a constitutional anomaly and pretending that it is business as usual won’t make the problem go away. So if you are one of those who hope that people will troop out to go and vote and thwart their plans to rig an…
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The mood among Okigwe and Owerri political elite is that of veiled anger, frustration and resentment. But the two cheated zones are largely responsible for the growing arrogance and landlordism of Orlu zone. The multiple candidates from the two zones that usually emerge during each election constitute a multitude – a huge number all the time. What the more calculating Orlu political class does is simply to field one or two candidates, totally ignoring the Imo Equity Formula and victory comes easy. And with its many local governments as an advantage, acquires allies in the two zones and power remains…
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Supporting your governor and urging him on even when it is beyond argument that he is progressing in error is not patriotism. It is nothing short of mindless sycophancy. In a nutshell, patriotism simply means loyalty to your country as a whole, not your Governor as an individual. The Governor of your state deserves your support ONLY to an extent to which he is doing only the things that are in the best interest of your state. The moment he starts working against the interest of your state, you owe it to yourself, your state and your fellow citizens as…
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OPINION Political patronage is very essential in a participatory democracy. Infact, the reward system is a must in politics. Throughout the world in democracies: support, loyalty and allegiance are rewarded! And any State Governor, Senator , Federal Reps member, State legislator , LGA Chairman, etc, that pays lips service or no attention to this, does so at his own peril. Even within the corporate sharks, a staff whose promotion is unduly delayed or allowances denied through boardroom politics, poses a big threat to that organization. At least, I have briefly worked in the bank, UBA. As a matter of fact…
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YOU’VE BEEN LIED TO ALL ALONG ABOUT THE 1967-70 BIAFRAN GENOCIDE!!! (Please read the speech below given by Prof. Nwala, Father of African Philosophy, at the just-concluded 50-year Biafra Commemoration attended by Former President Obasanjo, Vice President Osinbajo, Ohaneze President-General Nina Nwodo and others.) BIAFRA 50 YEARS AFTER – RECONCILIATION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? Paper presented at The Conference – “MEMORY AND NATION BUILDING: BIAFRA 50 YEARS AFTER: A SOBER REFLECTION” By PROF. T. UZODINMA NWALA, President, Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). INTRODUCTION Before I thank the organizers of this Conference and pay my tribute to the Memory of my friend,…
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The claim by the people of Owerri zone is legitimate, moral and undisputable and is indeed attainable. It is not therefore surprising that some politicians from the area are somewhat assertive as preparations for the 2024 elections gather momentum. But being a human set up and indeed politics in this clime, there is no rigid pattern. The incumbent would want to do a second term which the constitution permits and which is at easier reach than pursuing a higher position with greater landmines. THE Imo Charter of Equity, just like similar versions in other states of the country, underlines the…
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Politics is not only a game played by politicians; it is also merchandise for many with different products – goods and services – and the merchants exist in different shapes and sizes at different times and seasons with different mechanics in the conduct of their trade. Politicking is a serious business not meant for the chicken hearted and lily-livered moralists. Primarily, politics can be perceived as both the art and the act of getting power. It involves “the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the…
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CBN Gov Emefiele and Attorney General Malami are allegedly shielding NIRSAL boss Hameed from prosecution for corruption. | Pulse Nigeria — Read on www.pulse.ng/news/local/emefiele-and-agf-malami-accused-of-covering-nirsal-corruption-pulse-exclusive/cgq7z34
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By Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar. The recent rearrest of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was greeted with a loud sigh of relief and celebration in some sections of the country. It also elicited congratulatory messages to the Federal government which appears overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges and in dire need of any redeeming act. This is clearly an exaggeration of the security threat Nnamdi Kanu and indeed IPOB pose to our nation’s security and unity. It is quite strange and disturbing that the Federal Government is according undue attention to the threats of separatist movements in contrast to…
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Give it to the North, they get what they want at every turn while the South do the talking. Most radical ideas that had shaped Nigeria’s political landscape often originated from the South only to be perfected to advantage by the North. For instance, while the South championed the struggle for independence, the North acted like she wasn’t ready and would rather remain under British domination. But from when the British lowered the Union Jack, it was the North that had dominated the South and still do. Another is the idea of military coup. It was actually Southern officers that…
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Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo on BBC’s HardTalk reveals while the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are angry with Nigeria’s leaders especially on President Buhari’s administration.“My friends who are not from the East of Nigeria where Igbos come from often ask me why there is so much anger in the East and among Igbos. Some wonder why, despite the famed ‘Igbo wealth’ and enterprise all over Nigeria, the people still complain that Nigeria is unfair to them. Some insinuate that the anger comes from the loss of the 2015 election by Jonathan who the Igbos heavily backed. And why is it that…
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A scripted deception has been circulating all over social media, including WhatsApp groups, suggesting that Igbos, despite being dominant in Tafawa Balewa’s government, went ahead to kill him. Nothing can be farther from the truth. This script has turned history on its head. The narrative is designed to present Igbos as disloyal power grabbers and confuse gullible readers, obfuscate the past and promote ethnic hate. Let us set the records straight; Igbos play no dominant role in Balewa’s cabinet and had just one person as service chief under Balewa. They were rather brilliant public servants who served the post-colonial Nigeria…
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In this dispensation, Imo State in particular, and Southeast zone in general, has not fared well. From one problem to another, Imo State remains a state in search of solutions – meaningful and peaceful solutions – to her seemingly endless problems, most of which are man-made and politically motivated. Whatever the cause and justification, some of the problems can actually be prevented or managed in such a way that their effects would be minimal but this is not the case. We lost good opportunities to make maximum use of our challenges and things got out of hand. Recently, the…
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Anyone who can indulge into insincere flattery to gain advantage is a sycophant. Such a person tries to win favour from another person especially wealthy or influential people by flattering them. In other words, a sycophant is a servile self-seeking flatterer, a brownnoser, a flunky, an apple polish, a bootlicker, a toady, a slanderer, a calumniator or a suck-up who goes overboard with compliments for selfish gains. A sycophant will never criticize or correct his superior. Being fawningly pleasant, he acts to attract attention for personal goals and undermine others. Like what happens in lame opposition where someone opposes everything…
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American journalist, Gordon Duff, indeed once saw tomorrow. Yet when he wrote in 2011 about a conspiratorial plan by “outside powers” to destabilize Nigeria and balkanize it, not many took him seriously. But 10 years on what he said is fast becoming a sad reality as many now feared that the country is on the verge of a civil war with armed groups springing in every part of the country causing havoc, kidnapping, looting, raping and killing Nigerian citizens with reckless abandon. The signs of a country on the verge of destruction, as Duff predicted in that article entitled, Nigeria:…
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Okpara’s and Ojukwu’s plan was for PH to be the Lagos of the eastern region…but the economy would be oil driven. Most of the oil wells and infrastructure in today’s Rivers State up till 1967 were developed by Okpara. Chief Nwodo, Nnia Nwodo’s father was the Regional Minister for Trade and Commerce at the time. He negotiated most of the agreements with Shell and the UK govt Gowon and Awolowo nationalised those assets in 1967 without paying a Kobo in compensation…and forced all the oil companies to relocate to Lagos Most of the refineries that NNPC began rolling out after…
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HE SAID THEY ARE EVERYWHERE Friday, May 7, 2021 15:24 The United States has said that the Southern part of Nigeria should stay on alert, because terror groups are already establishing their presence in the country, and moving down South. The warning was made in a media briefing which was monitored by TheCable. Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to other parts of West Africa. “We have engaged with Nigeria and continue to engage with them in intel sharing and in understanding what these violent extremists are doing,” he said. “And…
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By Col Hassan Stan-Labo Bᴀɴᴅɪᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ Bᴏᴋᴏ ʜᴀʀᴀᴍ : Tʜᴇ Nᴏʀᴛʜ sʟᴇᴘᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ! “The north must wake up now. It must not murder sleep. The north saw nothing coming. Population was deemed strength. But it should have watched when others slowed down in breeding. We bred too many children and didn’t do much to care for them. They roamed the streets. Yet, we bred more. They forsook schools. And took to begging . Yet, we bred more. Those children, many of them, have gone feral. Now, the north cannot sleep. The north slept for too long. Northern politicians…
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General Buhari understands that there is nothing called One Nigeria in any sense, it is only an opportunity for his Nomadic Fulani kinsmen to survive and build a Fulani country using the sweat and wealth of others legally or illegally under the guise of patriotism and humanity.” “…Understands that the South and Middle belt are treacherous and can be used against each other. For the records Fulanis Semitic people are from the Arab stock. Fulanis don’t see black Africans as equals and we will never be seen as equals.” “..The Fulanis are masters of deceit, chaos & anarchy; and they…
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As politicians Nation-wide commence underground moves for strategic positioning in preparation for the 2023 general elections, the people of Nkanu-East in Enugu state have cried out over what they call “persistent marginalisation of their area”. A three-time member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Anayo Edeh who spoke to journalists on the plight of his people in Nkanu-East Local Government Area said that the marginalisation or exclusion of the people of Nkanu-East from major appointive and elective positions in government at all levels had led to the impoverishment of the people and caused a sense of exclusion among them.…
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Ogbede was from Agbor, Delta State Igboland. He was given the title “Obaseki” by Benin’s king, Idugbowa, for his business savviness, fair judgment, and truthfulness. Unfortunately, Agho, the Obaseki of Benin, was put in-between a squeeze by his good friend the King of Benin after the British sacked Benin, an operation that took just 3 days. King Idugbowa had run away and left the Benin to suffer whatever fate the British decided for them. Ogbede couldn’t have such sorrow on his heart, especially after witnessing the high-handed treatment, human-rights abuse, and barbaric actions committed against the Benin people by their…
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Donald J. Trump is the greatest president ever. The most tenacious, the most courageous, the most influential, and a whole lot more. He never had a day of peace as the president of the United States. He is the most harassed, bullied, disrespected, and abused president, yet was never demoralized. The truth is that those who hate Trump cannot give any reason why they do. They can only echo the fake media opinion – he’s a racist, sexual predator, conman and other imaginary stuff. Others simply hate him because their favorite celebrity or role model does not like him. You…
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Recall that in my release of 8/1/2021 I pointed out certain anomalies in the handling of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo 2021 election process with hope that NEC would intervene to summon emergency Imeobi to redeem the situation. It is now obvious that either NEC does not possess the will to rescue our dear Ohanaeze or it is complicit.I hereby notify all of my decision not to participate any further. I thank Ndigbo and my supporters while reassuring all of my sincere appreciation for the love, goodwill, time and support. May we all stay safe and may 2021 be our year of…
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One of the frontline contenders for the the office of president-general (PG) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide in next Sunday’s election, Dr. Chris Asoluka, has disclosed how he would handle the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, if elected. In this interview with Daily Sun, Dr. Asoluka highlighted his plans to reposition the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization. What will be your first priority as Ohanaeze PG? In as much as I applaud the current leadership’s visibility and outspokenness, the other side of the coin, which is the task of institutionalization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, in line with…
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No Nigerian can visit Ajaokuta Steel Company ASC, see investments of more than $8b rotting in the African sun and not cry. I went there, I cried. what exactly is the problem? I have written severally on this topic, but today let me do a comprehensive post. Ajaokuta Steel Company is massive, she has 68km road network, 24 housing estates on the project. Some of the estates have over 1,000 homes, a seaport, a 110mw power generation plant, there are 43 separate plants in Ajaokuta alone. It is estimated that if Ajaokuta becomes operational, it will create 500,000 jobs. There…
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The Profile of Hon. Chris Chigoziri Asoluka, Ph.D. Candidate For The Office Of The President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. Dr. Chris Chigoziri Asoluka is a polymath with two Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Law (Universities of Ibadan and London.), multiple Masters degrees in International Economic Relations (University of Lagos), Shipping Economics/Finance and International Trade (CASS Business School) and a Ph.D. degree in Policy Analysis (University of Ibadan). He is a respected management, development, and legislative strategy consultant (FIMC), who has played very important roles in various sectors of the Nigerian economy and politics. He is Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nipal…
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A former Vice President General (Imo) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Chris Asoluka, has decried the heat and controversies generated from rumoured endorsement of some persons as candidates for soon-to-be vacant offices in the leadership of Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation -Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Asoluka, who was President of Aka Ikenga the Igbo Think Tank, co-chairman of South East/South-South Professionals (SESSP) as well as Chairman/member of Ohanaeze Election Committee for the 2012 and 2016 elections consecutively, while speaking on Friday, emphasised that there are no candidates yet until an election committee and the guidelines have been approved by Ime-Obi.This, he asserted, marks the…
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A considerable number of repatriates have reached Lagos from Brazil. They seem to have been Brazilian born, and yet they still speak the language of Yoruba. They say that the negroes of Brazil generally wish to return to Africa, the Creoles being the least desirous. Poverty, however, prevented many.The Governor of Lagos Sir Alfred Moloney, was able to inform a deputation of them that the African Steamship Company had agreed to run a vessel (the Biafra) between Lagos and Brazil, the fare being made as low as possible. It is thought there may be a reciprocal trade – Negroes going…
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On The Extensive Employment of Cotton in the form of a Native Manufacture, as a convenient currency —And on the Repatriation of the Negro, to promote, on any Definite and Established Basis, the Development of His Own Country. — (See Map)By His Excellency Governor Moloney, C.M.G., of Lagos.[Addressed to the Members in the Mayor’s Parlour, on Friday, November 15th, 1889, at three p.m., His Worship the Mayor of Manchester in the chair.]..On the occasion of his visit in 1822-24 to Sockatu (Sockatoo), Captain Clapperton was favoured by Sultan Mohammed Bello, of Houssa, with a geographical and historical account of Takroor…
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As a little boy, I noticed my grandmum had an array of tattoos adorning her both arms…what I never understood was what those meaningless inscriptions were all about….or so I thought until I discovered NSIBIDI. Coupled with the fact that my granny has ancestral roots from the Ibibio tribe. Quite unfortunate she died without me knowing the meaning of her tattoos although I remember only two symbols which are NSIBIDI translations of a tree and it’s roots. Nsibidi was thought to date back to the pre-15th century CE, and the possible early forms of this writing system was used way…
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Let’s begin according to Genesis 29 vs 30: JACOB had twelve (12) sons namely: 1. Ruben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 5. Dan 6. Naphtali 7. Gad 8. Asher 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun 11. Joseph 12. Benjamin. The 7th son was GAD. And according to Genesis 46 vs16. GAD had seven (7) sons namely: Ziphon Haggi Shunni Ezbon Eri Arodi Areli. Sometime in Middle East, famine struck and Jacob moved with his family and about 70 other relations to Egypt. But before then Joseph (which was 11th son of Jacob) had already been sold to Egypt by his brothers,…
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“If the Hate Speech Bill had been in place between 2013 and 2015 Lai Mohammed would not be alive today”- Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. My dear friend and brother Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, as courageous and truthful as ever, is absolutely right. I would however go a step further by adding that President Muhammadu Buhari himself, Bola Tinubu, Nasir El Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomole, Yemi Osinbajo and a good number of other leaders in the Federal Government and/or the ruling party would no longer be with us either if the Bill had been in place between 2013 and 2015 because they…
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The 1966 Coup and Counter Coup: Looking Back So We Can Look Forward By Reno Omokri First published in my column, #TheAlternative, in Sunday ThisDay of May 24, 2020. It was Winston Churchill who said “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” So, in this week’s #TheAlternative, I will be looking backwards to the January 15, 1966 coup and the July 28, 1966 counter-coup, with the purpose of learning lessons from those two fateful events. I was inspired to write this piece because there is a real danger that history could repeat Itself in Nigeria.…
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Follow a 48 hours ultimatum by the House of Representatives to Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio to name lawmakers who are beneficiaries of NDDC contracts, the Executive Director (Projects) of the commission, Dr Cairo Ojugbo has provided the list of National Assembly members who were awarded contracts in NDDC between 2016 and 2019. Dr. Ojougboh, said that between 2016 and 2019, emergency contracts were awarded to the tune of over N2trillion and supervised by the Senate and House of Reps committee chairmen on the NDDC, “and this is the list of all the awardees and how the contracts were…
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One of the things that differentiate a profession from a trade and occupation is a well defined formal education that is guarded with respect for the sanctity of life. Were this to be true, certain behaviours should be strange amongst professionals. But this is not the case especially nowadays where everything, anything and all things can happen within professional bodies amongst the professionals who, based on interest, can stop at nothing to shamelessly defend the indefensible to forcing the abnormal to become the new normal. “A Profession is a disciplined group of individuals who adhere to ethical standards and who…
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“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either, write something worth reading or do something worth writting.” Barrister P.O. Balonwu quoting Franklin; Toast of DMGS Old Boys Association on their Golden Anniversary Onitsha Nov. 3 – 9, 1975. “I got to know willy through the Asikas, and I took him home for an extended weekend during which he let me in on the secret of making organic fertilizers on my own farm with my animal and other farm waste. It was an inexpensive down – to –earth way to farming.- Ahmed Joda, former Super Permanent…
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“Steve Manson’s magazine dealt in corruption: he attacked the rich, the powerful and the famous – and he made enemies. In a job like that, you couldn’t afford to have dirty secrets of your own. With the whole town itching for you to make a slip, it was like living in a goldfish bowl…” — Goldfish Have No Hiding Place. I don’t know if the detained acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, grew up (like some of us) reading the novels of English writer René Brabazon Raymond, who wrote under the pseudonym James…
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Some think it is foolhardy for the North not to want to relinquish power in 2023. They think it implausible for the North, after eight unbroken years in the saddle, to still want to cling unto power. Some think it should be obvious to the North that the South will have none of that and that should the North persist, it could – should, in fact – lead to the breakup of this country. My thinking is that the North will try its possible best to hold on to power not just beyond 2023 but in perpetuity! At intervals, it…
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Restructuring: The North, The South And Nigeria’s Future. Give it to the North, they get what they want at every turn while the South do the talking. Most radical ideas that had shaped Nigeria’s political landscape often originated from the South only to be perfected to advantage by the North. For instance, while the South championed the struggle for independence, the North acted like she wasn’t ready and would rather remain under British domination. But from when the British lowered the Union Jack, it was the North that had dominated the South and still do. Another is the idea of…
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Aniedobe I didn’t think we would ever mention Ipob and Hamas and Hezbollah in the same sentence but things evolve and maybe things are more similar than they appear. Speaking about things being more similar than they appear, did you know that fatwa in the Islamicworld has Igbo correlate. I told you that Allah in Islam and Ala, the Igbo earth goddess and the Supreme god in the ancient Igbo pantheon are not unrelated. Now Fatuwaa in Igbo means literally …let them catastrophically destroy with an object … such as stone, clubs etc. Fatwa ordinarily is a ruling by Islamic…
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IN December 2012, the Item community in Abia North honoured Arumma Oteh, then Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. I attended that ceremony in the company of the then CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Alex Otti, Diamond Bank GMD and other friends. Then-Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, flew in with a helicopter. The highlight of the event, for me, was when Item High Chief, Prof. Joe Irukwu, took the microphone to personally honour and introduce Amaechi when it was his turn to say a few nice words for Arumma. Irukwu described Amaechi correctly as the “high-performing” Governor…
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The discussions held between Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and some stakeholders of Igbo land and the resolutions agreed there upon are as follows: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has legitimate reasons to be angry. The failure of leadership in Igbo land is a critical issue that has to be addressed urgently. However, there is need to move away from verbal attacks and abuses /insults on elders and neighbors of Igbo nation. The personal sacrifices Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has made for the cause and rights of Igbo nation is highly appreciated and honored by many Igbos. Most Igbos love Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and this…
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By Law Mefor Gabriel Suswan, Senator representing Benue North-East Senatorial District recently told a newspaper that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would still zone the office of the President to the North in 2023. The distinguished senator may not be a member of the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC), but as a senior party member, he is in a position to know that the PDP has not come out with any zoning formula or taken such an insensitive decision. However, the senator was not circumspect and spoke like a prophet without any doubt. Hear him: “Of course, the PDP will…
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By Law Mefor An Igbo adage states: when a deity starts giving much trouble, it will be shown the wood from which it was carved. There are lines that are never crossed in culture and tradition, and in national life. Such red lines keep the society going, cohesive and coherent. And the Igbo society is a highly organized one and imbued in deep and rich culture and tradition, of which most if not all IPOB members are part of, including their factional leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Igbo culture holds murder and its intents as the highest crime against the society and…
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No matter how bitter the medicine is, if there is a chance it will work, then many of us will take it. I therefore write, knowing that my weekend will be spent absorbing horrible names and insults, whilst blocking the most ill mannered amongst my readers. But what I also know, is that I will get some converts, and will sway the free thinking persons out there, who either never knew the truth, or who were never able to see things from a different side of the pentagon. Which ever category you fall into, I wish you God’s blessings and…
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Mar 1, 1990 Playboy sat down with a young Donald Trump in 1990 where he teased a future in politics Written by GLENN PLASKIN Donald Trump sits alone. He hasn’t slept in 48 hours. At six a.m., perched high in the bronze-coated jewel of his empire, Trump Tower, he’s bent over a mammoth Brazilian-rosewood desk, scrutinizing spread sheets. No insomnia, no gnawing worries. “Pressure,” he surmises, sipping an iced Coke, “doesn’t upset my sleep,” a standard four hours nightly. “I like throwing balls into the air—and I dream like a baby.” Three hours later, blond hair marshaled, he announces, with…
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Mar 1, 1990 Playboy sat down with a young Donald Trump in 1990 where he teased a future in politics Written by GLENN PLASKIN Do you think George Bush is soft? I like George Bush very much and support him and always will. But I disagree with him when he talks of a kinder, gentler America. I think if this country gets any kinder or gentler, it’s literally going to cease to exist. I think if we had people from the business community—the Carl Icahns, the Ross Perots—negotiating some of our foreign policy, we’d have respect around the world. What…
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Mar 1, 1990 Playboy sat down with a young Donald Trump in 1990 where he teased a future in politics Written by GLENN PLASKIN What is marriage to you? Is it monogamous? I don’t have to answer that. I never speak about my wife—which is one of the advantages of not being a politician. My marriage is and should be a personal thing. I don’t want to be President. I’m one hundred percent sure. I’d change my mind only if I saw this country continue to go down the tubes. But you do enjoy flirtations? I think any man enjoys…
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He killed his brother and blamed the Bible. Being a Christian fundamentalist, he had made the decision that he would always consult the Bible before doing anything significant. Although he had read the Bible from cover to cover, whenever he wanted special inspiration, he would close his eyes, open the Bible randomly, and point at any part of the opened pages. He would then open his eyes and read the verse on which his index finger rested. Most times he would make a second trip before forming his opinion and taking the necessary action. He would first open the Bible…
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