Emmanuel Ogebe writes on Why Nigeria Should not let the US Push It to War in Niger Part 6   Recently Nigerians are discovering things they didn’t know about the complex relationship of their country with its neighbors. Uranium is the most popular nuclear fuel and Niger is... Read more
Tunde Bakare And The Lies Of A Failed State
By Chuks Iloegbunam   Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church recently spoke through his hat while preaching a sermon. He told his congregation that, during the January 15, 1966 military action that toppled the First Republic, the soldiers that took Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa removed... Read more
Tunde Bakare Lies About Balewa, The Igbo And Bare Facts Of History
By Obi Nwakanma Mr Tunde Bakare, Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly (now also known as the Citadel Global Community Church) a Nigerian fundamentalist Christian church, is a man with a large following. His words are consequential. His pulpit is large. As a self-proclaimed Christian pastor, many Christians have... Read more
Zora Mehlomakulu Can Never Die, Instead, Her Hikes Multiply
By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Zora Mehlomakulu is one of the many forgotten heroines of the freedom struggle in South Africa. At a time when South Africa appears to be directionless with never ending political squabbles, corruption, poor service delivery, perhaps the time to pause and reflect to unearth the visionary... Read more
By Paulinus Nsirim The Rivers State Government, on Monday, September 27, 2021, approved the sum of N25 billion (Twenty Five Billion Naira) loan from Zenith Bank of Nigeria, for the funding of the Oyigbo-Afam Road, Chokocho-Igbodo Road, the Rumukwurushi-Elimgbu flyover in Port Harcourt and other projects. Approval for the... Read more
By Wole Arisekola In Africa, most especially the South-Western part of Nigeria, it is believed that when a mother hen is crying out to the world that an eagle stole its chic, it is not because it can do anything to retrieve it but to let the world hear... Read more
The Suffocating Unitary Structure, Refusal To Enthrone Equity, Fairplay For All, Impunity, Nepotism And Poor Governance Behind Nigeria’s Crises: Kanu’ Detention Not The Solution
By Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko   A lot of people believe we all need to remember what happened exactly four years ago. Four years ago, I was approached by the South East Governors Forum to arrange a meeting between Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the South East Governors. I pleaded with them... Read more
By Onyeka Onwenu   I told a friend just days before the most outrageous burial of Innyom Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu in Oba, Anambra State in July that I had given my family instructions as to how to bury me when my time comes. Do it quickly, quietly and privately.... Read more
Jomo Kenyatta, Mau-Mau, Eastern Nigeria And An Uhuru That Is Anti-Uhuru
By: Sir Oluchi Ibe   I am happy many are happy that I stopped writing. I will not write, so do not worry. In case you want to read me, I have written enough. Instead of writing, as a teacher, I will keep pushing out assignments. Don’t worry, it... Read more
The Northern Nigeria Nonsense Must Stop
By Dr. Ayakeme Whisky A video circulating in the social media, purportedly a press conference credited to one Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu of northern extraction is unfortunately another belligerent repeat of the dance of shame of some northerners during the 2014 National Conference. Regrettably, the same claims of the “North... Read more