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Igbo Leaders: Fifth Columnists or Sycophants?

Igbo Leaders: Fifth Columnists or Sycophants?

The most powerful tool of a sycophant is eulogy.” – Shaheer Rafi. And ”The Fifth Columnists are the dysfunctional chameleons. ––Mohammad Mustafa It is necessary to determine early in this piece the two most worrisome…

Thorny Issues of Fuel Subsidy and Tinubu’s Ministers

Thorny Issues of Fuel Subsidy and Tinubu’s Ministers

The day His Excellency, Bola Tinubu was delivering his inaugural speech, shortly after he was sworn in as number one citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the President created an impression that he was…

Election Petitions: ‘Uncertain Justice’ In The ‘Storm Centre’ Of Political Controversy (3)

Election Petitions: ‘Uncertain Justice’ In The ‘Storm Centre’ Of Political Controversy (3)

By 1983, Shagari’s NPN utilized its incumbency factor to muzzle its way to electoral victory to the consternation of the opposition parties. But this time around, none of the opposition political parties and their presidential…

A’Ibom Mapping: Eket People Vow To Resist Akpabio’s War Antics

A’Ibom Mapping: Eket People Vow To Resist Akpabio’s War Antics

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State has come under fire from stakeholders of Eket for making comments capable of inciting war in the State. The warning came on the…

X-raying Malnutrition Prevalence in Nigeria

X-raying Malnutrition Prevalence in Nigeria

It’s needless to pretend that all is well with the teeming Nigerians as regards dietary knowing full well the challenging situation is so glaring. Malnutrition is fully here with us and remains a monster that…

100 Days as Governor: For Otti, the Morning Shows the Day

100 Days as Governor: For Otti, the Morning Shows the Day

If his performance in the first 100 days of being in office is an augury of what is to come, then Abia state is on a great voyage of redemption and renaissance. Dr. Alex Otti’s…

Soludo: New Anambra through investment in education, infrastructure

Soludo: New Anambra through investment in education, infrastructure

Something good is happening in Anambra and people are beginning to take notice. The best investments for the future are investments made on the people and in infrastructure. This is what Governor Charles Soludo is…

YM Bichi: Five years of nurturing rule of law culture at DSS

YM Bichi: Five years of nurturing rule of law culture at DSS

There is no gainsaying that the rule of law is the foundation upon which modern and contemporary societies draw their meaning and essence. This much was accentuated by the French philosopher and Judge, Baron Montesquieu…

Imo 2023: Will Ndi-Imo have hope or lose hope?

Imo 2023: Will Ndi-Imo have hope or lose hope?

Governor Hope Uzodinma’s rise to power as Governor of Imo State marked a turning point in the state’s political course and indeed that of Nigeria as a whole. Though Uzodinma had a rocky beginning but…

Edo 2024: Obaseki scorches political terrain, holds no prisoners

Edo 2024: Obaseki scorches political terrain, holds no prisoners

The faceoff between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, recalls a popular meme – “If men were God” – adopted by a transport company plying many routes across Nigeria. The phrase…