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Viewpoint: The rains, flooding and Sadiya Umar Farouk’s warning
There is an Igbo saying which I became aware of when I was serving in Nanka, Anambra state. It goes thus: “you do not have to shout to tell a blind man that war has broken out!”
But there are always exceptions to that rule and that…
Viewpoint: Ikpeazu: Aba, history and posterity
by Ben Udechukwu
When the history of Aba will be written Okezie Victor Ikpeazu Ph.D will be reserved a pride of place. This is not so much for recovering the city in phases, it will be for his deliberate, frank and concerted…
Viewpoint: PDP 2023, ZONING AND WIKE’S WEIRD WINNING FORMULA
By Law Mefor
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905
The riding quotation is an apt counsel from a celebrated thinker, George Santayana, who, at the age of 48, left his…
Viewpoint: Enugu killings of IPOB Members
By Obi Aguocha
My heart grieves with sadness as my attention is drawn to the recent incessant clashes between members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and security agents which has again led to deaths of many citizens in Emene, Enugu…
Viewpoint: El-Rufai’s Humiliation and Mamman Daura’s Curious London Trip
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
Twitter: @farooqkperogi
The rescission of the invitation extended to Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as a consequence of sustained social media…
Viewpoint: Let’s tell Arthur Eze the Inconvenient Truth
By Ngwu Nweze
If Ndigbo do not tell Arthur Eze that money is not everything, he will destroy whatever value is left in Igboland. The self-acclaimed Igbo Messiah (Ozo Igbo Ndu) has become a most irritating pain in the neck of…
Samuel Okwaraji: A Football Gen lost during National Service
By Wale Williams
On this day, the 12th of August in 1989, one of Nigeria's sporting horrors happened. The nation lost a rare gem in former Super Eagles midfielder, Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji on the field of Play.
The Green Eagles of…
Okigwe North Hits a new height as court affirms Miriam Onuoha’s victory
By Julius Enemaku
The people of Okigwe North Federal Constituency, comprising of Isiala Mbano, Onuimo and Okigwe local government areas literally trooped to the street in wild jubilation following the judgment of the Court of…
Europe braces for second wave of coronavirus
Europe is bracing for a second wave of coronavirus as continuing outbreaks raise the prospect of reimposed restrictions at a time when millions of people are travelling across the continent for their summer holidays.
The Belgian …
Killings In Southern Kaduna, Is Mr President Aware?
By Uche Aguoru
For some time Nigerians have on daily basis woken up to watch, read or hear of the massacre of innocent citizens in Southern Kaduna, while many have attributed the butchery to religion others believe it is Fulani herdsmen…