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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 …

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…