When you find two people from the Benin kingdom talking these days, chances are that they are talking artifacts. That…
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Those who challenged this dominating wisdom were either jailed, maimed or killed. This bully tactics between the North and South had been at play from year dot. It had been there throughout our relationship with these foreigners from the Sahel. The savagery and public degradation they put Southerners who have the balls to call for radical change amount to having the meanest junk yard dogs among humans. Yet, Southerners continue to disagree with the North because their political model of master/servant relationship would not be allowed to take root in Nigeria of disparage nationalities.
By inviting NCC and INEC shunning its own invitation, it appears the House of Reps was acting a devious and utterly treacherous script
The tussle between farmers and herders is more pronounced in the Middle Belt/North Central states of Plateau, Nasarawa and Benue
I am very uncomfortable with the lavish display of wealth on any occasion, especially in a time of hardship and lack for most others
Although the Calabar experiment could not stand the test of time, it nevertheless set the ball of the newspaper industry rolling in Nigeria.
These lines succinctly speak true of the contemporary times, especially at it relates to the November 6, 2021 Anambra state governorship election.
From the nuisance of a funny clip on social media applications annoyingly freezing, to critical communications where a glitch could be serious if it affects remote surgery or an automated factory, secure user experience is now the main end-user expectation as 5G use cases become more demanding, critical and sophisticated.
“I dey for house now? Where I for dey?”
Within those four years and some months that I worked in the media department of The SCOAN, I observed a couple of anomalies which I want you to bring to an immediate end as you take charge of the administrative aspect of the ministry. Everyone must accept the fact that the death of your husband is the end of an era and standards cannot remain the same forever. Change, even among the body of Christ, is as constant as the morning sun.
Even the unscrupulous critics agree that electronic transmission of election results is not only strategic in strengthening and deepening democracy but in vogue, the world over. Among others, it confers legitimacy on elections sequel to inherent transparency and also encourages massive participation following the ease and convenience it delivers. And quite instructively, it does not replace but complements the usual physical transmission, thus implying that combination of both guarantees the infallibility of the results.
More than any time, since the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970, the survival of the country as a united nation is being threatened. Although, at all times, there were issues that reminded us of our divisive backgrounds, often manifesting in terms of political demands by sections of the country, this is the first time Nigeria is experiencing secessionist agitations from two groups from two sections of the country – Nnamdi Kanu’s group in the South-East and Sunday Igboho’s in the South-West. These are agitations, which have assumed the forms of civil disobedience and in the case of Nnamdi Kanu’s group in South-East, it has graduated to rebellion against the Nigerian state, resulting in attacks on police stations, kidnappings and killings of security personnel and other functionaries of government as well as destructions of government structures.
The 2018 bill seeks to repeal the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 (as amended) and enact an Act to provide measures for the detection, prevention, enforcement, combating and prohibition of acts of terrorism as well as the effective implementation of international instruments aimed at preventing and combating terrorism and suppressing its financing.
They’ve sprouted and taken over every inch of the land ruled by your underachieving regime, wearing the masks of terrorism, corruption, rape, banditry, ritualism and daily bloodshed – kicking Nigeria in the teeth – with no end in sight.
THE FIRST SIN of these Igbo leaders is lack of development in Igboland that drew the ire of Kanu in the first place.
By obstinately demanding for the Golden Stool, which was the symbol of the Ashanti nation, Hogston didn’t know that he was, apologies to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, provoking an uprising, which would “bring out the beast” in the Ashanti people.
Soon afterwards, I overheard someone say now is the time for my immediate past dean at the LASU School of Communication, Prof. Rotimi Olatunji. I was keen on hearing Prof. Olatunji’s reaction. I was really anxious hoping seriously he would like to do it so we can sit down to organise our home front with all the credible and smart experts and take time to formulate a winning formula. I was so confident he would immediately earn the support of everyone at LASUSOC. I also believe the man with the ceaselessly rising profile would clinch the UNIOSUN ticket.
Kalu, who has sustained his cult-like followership in the political space since his first political outing as a member of House of Representatives in 1992, has come out to state categorically, that he has no anointed candidate (s) in the forthcoming Congress in Abia state. Hence, there will be a level playing ground for all aspirants.
Before the advent of independence Africans clamoured for the right to rule themselves: they were fed up of their white colonial masters running their lives. They could do it themselves.
Just open the pages of newspapers these days and you will marvel at the rate murderous groups operate, unleashing a reign of terror from state to state.