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TRIBUTE – Iwuanyanwu: A People’s Ijele
In all matters affecting Igboland and Ndigbo everywhere, on questions people of group cohesion, selfless service…
OPINION: When men go hunting
When it comes to extra-curricular activities, men only see win-win. By Funke Egbemode Monogamy is a…
TRIBUTE – Iwuanyanwu: A collosus in politics
He traversed the entire country, along with his colleagues building the structures of the NNC across…
A promise unfulfilled: The CNG bus conundrum
The CNG bus initiative was meant to be a palliative measure to ease the burden of…
OPINION – NNPC Ltd and challenges in the oil sector: Banire misconceives the facts, promotes biased views
The NNPC Ltd has turned a corner since 2018 when it began to prepare for the…
Anambra Assembly inquires into SEEPCO’s operations amid concerns over host community welfare
The General Manager of Community Relations and Security at SEEPCO, Mr. Austin Atuonah refuted some of…
Salihu Lukman: A cantankerous political rodomont
We urge Nigerians to remain focused and undistracted by the opposition’s pettiness and disinformation, and to…
The Arthur Nzeribe in Ikenga Ugochinyere
Allegedly sidelining other members of the Committee, he was said to have unilaterally issued statements and…
OPINION – From opposition to power: The erosion of progressive ideals in Nigerian politics
By Julius Ogunro Nigeria is an ideological free zone. Our political parties are bereft of political…
OPINION: August 27 and a daughter’s celebration of Abacha
The Nigerian state is not only in the president’s kitty, anyone who doubts that a civilian…
The 18-year-old Age Limit for School Certificate
The age benchmark isn’t arbitrary. It is based on time-honored insights from developmental psychology and educational…
Law Mefor’s misguided critique: Analysis of wisdom, tact in Kalu’s recent call to Gov Otti
The irony here is that the unsavoriness of your language gave you away as an intellectual…
Benjamin Kalu: Another Star from South East
Many may have also forgotten that Kalu was the official spokesperson of the House of Representatives…
Zion Ministry’s South East Crusading Conference
We have secured 21,000 plots of land in Ngor-Okpala in Imo State, where we would build…
Broadcasters should mind the gap between reality and augmented reality
I don’t know if TVC later realised its mistake and if it has followed up the…
Obi Aguocha’s unwarranted attack on deputy speaker, futile, uncharitable
Obi Aguocha is an incompetent fellow who got elected into the National Assembly by stroke of…
OPINION – Obi Aguocha: Deputy Speaker, Kalu did no wrong asking Gov. Otti to rejoin APC
By Stanley Ohajuruka Envy is not a virtue. This is perhaps, an admonition most appropriate for…
Unmasking the Maltese cross of corruption
The House of Representatives’ visit to the Dangote Refinery on July 20, 2024, confirmed Matrix Energy’s…
Dangote: The monopoly we all need
They orchestrated attacks and employed subversive antics just because they felt that the coming onstream of…
Matawalle: The poster boy of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda
I believe that in the fullness of time, Nigerians will come to know and understand the…
The mischievous Igbo-must-leave-Lagos campaign
Even after the elections, the hate vendors were not done. Bayo Onanuga, then, the director of…
Flashback: How Ikenga Ugochinyere almost scuttled APC registration in 2013
Those shocked or surprised by the lawmaker’s antics can be forgiven because they know very little…
Transforming Umuahia into a truly state capital
The extension of the expansion from Abia Tower to Onuimo at the boundary with Imo State…
OPINION: When you miss your step
By Funke Egbemode She has lost two children. One via miscarriage, the other through still-birth. They…
Dangote Refinery: Business place or tourist site?
We thank President Bola Tinubu for his support and for making our dream come true.…
OPINION: Dangote refinery: Dangers of a single narrative – sifting facts from emotion
By Richard Akinola When the Dangote refinery controversy blew up, naturally as someone wired to support…
Onyeka Onwenu: A tribute to an elder sister, a confidant and counsellor 🥺
Onyeka and I spoke a few months ago about a big project she was embarking on…
OPINION: Protests: Lagos paid Sanwo-Olu in his own coin
By Uche Nnadozie In its quest to secure the future and boost the earning capacity of…