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Prepare for revolution in Nigeria – Archbishop Chukwuma

From Geoffrey Anyanwu, Enugu The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province Anglican Communion and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma, has asked Nigerians to be prepared for an imminent revolution in the country. He said that Nigerians have been pushed to the wall by the insensitivity of the government to their plights and are ready […]

Ndigbo Need a Consensus – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 21, 2022 – Speaking with one voice breeds autocracy, panders to charlatans and quacks, and reinforces the pretensions of an elite few. It stifles independent thought, free speech, innovation, reforms and progress. In addition, history has instructed us on the perils of speaking with one voice: it nudges […]

Birthing the Nigerian Spirit – By Prof. Leonard K. Shilgba

BIRTHING THE NIGERIAN SPIRIT We must come to a time in our journey when religion shall be only a PRIVATE affair; Then, the Nigerian spirit shall be born. We must not complain about poor governance, only to insist on the menu of stale religion at the same time; Then, the Nigerian spirit shall be born. […]

Famous ex footballer, President George Weah, shoves presidential duties aside to show his “Buga” dance steps

Imo West 2023: On Goodluck Nanah Opiah We Stand – By Kenneth Uwadi

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | June 21, 2022  – These are interesting times, the atmosphere is getting frenzy, and the excitement is bursting. Billboards are springing up and posters have defaced Owerri and other towns of Imo State. Some people are urging Mr A and Mr B to run in 2023 while some are showcasing […]

Still on Osun Governorship Election – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | June 21, 2022 – In a matter of weeks, voters in Osun will again cast their ballots to elect a governor who will run the affairs of the state for the next four years. With governorship candidates drawn from different political parties fighting hard to occupy ‘Bola Ige House’, […]

Who Wins Osun Governorship Election? – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | June 21, 2022 | In 2018, I wrote a piece on the then governorship candidates of the leading political parties in Osun State. In the article, entitled ‘Osun: Picturing into the future’ (ref: The Nation, September 18, 2018), I tried to showcase each candidate’s quality as well as […]

Emefiele’s fate over presidential ambition in the hands of CBN’s board of directors – Buhari

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted for the first time to Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, presidential ambition, saying his fate will be determined by the apex bank’s board of directors on whether his actions have fallen foul of the laws in place to ensure he can most […]

Court stops INEC from ending voters’ registration

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on  June 30. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon granted the restraining order after listening to arguments in respect of a motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had […]

Botswana reaffirms open-door refugee policy

Botswana has reaffirmed its open-door policy for refugees flocking into the southern African country mainly from the unsettled Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes regions. Ronald Shamukani, Botswana’s minister of Justice said his country would continue to show support to people who were forced into internal and external displacement due to violence, persecution and […]