Opinion

By Nnaemeka Nnopuechi It was like a breath of fresh air when the ancient town of Onitsha paused from its usual hurley burley to celebrate Chief (Dr) Ichie Ezechinyelugo, Ezeojih Paul Amanchukwu Okonkwor on Saturday the 15th of October, 2022. Don’t know him? Well, he’s better known for Pokobros Group (W. A.) Ltd, the business empire he established from scratch. ...

By Maduka Nweke Different happenings in Nigeria in recent times seem to mean that children are glaringly watching while their fathers die gradually. Nigeria as a nation has suffered tremendously in the hands of those that ought to rescue it. Nigeria has become a dumping ground for all fake, adulterated and second hand goods of any sort. Those who are ...

Casmir Igbokwe The road to 2023 is replete with danger signals. On four occasions now, the Labour Party has encountered politically-motivated attacks during some of its meetings in some parts of Enugu state. It first happened in Aninri a few weeks ago. Later, it occurred in Awgu and Oji River. A few days ago, a similar attack occurred at Umuida, ...

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The soft, gentlemanly features of Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme belie the heart of steel inside the late first ever Vice-President of Nigeria. Back in 1998, Nigeria’s Head of State, General Sani Abacha, had perfected plans of transmuting from a military leader to a civilian president. Abacha got all the five existing political parties to adopt him ...

By Isidore Emeka Uzoatu. Knowing neither how nor why, I woke up this morning on a kind of high. Largely influenced by the escalating cost of energy worldwide, it left me, a la once upon Jamaican reggae icon Dennis Brown, halfway up and halfway down. Then in a follow-up daydream, a diptych of the official portraits of Peter Obi and ...

Ikechukwu Amaechi, the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of Nigeria’s online newspaper, TheNiche, was born on January 26, 1967. He hails from Obohia, a bucolic community in Ekwereazu, Ahiazu-Mbaise local government area of Imo State. He is the first child in a family of eight siblings, four boys and four girls. His parents, Nze Alexander Amadikwa Amaechi was a salesman and public relations ...

By Ernest Chukwusoro Igwe Strike as a fundamental human right across all divides of human society is a form of protest against such vices as ill treatment, unjust practices, deviation from the norms and expectations, sadism, wickedness, denials, and not keeping faith with agreements.  Strikes come in different forms and may include crying by little children; contrarian discussions and writings; ...

By Chukwuemeka Aroh The Mbah/Ossai political Armada has set sail. A political fleet of many heavy support groups, individuals and political actors of all sorts on the 12th day of October will set sail for a tremendous triumph under the command of the Duke of political organizing himself, Chief ikeje Asogwa (Ide Iheaka). The purpose of this unleashing of these political ...

Casmir Igbokwe For Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the proof of the pudding is no more in the eating. It is now in the cooking. Nigeria’s presidential election is yet to take place, but this presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is already moving with the swagger of a President. Last week, after about 12 days of reportedly ...

By Isidore Emeka Uzoatu. That Reverend Father Camilus Mbaka of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) is on the trend again is no longer news. What with its grist being that he has been ordered to proceed to a monastery for prayers by his bishop. This comes in a swift follow-up to the reopening of the hitherto shut assembly of ...