Opinion

By Casmir Igbokwe The year 2023 will be very interesting. It is a year that will make or mar Nigeria. Currently, there is an intense struggle to covet the beautiful bride called the presidency. Whoever wins this coveted trophy may clink glasses but cannot sleep with two eyes closed. Danger looms, if certain things are not done before the presidential ...

By Tony Ezike The recent statement credited to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami revealing the possibility of the FG to invoke a state of emergency in Anambra State is a political gambit that should be roundly rejected by all lovers of genuine democracy. It is worrisome that the Buhari led APC administration could contemplate ...

By Aloy Uzoekwe As kids growing up, how we laid markers for fights was by a push and a shove. The tactics was thus: a disagreement would arise between two age mates, then one would push the other person and push him again to signify that he was serious. The other person would in retaliation give the pusher a forceful ...

By Casmir Igbokwe The burden of a columnist is that he stands the risk of repeating himself in a country like Nigeria. He keeps writing, drawing attention to the ills of the society, but the more he writes, the worse the situation of things in the country turns out to be. Last year, I wrote a piece entitled, ‘Mr. President, give ...

By Joe Anatune They are unbranded, undifferentiated and command little imagery or appeal. They are on the shelves in the streets of Anambra State waiting to be priced by the Abuja buyer. They use their motley crowd as bargaining chips but hardly share the booties with them. These unethical politicians are on the gravy train as we count down to ...

By Biodun Durojaiye and Tunde Odediran On Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day last year, Rescue Nigeria was officially announced. As part of our launching, we issued a press statement entitled, “It is time to battle the mindsets and forces keeping us down.” In our initial statement, we described Nigeria the way we saw it then, what we believe the problems were, ...

Casmir Igbokwe To many observers, the Nigerian government appears to be playing double standard in the war against terrorism. The present government told us that Boko Haram has been technically defeated. But almost on a daily basis, our soldiers sweat it out with the insurgents in different parts of the North. The more the soldiers engage them, the more we hear ...

By Erasmus Ikhide Senator Ifeanyi Ararume’s appointment as the pioneer Chairman of the new NNPC has been applauded by many as one of best appointment made by President Muhammadu Buhari since he assumed office over six years ago. Ararume has both robust experience in the private and public sector which will rub off positively on the altered NNPC. The Nigerian ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Saturday 25th September, 2021 was the day heaven and earth witnessed the last burial rites of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra state. It was indeed a solemn occasion as the entire Anambra citizens in one accord bade farewell to all forms of maladies, maladministration and all manner of despotic ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Fate was at work to ensure that my last meeting with Alhaji Abdulaziz Chivuzor Ude happened after he had been to an art exhibition. The devoted art patron was walking alone, without attendants or courtiers or whatever in the open courtyard of Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos during the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) after having ...