CIVIL WAR REFLECTIONS: RELIVING THE TRAGEDIES OF BIAFRA, 56 years on (2)
Although the first gunshots of the Nigerian Civil War were fired in Gakem, Ogoja Province (now Cross River State) on July 6 1967, the roots of the conflict lay much …
Opinions & Articles
Opinions & Articles
Civil War Reflections (1) The Genesis of a Brothers’ War
(Culled from the book Elephants, The Grass and a Teacher… By Chinyere E. Egbe, 2022) There is a false impression that the most proximate event was what led the country …
Civil War Reflections: Reliving the Tragedies of Biafra, 56 years on
Introduction On May 30, 1967, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra as a breakaway, independent country from the state of Nigeria. This was the culmination of one …
Peter Enahoro, Journalism Personified! By Nnamdi Nwigwe
The death of the Nigerian Journalism Colossus, Peter Enahoro, stirs a whole lot of emotions and sentiments that justify a brief excursion into the odyssey of Journalism in modern Nigeria.In …
*THE PRICE OF GOING TO BED WITH FLEA-INFESTED DOGS* A RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO SOYINKA’S OBLOQUY By Victor Amadi
PROFESSOR Oluwole Soyinka needs no elaborate introduction. He is an illustrious son of Africa, and a pride to the black race in a world dominated by white achievements. His 1986 …
FESTUS KEYAMO, APC AND THE DENIGRATION OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. By Victor Anazonwu
After the INEC-enabled Daylight Robbery of February 25 2023, the APC high command is now using divisive politics, intimidation and subterfuge to hush opposition voices and attempt to keep a …
A cursory review of the Supreme Court Naira Redesign Policy Judgment By Chuma Uwechia
On March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated rulings in the case of AG Kaduna, Kogi & Zamfara State v AG Federation & Ors SC/CN/162/2003. Press statements were …
WHEN ROBBERY HAPPENS IN THE MARKET PLACE By Victor U. Amadi
In rural Africa, the market square is not just a place of commerce and business. It also serves as a melting pot for the young and old; natives and strangers; …
*LET YOUR VOTE COUNT* By Dr. Victor Amadi
Tomorrow is the 25th of February, 2023. For all long suffering Nigerians, it is a date with destiny. A day of liberation from the evil grip of oligarchs, criminals and …
Currency Redesign: Why the Supreme Court doesn’t have my Sympathy By Anonymous Nigerian
In Jan, 2019, this court of eminent jurists sat idly by as their head, Chief Justice Walter Onoghen, was hounded out of office like a nonentity by the Buhari administration …
