Day: July 25, 2022

GOVERNOR UGWUANYI’S REDEMPTIVE AURA OF PEACE AND JUSTICE IN A RESTIVE NIGERIA

By Steve Oruruo Since Independence, a class of Nigeria’s highhanded political leaders has become unrepentant architects of bigotry and ethnic divisiveness, unleashing harrowing economic hardships and pervasive injustices on the people. This has precipitated several homegrown cataclysms including the intractable Boko Haram menace, intra-community crises, […]

23RD JULY IN HISTORY: All hail Haile Selassie, Happy Posthumous Birthday to an African Legend for his heroic exploits and iconic legacy in the continent.

Only one African state managed to stave off the onslaught of European occupation during the Scrabble: Ethiopia, an ancient Christian kingdom, once ruled by the legendary Prester John. In 1896, when the Italians, with 10,000 European troops, invaded Ethiopia from their coastal enclave at Massawa […]