By Kenneth Okonkwo 12th March 2023. Winston Churchill once said that: “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.” He said this in the House of Commons, November 11, 1947, when he postulated that “Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in…
Tinubu married Delta woman – he and his children are not Igbo Seyi Tinubu married Igbo woman – his children are not Igbo. Akeredolu married Igbo woman – his children and him are not Igbo. Davido’s father/Uncle are children of an Igbo woman- But they are not Igbo. Gbadebo Rhodes Vivor’s Yoruba dad married an…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says in spite of the challenges related to the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, many positives were recorded including the destruction of the myth of political structure. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Falana said that in the just concluded elections, the people showed that…
From Magnus Eze, Enugu Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday, declared that Chijioke Edeoga remains his choice and that of the party for the governorship of Enugu State. Obi, who spoke on a breakfast show of a popular national television station monitored in Enugu, explained…
Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, has stated that from its analysis of the February 25 presidential election, it would appear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to learn new lessons. The organisation stressed that the electoral umpire failed to adhere to its own guidelines, which it enunciated before the…
Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an idiomatic expression and a literary saying….
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. Details later…
Over ten thousands citizens in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State have benefited from a free medical outreach organised by the Sally Gold Development Foundation as a way of supporting the governorship aspiration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah. The mammoth crowd which gathered…
Archbishop Onaiyekan‘Our attention has been drawn to a post making the rounds on the internet that His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, during his homily at Church of Assumption Asokoro urged Nigerians to “accept the result of the 2023 presidential election as announced by INEC.” ‘This is to let the general public know that such post…
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has said that the presidential polls of February 25 failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The ambassador acknowledged that many are angry and frustrated with the results, while some others are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned. She, however, commended Nigerians for demonstrating…
