Opinion

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ODOGWU NWOKE, “ONWA IGWURUBEZE”, ONWA N’IGBO-NILE – HIGH CHIEF CHUKWUDI NNAJI – AN EXEMPLARY PHILANTHROPIST

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Happy Birthday Anniversary to An Exemplary Philanthropist, A Humanist Par Excellent, the Founder of 9th Holdings, CEO of 9th Integrated Energy Solutions Ltd, Chairman of McDonald’s Manufacturing Industries Ltd, Chairman Amach Homes Limited, the Sole Proprietor of ROWE Motor Oil Nigeria, and the President/Founder of I-Care Mobile – a corporate social responsibility initiative aimed at…

Gov. Ugwuanyi’s belief in patriotism, a successor with private, public sector background saw to my emergence – Dr. Mbah

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…As Governor-elect’s Transition Committee visits The Governor-elect of #Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Thursday expressed profound gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi for standing firm in his belief in patriotism, and for successfully leading the campaign for the emergence of someone with public and private sector background as his successor in spite of blackmail,…

Why I can’t reconcile with Ooni – Ex-wife, Queen Naomi

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The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Queen Silekunola Naomi Ogunwusi, has opened up on why it would be difficult for her to reconcile with the monarch. She said she can’t return to the palace with the king now married to six other women. According to her, she is soft and can’t survive amid…

Chinua Achebe was a novelist while Wole Soyinka is a playwright

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Chinua Achebe was a novelist. Wole Soyinka is a playwright. I know most of you didn’t know this, but there is really no basis for comparison between the two. It’s like comparing Sunny Ade and Oliver De Coque because they are both singers. Chinua Achebe also deserved the Nobel Prize no doubt, but he never…

Between Achebe & Soyinka: the Nobel Laureate Politics and Obidients Saga

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Achebe was more like a true African spirit on a mission to provide a counter narrative to the faulty (rac!st) Western narrative of Africa and Africans; narratives told to maintain the supremacy of the Whites. Achebe’s literary “sin”, why he can never deserve the Nobel Laureates title was simply because his works questioned Joseph Conrad’s…

Datti, ‘Obidients’ ready for Soyinka’s debate – Obi-Datti Movement

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The Obi-Datti Movement has said supporters of the Labor Party, LP, otherwise known as “Obidients” and the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, are ready for a televised debate challenge by Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. The spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Movement, Professor Chris Nwakobia, disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV on Saturday. Speaker…

ENUGU: Labour Party Reacts as ENHA Laments Frustration of Violent Thugs in Enugu State Guber Election

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We of the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State have read, with much interest, a motion passed by the Enugu State House of Assembly urging President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to investigate the “ignoble role” of the military in the governorship and state assembly polls of March 18, 2023. At first we doubted…

Enugu guber election massively rigged – Speaker Ubosi

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By Chinedu Adonu The speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edward Ubosi on Tuesday said that the governorship and State House of Assembly election held on 18th of March was massively rigged. Ubosi made this known while accepting the motion presented at the plenary in Enugu on Tuesday by the member representing…

Akwa Ibom State has the best roads and stadium in Nigeria.

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Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo hosted the 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final. The 21-storey Dakkada Towers was opened in 2021. It has its own airline, Ibom Air which is Africa’s only sub national airline. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria has one of Africa’s largest libraries, Ibom E-library in Uyo. It has a 1,000 capacity conference…

Senator Barau Jibrin is the most Competent, Experienced Candidate for the 10th Senate Presidency.

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Sen. Jibrin Barau,who represents Kano North Senatorial in the National Assembly has been declared as the most experienced candidate for the 10th Senate Presidency. Going with the array of candidates who had indicated interest in the position, Barau is described as the most competent to be the 10th Senate President of the Federal Republic of…