By: Law Mefor The Igbo term for apprenticeship is ‘Igba Boi.’ It involves learning a trade or craft under someone who is already well-established in the field and is now a master in his own right aka ‘Oga’ in local parlance. Though Igbo apprenticeship had been around for a while before the Biafra war, its…
Former governor of Enugu State, Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo, has endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, saying Igbo would look beyond party lines in the 2023 elections. In a statement issued by his media aide, Nwodo said that Igbo cannot afford to remain political slaves in Nigeria. He also lambasted some Igbo politicians who sold Igbo agenda for…
Over the weekend, I read with utter dismay, Ekene Uzodinma’s diatribe against Gov. Ugwuanyi. As fallacious as it sounded and as demonic as the intent behind Uzodinma’s rant against Ugwuanyi was, it all turned out to be hog-wash, utter nonsense which, gladly, many did not stand or condone and had to wade in to make…
The executive governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum was honoured as Democracy Governor of the Year 2024 at a public lecture marking the 25th anniversary of Nigeria’s democracy, held at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja on May 29, 2024. The event, titled “Democracy in Africa: The Legacy of Abdulsalami Abubakar” in the…
Elder statesman and convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has reacted to the resolutions between Rivers governor Sininalayi Fubara and FCT minister Nyesom Wike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Fubara and Wike have been at loggerheads over the political control of Rivers State. Earlier, President Tinubu had intervened in…
A former Nigerian ambassador to Spain and the Vatican City and former two-term House of Representatives member for Isi Uzo/Enugu East Federal Constituency, Ambassador Kingsley Ebenyi, has declared that the only governorship candidate known to the entire people of Isi Uzo Local Government Area ahead of the 2023 elections is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
As mischief makers and hired social media urchins, working for desperate politicians ahead of 2023 elections in Enugu try to misinform or hoodwink people that the recent approved N15b loan by the Enugu State House of Assembly for Enugu State Government is to mortgage the future of the state, findings have since revealed that the…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has raised the alarm that some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos, Rivers and Delta states have refused to upload the results of the presidential elections collated in various polling units in the states unto INEC’s Central Server. According to Julius Abure, the…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is promising a more intense political engagement from his camp ahead of next year’s elections, saying his strategies will choke his opponents. Governor Wike stated this on Friday during the commissioning of the Rivers House of Assembly residential Quarters, in response to some media publications. The publications in question were…
Renowned leader and philanthropist Chief Chukwudi Nnaji ONWA IGWURUBEZE extended heartfelt condolences to Prince Humphrey Onyima, CEO of Leadership Scorecard Magazine, following his mother’s passing. “I offer heartfelt condolences… May her memory guide you. May God grant strength, comfort and peace,” Chief Onwa Igwurubeze said, eulogizing Mrs. Grace Nwoma Onyima’s kindness, generosity and legacy. Prince…
