If you ask Nigerians to name past power ministers randomly, it is most likely that they will start with Bart Nnaji, the preeminent engineering professor in the United States who has for almost two decades been almost synonymous with history-changing initiatives in the Nigerian electric power sector. Nnaji left office over a decade ago. He…
History was made on the 7th of February, 2019 at the Best Western Hotel Enugu when the prestigious media company, Leadership Scorecard crowned His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Executive Governor of Enugu State, as the “Best Governor of the Year 2018”. The arrival of His Excellency at the hotel premises was greeted with…
A group, Advocacy for Job Creation, is pushing that capacity for job creation be one of the major criteria for selecting the next governor of Enugu State in the 2023 governorship election. The group described the level of unemployment in the state as alarming. Briefing newsmen in Enugu, at the weekend, Lead Partner of the group,…
AWGU COUNCIL CHAIRMAN HON. OKEKE, OTHERS BAGGED NIGERIAN L.G DEVELOPMENT AWARD 2018. The Chairman, Awgu Local Government Council of Enugu State, Hon Stanley Okeke has amongst 8 other chairmen in the state been honoured with a merit award of excellence “as the Best Performing Local Government chairmen in Nigeria for the year 2018. The Local…
By Law Mefor A democracy without opposition is like making an omelet without breaking eggs; or, a bird flying with one wing or one clapping with one hand. Yet, the fact is there is no opposition in the nation’s so-called democracy. Opposition political parties simply exist as platforms for power grabbers to contest and capture…
It was a night of fanfare and sense of pride that comes with dignity of labour, as the umbrella body of disk jockeys (DJs) in Nigeria locked down the city of Abuja, holding the first ever Nigerian Deejays Awards to recognise members of the society who at their various endeavours have contributed in raising the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s address to Nigerians on Sunday, saying it did not address the core demands of the people. In a statement on Monday via his verified X handle, Obi slammed the president for not showing empathy towards those who…
Steve Hanke, an American professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has sharply criticized Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for his recent purchase of a $150 million Airbus A330 private jet, which Tinubu used for a trip to France. Hanke, who is well-regarded for his work on inflation, expressed his concerns on social media, highlighting…
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…
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…
