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By Osita Chidoka I am distraught. I finally saw the video of the killing of the Army couple. Sacrilege. Desecration of Igboland. If the gruesome murder was because they were Nigerian soldiers, then we have hit a new low. Killing a woman whose crime is that she has a job to keep body and soul together is tragic and unpardonable. Our culture and spiritual belief system do not permit the killing of women, Nwa okpu. No. No. No. It is evil. Evil has entered our land. Many Igbo societies suffered for the kidnap and selling of their people during the…
By Owei Lakemfa Missing. I am on my way to the police station to report that the Nigerian Government is missing. The absence of government in the country is glaring. A week ago, I thought it was on sabbatical. Midweek, I concluded that with terrorists, bandits, criminals and some ministers acting with impunity, the government must be Away Without Leave, AWOL. But this week, having determined that government cannot be so incompetent, clueless, rudderless and insensitive as to allow Nigerians to be treated as orphans, I concluded that the Buhari government is missing and that it is the patriotic duty…
By Hassan Gimba In the book, The Impact of Banditry on Nigeria’s Security in the Fourth Republic: An Evaluation of Nigeria’s North-West by Rosenje, Musharafa Olapeju (PhD) and Adeniyi, Oluwatobi Peter, both of the Department of Political Science, Tai Solarin University of Education, first published on 30/04/2021, the authors posited that “Banditry is fast becoming alarming in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic to the extent that it poses a serious security threat not only to the North-West region but to Nigeria as a whole. The level at which bandits operate within the landscape of Nigeria’s North-West has led to a spree of…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu Flight operations at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, continued on Monday following the withdrawal of the earlier threat to shutdown operations in airports across the country. A Correspondent of Ikengaonline who monitored activities at the airport, reports that as at 12pm, Air Peace and Ibom Air landed at the facility from Lagos. The two flights also took off to Abuja with few passengers. Recall that the management of Air Peace had in a tweet on May 8, assured the flying public of the restoration of its flight operations across the country. The tweet read in part:…
By Osmund Agbo If your life goal is to get rich quick, just take my candid advice and come up with a business idea with the premise that the average Joe you meet everyday in the streets is unapologetically stupid; because he likely is. By no means, don’t even bother feeling any kind of shame about the immorality of exploiting a fellow human being. Joe wouldn’t know and may not give a hoot, even if he does. I woke up this morning reflecting on two news items which I came across in the past few days. One was a New…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has lamented the loss of accreditation for Abia State Medical School. Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr. Chimezie Okwuonu, who made the position of the medical body known in a statement he issued on Monday in Umuahia, linked the sad development to the near comatose state of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, ABSUTH, Aba, due to staff salary arrears. The NMA boss who said the situation posed grave danger to the health sector of the state, regretted that appeals and even protests by NMA for…
By Jude Eze Every meticulous student of global history must come across certain informal cliche that all Popes who left remarkable impression and brought enviable reforms to Christianity and sublimely impacted our world were either those who were never desperate to be elected, or those who were not popular among the electoral college prior to conclaves. The examples of Cardinal Angelo Roncalli who became Pope John XXIII and Karol Wojtyła, (Pope John Paul II) stand out in this regard. They were the underdogs in the build-up to October 1958 and 1978 conclaves respectively. None of them was seen as ‘popeable.’…
Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor Legal luminary, Chief Femi Falana, has said that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Goodwin Emefiele, is not legally qualified to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Falana in a statement entitled “Legal Hurdles to Cross by Mr. Godwin Emefiele,” said the CBN Governor’s participation in partisan politics while holding sway as the apex bank’s boss was a contradiction of the CBN Act. According to Falana, Emefiele’s involvement in partisan politics will compromise CBN’s autonomy. “For the avoidance of doubt, the powers conferred on the Governor and the Board of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Red Cross Society has blamed failures recorded in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria on the poor attitude of the country’s leaders. The Chairman of Nigerian Red Cross Society in Anambra State, Professor Peter Emeka Katchy, who stated this, described Nigerian leaders as being non-purposeful in actions, hence, the setbacks in the fight against bandits, unknown gunmen and others that had inflicted misery, sorrow and hardship on Nigerians. Professor Katchy made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Amawbia, Anambra State at an event marking the 2022 World Red Cross Day on Sunday. He said:…
By Femi Falana Last week, it was reported that a group of farmers had purchased the N100 million nomination form for the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to enable him to contest the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While thanking his band of supporters, Mr. Emefiele did not hesitate to confirm his interest in the presidential race. According to him, “Should I answer their calls and decide to seek presidential nomination, I will use my own hard-earned savings from over 35 years of banking leadership (simulating the image of a…