Only an undiscerning mind would dismiss the angry flood of condemnation currently peeling off public trust from the flaking body of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he, for the second time openly threw his party and the President, Muhammadu Buhari, under the bus. Tinubu’s unguarded […]
Opinion
Currency change deadline extension
The Governor of the Central Bank on Sunday January 29, 2023 announced via a press conference the extension of the deadline for the currency change exercise from January 31, 2023 to February 10, 2023. And in keeping with the CBN Act those in possession of the old notes will be allowed to deposit such with […]
Edda 7 & Aja: What’s the value of human life in Ebonyi?
E bonyi State was created on 1st October, 1996. The founding fathers of Ebonyi State had envisaged a state where human life will be valued and supported to thrive. This was relatively so until Apostle (Engr.) David Umahi, a man who has continued to hype his Christian faith and born-again status became the governor of […]
Presidency: The joke is on Tinubu and Atiku
When the Igbo say that thieves disagree at the point of sharing their loot, it does not strictly suggest that the characters involved are criminals in the real sense of the word. It could rather refer to a conspiracy gone awry or two smart alecks colliding at a particular point of interest. The desperation between […]
Obi’s task of destroying Nigeria’s ‘structure of criminality’
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party’s self-given task of destroying what he has identified as a “structure of criminality”, is no easy task. It is going to be herculean, a Gordian knot and near impossible. But if he succeeds in winning the 2023 presidential election that will be an indication that […]
How Oruk-Anam people exploded the myth of Abak-5
The easily touted myth of Abak-5, which has become a handy tool of emotional blackmail for political vendetta and mileage within Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District exploded into smithereens on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 when Senator Godswill Akpabio debuted in Oruk-Anam LGA to commence his long awaited ward tour which may have been hindered by lingering […]
Criticism and nation-building
C riticism can be defined as the expression of disapproval of someone or something. In the same vein, a critic of a person, policy or system disapproves of them and expresses such view publicly. One who writes reviews and expresses opinions about books, films, music or any art work having considered it carefully can equally […]
Prof Banji Akintoye writes APC standard-bearer, Bola Tinubu
My dear brother Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, I write this letter to you in love, on my own behalf as well as on behalf of millions of other patriotic Yoruba persons who feel as strongly as I do about you. I write it for two important reasons. First, as you surely know, I acknowledge in love […]
PDP’s never ending war
A s the nation counts down to 2023 general elections, there seems to be no end in sight to the combustible brawl within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This fight started soon after Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who had invested heavily in the party including handpicking the National Chairmen of the party up to […]
Tinubu and his divided APC team
Anthony Echi Football tacticians and lay statisticians will tell you that when a player is sent off the pitch, the probability of the team losing widens by over 60% and it makes no difference whether they are playing at home or away. This is the situation facing Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential […]