The court, in a fundamental rights suit brought by Kanu’s lawyers, held that the IPOB leader did not voluntarily choose to be absent from his trial, but that he was forced to flee the country because his fundamental rights to dignity of the human person and personal liberty were wantonly violated by agents of … [Read more…]
Opinion: Gov. Ugwuanyi has Scored an Incredible Political Goal. By Buchi Nnaji One of the attributes of a good leader is the ability to raise more leaders from the younger generation. Unfortunately, that quality as important as it is, is scarce among the current generation of Nigeria leaders. Some of our leaders today are best … [Read more…]
Opinion: David Umahi Vying for Presidency – Genius or Blunder By Dele Sobowale “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” When Chief David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on whose ticket he was elected, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, my first instinct was to denounce his … [Read more…]
Opinion: Reviewing Soludo’s Highbrow Non-aligned Team By Ike Abonyi “Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside the country.” — Emile Lahoud Last November, Anambra voters elected a vibrant and young academic (1984 grad of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka) to replace outgoing banker, Willie Obiano, at the Government House, Awka. … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed for second reading, a bill to repeal the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2007 and enact the Investments and Securities Act to establish Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bill, which seeks to make SEC the apex regulatory authority for the Nigerian capital market, prescribes 10-year jail term … [Read more…]
Isi-Uzo: Who Will Be Her Advocate? Time To Stop The Emotional Blackmail By Prince Ejeh Josh The weeks of January 2022 appeared to have been inundated with socio-political intrigues not only in Nigeria but also across the globe. There have been interesting topics unfolding at the global stage. The Ukraine’s political entanglement with some world … [Read more…]
Opinion: Right to Life By Sandra Ojobo This is actually more difficult than I thought it’d be. The question that has been ringing in my head for over a week now has been, “How best can I convey, or rather, pass, my message across in such a way that a layman would boldly beat his … [Read more…]
The Igbo Think Tank, Nzuko Umunna, has again called on the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the release of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho from detention and seek a political solution to issues preceding their prosecution. In a statement signed by the Executive Secretary of Nzuko Umunna, Ngozi Odumuko, on Monday, the Think … [Read more…]
Chinyeaka Ohaa’s Christmas Visit to Enugu East Zone’s Royal Fathers and the Attempt to Distort Fact By Prince Ejeh Josh When the 20th century Nazi politician and chief propagandist of the German’s Third Reich, Paul Joseph Goebbels, was dishonestly creating an aura of falsehood around the defeated and war devastated nazist dictator, Adolf Hitler, through … [Read more…]
The family of the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. has faulted the legal advice by the Director of Public Prosection (DPP), Lagos State, which stated that the suspects in the murder saga had no case to answer. Father of the deceased student of Dowen College, Mr. Sylvester Oromoni, in reaction to the DPP’s advice, … [Read more…]
Apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and the Tiv nation have endorsed the quest by the South East to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. They, however, demanded that the country must be restructured before the 2023 general election to guarantee its continued co-existence as one … [Read more…]
Banks’ borrowings from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, rose by 233 per cent, year-on-year, to N26.9 trillion in 2021 reflecting increased reliance on the apex bank to cope with the intense scarcity of funds which prevailed in the interbank money market for most part of last year. The CBN has two short … [Read more…]