As the levels of hardship, unemployment, inflation and hunger keep increasing in the country, most Nigerians are afraid that this degrading fluctuating mode of status will give a devastating punching out beat of downgrading economic instability. In the second half of 2023 alone, approximately 5 multinational companies have announced plans to exit Nigeria, a situation … [Read more…]
By C.V.C Ozoaniamalu AWKUZU, 4 January 2022 The cell reeked of abandoned souls, it was a tiny space that could only take two persons, the floor smelled of mixtures of urines, and deadly sweats that ran over the faces of dreadful criminals who came before us. I could see only the midnight blackness; the ambiance … [Read more…]
By Ejeh Josh In its recent report released on 13 of December, 2023, the World Bank presented a graphic image of a country receding deeper into the pit of poverty as a result of years of accumulated mismanagement, bad governance and poor system of leadership. The report shows an economy plummeting despite reforms by the … [Read more…]
By Ikechukwu Nwobodo For the past three years, I have not returned to my community, Amodu Okowo Awkunanaw, in Nkanu West LGA, especially during festive periods such as Easter, Christmas and New Year. My decision to stay away with my immediate family was borne out of the continous nefarious activities of unknown gunmen and other criminals, coupled … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh For the residents of the city of Enugu and those that have been following the disturbing trend over the past 20 years, what Enugu has in coal it lacks in water. Coal is in abundance and that informs the reflective sobriquet of Enugu as the “Coal City State,” while water had … [Read more…]
By Mazi Omife I. Omife MON (Mbuze Mbaukwu) [email protected] Some say he is arrogant. Some say he is defiant. Some say he is autocratic. Yet others say he is stubborn. His first shocker to Anambrarians was on the very day he was elected when he forbade Anambrarians from addressing him as “His Excellency” but simply … [Read more…]
By Barr. Abonyi Uche Levis The appeal court sitting in Lagos state has, over the weekend, upturned the decision of the election tribunal which had earlier upheld the election of the Labour Party House of Assembly candidate for Ezeagu state constituency of Enugu state, Udefuna Chukwudi over the case filed at the tribunal by the … [Read more…]
Impunity, duplicity and deceit are negative attributes of personal character. When these are wittingly contrived to become attributes of our national character, then we are as a nation mired in a quagmire. Edmund Burke, along with some great philosophers, offers insights as to why terrible things happen to good people and nations. In principle, they … [Read more…]
By Uche Anichukwu When Governor Peter Mbah unveiled his Statement of Purpose ahead of the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State, his promise to grow the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) seven folds from $4.4 Billion to $30 Billion generated mixed reactions, as many saw it as a tall order for a state renowned as … [Read more…]
Does President Bola Tinubu have the right, and duty, to make appointments; in the exercise of his powers as president? The answer is yes! Is it his prerogative to determine whom to give what position in government, to the extent that he deems such a person qualified to hold the position? The answer is yes! … [Read more…]
Since the sudden and successive global economic recession which followed the sudden crash in the price of crude in 2014, coupled with the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020 that crippled the global economy, most economies of the world, including that of the developed countries have been struggling to stay afloat. Governments of … [Read more…]
By Daberechukwu Egbo, Ag. Editor-In-Chief 63 years ago, on 1st October 1960, in the heart of Africa and at the centre of its western region, there was a country with great potential, which gained full independence from Great Britain and received its freedom charter on a racing track turned Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) at its … [Read more…]