2015, PDP and the impotence of Amaechi’s NGF
The impression, which has been created in some quarters, is that the position of the chair of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), a non-constitutional body, was at the root of…
Ochei: Manifesting Courage And Confidence
In my over five decades on mother earth, I have never comprehended the import of the cliché ‘’never judge a book by its cover” until by divine providence, I met…
Ali Baba And His 27 Thieves in Imo State
Ali Baba is a character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. This story has been used as a…
A President Without Balls
Permit me to begin this contribution by quoting a portion of an essay that I wrote on 26 September 2011 which was titled ”On Goodluck Jonathan, David and Goliath”. The…
Nigeria at 53 – A Time to Think
Other than the usual congratulations, platitudes, expressions of joy and offerings of thanks to God I believe that as we celebrate our nation’s 53rd independence anniversary it is time for…
Nigeria at 53: what hope for the future?
As Nigeria marks another Independence anniversary again and divided opinions on whether there is any need to celebrate or not still persist. However, Afenifere Renewal Group observes that those who…
Nigeria @ 53: With these few reasons…
A person’s ugliness is the god’s doing; the person’s lack of clothing is his/her own fault. How many recall those ‘good ole’ days in secondary school, the Literary & Debating…
Our Lamb President and the Blood of the Innocents
Permit me to begin this contribution by reproducing a portion of an essay that I wrote on 26 September 2011 which was titled ”On Goodluck Jonathan, David and Goliath”. The…
The Seven Rebel PDP Governors’ Concept of Justice
Since the seven rebel PDP governors embarked on their futile rebellion against President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP, they have at every given opportunity made pretence to…
Kidnapper Kelvin and his ultimatum to President Jonathan
It was an unusual press conference taking place in an unusual location conducted by unusual people. They were dressed in military camouflage, clutching AK47 rifles and were in a village…