In my column of 14 July 2017, titled “Biafra: From monologue to dialogue,” I had a tinge of optimism that the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was about to end. The optimism was…
Cole insults from Victoria Island — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
If your family name is not Cole, and your address is not Victoria Island, it is very unconstitutional to marry from the upper crust! Yes, it runs counter to the Nigerian constitution to come from the wilds of the eastern…
Soludo: The true progressive — Paul Nwosu
Anambra State is engaged in a progressive gear of change. The astute governance of Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, reflects this ideological character on all fronts. Under his administration, who we are as Ndi-Anambra and what we stand for have…
Geometric Power: Electricity consumers laud media for social responsibility role
Four days after it issued a press statement warning those it called mortal enemies of progress in the Southeast for spreading rumours against the Geometric Power group which is about to commission its 188-megawatt electricity generation plant in Aba in…
Zik’s day beckons — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The man fondly called Zik of Africa deserves his day. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first president, deserves his birthday, November 16, to be slated as a national holiday. It is a deserving honour for the pivotal leader…
Don’t stay in marriage prone to violence, Zik’s wife cautions women
Professor Emeritus, Uche Azikiwe, the wife of Nigeria’s first president and the premier of the Eastern Region, late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, weekend, cautioned women to quit marriages prone to domestic violence. The don, who said abusive marriages have claimed many…
Zik’s Lecture: Koroma, Obi, Nwobodo, others harp on purposeful migration
The immediate past President of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, has lauded the virtues of late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe as worthy of emulation. He spoke on Saturday at the 8th Zik Lecture Series at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra…
A national day for Zik of Africa – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerians across all the divides cannot forget in a hurry that the country could not have become independent on October 1, 1960 if not for the resolve of one iconic nationalist. When others were fighting for their ethnic groups he…
Politics is a game of jokers – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There is sadness all over Nigeria today, and I don’t like it. This simply shows that our politics is all wrong. If the politics is right, people ought to be laughing from Lagos to Maiduguri and from Sokoto to Calabar.…
Obiano declares Zik’s birthday work-free day, asks FG to make it national holiday
Anambra State will soon start to observe November 16 of every year a work-free day in the state to commemorate the birthday of Nigeria’s first president, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who led the country to independence on October 1, 1960. Governor…