Nigeria’s former military head of state Mr Yakubu Gowon recently marked his 90th birthday anniversary. Expectedly, many Nigerians felicitated him on the landmark occasion. Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, also congratulated the nonagenarian. However,…
Nigeria @ 64: A dangerous one-party diabolism — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The one-party phenomenon that ruined many African countries in the past is being regurgitated in modern-day Nigeria. It’s so obvious that gruesome tragedy is brewing all over the land that used to advertise itself as the Giant of Africa. Nigeria…
Bankers’ Committee unveils stunning transformation of National Theatre
The National Theatre in Lagos is undergoing a remarkable transformation, thanks to the intervention of the Bankers’ Committee. The iconic cultural landmark is being revived to its former glory and beyond, with the aim of creating a world-class creative and…
Wole Soyinka: Has the man died? — Promise Adiele PhD
Wole Soyinka is by every intellectual and academic classification an iconic figure. His reputation blossomed after he won the Nobel Laureate in 1986 having distinguished himself as a literary genius. For involving in the Nigeria/Biafra war, the Yakubu Gowon atrocious…
ECOWAS leaders meet in Abuja over political, economic development
ECOWAS leaders are currently meeting in Abuja to discuss political and economic issues concerning the sub-region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leaders would examine ways to address the pulling out of the bloc by Mali, Burkina…
Rangers International @ 54 — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made the famous announcement of “No Victor, No Vanquished”, the vanquished ones knew themselves as they sauntered…
Why aren’t we telling the civil war story? — Gbubemi Atimomo
Reflecting on the absence of a unified perspective on the Nigerian Civil War I must have been in either Primary 4 or 5 when I first heard about the Nigerian Civil War. I’m not exactly sure how I found out,…
Agenda for the next president — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some contenders and wannabes are talking tough on rescuing Nigeria from ruin once they are elected as the country’s president. Anybody elected as the president of Nigeria in this woebegone time must…
Tinubu is like Sani Abacha — Shettima
Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC), vice presidential candidate, has said that Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, has a dose of hospitality that the late Sani Abacha, a former military ruler, had, and the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari…
A tropical scam made by Britain –Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A scam that lasts for all of 61 years is no ordinary scam. Call it a mega scam, and Nigeria will take a tropical bow. Everything about Naija, to use the hip and contemporary sobriquet, is shrouded in the kind…