Ojukwu: The Beloved And The Hated
Posted by chuks.oluigbo on Dec 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
By Chukwudi OHIRI
Born on November 4, 1933 at Zungeru in Northern Nigeria to one of Africa’s most affluent of the time, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a typical example of a man born with a silver spoon. His father, Sir Louis Phillipe Odumegwu Ojukwu, was a big time businessman of great repute majoring in transportation and a whole lot of other businesses that fetched him enormous fortunes. With such a...
Are Nigerians Mad?
Posted by chuks.oluigbo on Nov 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment
By Stanley AZUAKOLA
What would you call a people who had an argument in the 1980s, agreed on solutions and conditions, didn’t implement them, had the same argument again in the 1990s, agreed again on solutions and conditions, failed once again to implement, had the same argument in the new millennium, went through same cycle, and now in 2011 are again having the same argument? Seriously, what would you call them?...
South-East Roads: Journey Through Hell
Posted by chuks.oluigbo on Nov 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
By Odinaka ANUDU
One of the greatest problems plaguing the South-Eastern part of Nigeria is the pitiable state of roads in the region. From Anambra to Enugu, down to Ebonyi, Abia and Imo, many state and federal government roads are either in a state of abandonment or total disrepair. At the moment, residents of the region prefer to describe their roads as death warrants since they now consider the expression ‘death...
The Shocking Of Buhari: The South-East Factor
Posted by chuks.oluigbo on Apr 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment
By Socrates Ebo
Buhari: Still dazed by his defeat
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, no doubt, is a dazed man. The events of April 16, 2011 will forever stir bewilderment in his mind. General Buhari had cut for himself a stiff image of a no-nonsense man. It is an image that was carefully cultivated during his brief 1984/85 draconian convulsions in the rulership of our beguiled nation. Ever since, General Buhari...
Our focus is on result collation, says INEC
Posted by on Apr 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Independent National Electoral Commission said yesterday that its attention is focused on verifying and authenticating the results of the state governorship elections.
Opposition parties who rejected the outcome of the presidential poll cited rigging and other electoral fraud, criticising the commission’s oversight of result collation during a protest that turned into riots in Kaduna, Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, Gombe...
Interview: Ozomma Nobis Elendu
Posted by on Apr 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I am Ozomma Nobis Elendu. I went to Umuchu central school. Called to Bar in 1989. I went to University of Lagos and was the only student who did not do his third year because I was promoted to final year. I did my Masters degree in Law at University of Nigeria, Enugu campus and made Distinction in arbitration. Since 1995, I have been a member of National Executive Committe of Nigeria Bar Association. In 2002, I...
The Many Woes Of the South-East
Posted by on Apr 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
The South-East Nigeria, home of the Igbo tribe cries of many woes bedeviling the region. Since the end of the civil war, the handy solution has always been to blame it on some external forces out outside the land. In a word: marginalization. But a painstaking and objective look into the remote and recent events in the South-East reveals the actual problem with the people
South-East Nigeria, comprising the five states...
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