The overarching consensus amongst his compatriots is that Emeka Ozumba is unassuming but quietly effective. Cool, calm, calculated and compassionate, the personable go-getter clocks 60 years of age on 11th December 2023. A fresh prince of the diamond jubilee, Ozumba stands tall with well over two decades of illustrious experience in public affairs, reputation management, crisis communication, media and stakeholder …

My piece titled “COP 28: Jamboree, profligacy or serious business” has attracted so much traffic that I am constrained to return to the topic so soon. Two “thieves” are usually crucified on both sides of the Nigerian government or president, one on the right and the other on the left, as was done to Jesus Christ. One is the politician; …

It was 25 years ago; Saturday, 10th October 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the 12th June 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) …

Friendly fires and accidental bombings are not uncommon in wars and they are as old as the history of war itself. Research has shown that there have been many thousands of friendly fire incidents in recorded military history, accounting for an estimated two to 20 per cent of all casualties in battle. While technology has helped to reduce the incidents …

The United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, otherwise called COP28, currently going on in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, opened with the historic launch of the Loss and Damage Fund on Thursday, 3rd December. The operationalisation of the fund on the first day of the summit demonstrated the commitment of the world leaders to the resolution reached last year at COP27 in …

If you are from Abia State, you are likely familiar with and love Ofe Ukazi. You eat it with or without achara. It is a delicacy common to the major subgroups in the state. However, you will need help finding Ofe Ukazi on request in the hotels, restaurants, or fast-food joints in Umuahia, the state capital, or Aba, the commercial …

Ondo is one of Nigeria’s most enlightened states. It is, perhaps, side-by-side with Oyo, one of the most significant political bellwethers of the South-West. Apart from Olusegun Agagu’s four-year spell as governor, that state has maintained its progressive credentials in the last 24 years. But that illustrious tradition has fallen on bad times. And you know this when the opposition …

Nigeria, as I have often said, is a country of one scandal, one minute. Before you have settled down to digest one, another happens! So, you hurriedly sweep the previous one under the carpets to have enough room for the latest! Our carpets, thus, are bulging, threatening to burst any time-t, as they say, at the seams! The latest controversy …

A brand was in the news recently, struggling to put out fires. The company had had a young lady arrested for what it perceived as an unacceptable online review. The action led to a lot of backlash on social media, some offline. The only thing I remember thinking was that I wish the firm had a functional public relations department …

Prayer is communication with the supernatural and spiritual realms, depending on which positive or negative realms of God Almighty or Satan you occupy here in the natural physical world. Those who worship Satan and his fallen angels called gods and goddesses communicate with these fallen angels in the supernatural realm via prayers such as using candles, incenses, animal sacrifices, astrological …