By Dr Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide joins the entire Igbo both at home and in the Diaspora in celebrating an accomplished erudite reflective scholar, renowned author, seasoned diplomat, resourceful administrator, cultural leviathan, political submarine, pathfinder and an Igbo Titan of incredible global reckoning, His Excellency, Ambassador (Prof.) George Obiozor (Ugwumba), the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide …

Peter Obi’s fame has grown like a bush fire in the harmattan. But have you heard the underlying problems about him? He is a politician that lies. He exaggerates the truth. If you hold your child up in admiration of him, Obi will kiss that child to make himself look good and to secure your vote. He was seen in …

In my primary and secondary school days, it was common to see someone run to the staffroom to gleefully announce to the hearing of teachers: “Two fighting, Sir/Ma”! And the teachers would send the “reporter” back to the errant students to report with automatic alacrity. On occasions where either or both errant students could be strong-headed enough to ignore the …

There seems to be the tendency by other political parties, and their presidential candidates, of leaving the burning issues in the land and focusing on Peter Obi, the standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP). This is usually the case when these other candidates or their supporters grant television or newspaper interviews. As if these are not enough, they have …

It has become common these days, especially as campaigns for the 2023 general elections peak, for supporters of the various candidates to use all sorts of tactics to win support for their preferred choices. No place are the attacks more frequent than on social media, which is now the fastest means of information dissemination. On different WhatsApp platforms, news and …

Let’s call it a tale of two WhatsApp broadcasts. On 5 June 2022, I received this chat from an older friend whom I call “uncle” because of the age difference: “Today in Owo at St Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo, Fulani herdsmen on rampage”. It was accompanied with videos of the terror act in which 80 defenceless worshippers were …

By Segun Ayobolu Given the strong feelings evoked in the South East by the perceived imperative of a President of Igbo extraction succeeding President Muhmmadu Buhari in 2023, it is understandable that the presidential aspiration of Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) has gained considerable traction, particularly among youths in the region. But then, the demand in some …

To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a lawyer, it didn’t just rain on 28 March, this year, it poured. He was not only onboard the Kaduna-bound train attacked by terrorists, his wife, Amina, was also there. They both got abducted. For the next over 100 days, Hassan …

While Sam Omatseye is taking a forceful vacation from the backlash he incurred from his recent baseless attack on the person and aspiration of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, it became the turn of one Jesutega Onokpasa to take the increasingly toxic platform of The Nation newspaper to impugn the claims the Anambra State-born business king and politician …

By Olabisi Deji-Folutile In other climes, a total shutdown of the public university system in a pre-election year should be a major source of worry to a ruling party that aspires to remain in power. But here, that is far from being the case. Rather, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has carried on with its campaigns as if nothing …