In the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, I raised a stumper in a column, “If Peter Obi fails, as he certainly would, what next for the southeast?” It was with sincere contemplation and unaffected judgement that I probed the imminent misfortunes of the southeast as fashioned by a star-crossed quest. I had advised we deploy tact with dispatch and …

While growing up, there was this song that we used to sing to lampoon, mock or deride the big fool, the big-for-nothing, the brute, the uncouth, and the bully. It went thus: Gongosu, Edidaare Bi o se gun na l’o go to Gongosu, Edidaare. I don’t know the meaning of Gongosu and Edidaare, but they must be abusive words and …

Without being conscious of what he was doing, transport and logistics billionaire, Dr Chidi Anyaegbu of the Chisco Transport fame, may have triggered what will likely define –  no, redefine – the attitude and approach of the Igbo-speaking tribe in the southeast, south-south, and even in some parts of north-central Nigeria in their engagement with the Nigerian state. The story …