Category: GUEST WRITER

By Farooq A. Kperogi Both pro- and anti-Tinubu news outlets and blogs are selectively reporting the documents that Chicago State University handed over to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday. Here are 6 non-partisan tidbits I discovered from poring over them: Chicago State University’s Office of the Registrar affirmed that Bola A. Tinubu indeed attended the university “from August 1977 through June 1979” and was “awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Honors on June 22, 1979.” The registrar also swore to this under oath. The penalty for lying…

By J. Coyden Palmer This diploma from Nigerian President Bola A. Tinubu is what was turned over to election officials in Nigeria and is now the subject of judicial proceedings here in the United States. Tinubu’s opponent, Atiku Abubakar has filed suit in the U.S. seeking clarification on its authenticity and is attempting to have the results of the election that was held in February overturned. I gotta admit. This one story shows the level of corruption in Nigeria and it makes you cry and laugh at the same time.…

By Joseph Aniemeka Nwachukwu The personality of Hon (Mrs) Rubby Emele Imo State Commissioner for Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs is benchmarked on the statement of German statesman Konrad Adenauer, who said thus, “we all live under the same sky, but we all do not have the same horizon”. This speaks of intuitive administrators like Hon. Rubby Emele who, with sense of panache and patriotism, envisaged what others don’t see now. Like Nostradamus, the man who saw tomorrow. Also, a notable leadership development expert, Myles Munroe observed that…

“Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju passes on at 78” By Kenneth Anozie  Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Odera was the first Executive Governor of Anambra state when this present democracy started. He handed over to Dr Chris Ngige. Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju  has passed on recently. Odera as fondly called  put up the structures of governance which is in use today by succeeding administrations. He managed the little resources accrued to the state, ₦580 million monthly, while salaries of public servants were ₦480 million monthly; perfectly thus he has the greatest infrastructural development in the state…

Femi Adesina, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, last week said the former president regretted some of the decisions he took while in office and felt he could have done some things better.The ex-presidential spokesman stated this while speaking at a programme tagged ‘Media Dialogue with Femi Adesina’, organised by the Association of Veteran Journalists in Osun state. Even before the ex-presidential spoke person’s outburst,i t has always been typical for Nigeria’s former leaders to regret carrying or failing to implement certain policies/actions while in office. Sometimes, even…

By Charles Born During these few days gone by, we have particularly harped on “A Lion In The Cage” as our THEME, not as a happenstance or it could be HAPPENING, but it has actually started happening already, life, direct, and in practical reality. The Falcon can no longer hear the Falconer anymore as the center doesn’t appear to be holding any longer. OH! How are the ‘mighty’ falling?!! What a disgraceful fall from ‘grace’ to a completely dead grass it may likely be at the fullness of time? Fellow…

By Henry Ekpe Corporate Accountability And Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, is a Non Governmental Organization NGO, who held a Journalism Training on Peaceful and Non Violent Elections in Imo State, Sponsored by the European Union. The seminar held at Rockview Hotel Owerri, and lasted for two days. The theme was “Journalism Training On Peaceful Election And Non-Violent Elections” When I got the invitation, I was not too keen to participate, especially because of my busy schedules and the apprehension of the unknown within me. And unfortunately, two days before the…

By Uzorma Nathan  I write this piece today in order to consolidate my conviction on my commitment to emancipate the youths from the political quackmire of politico-economic slavery and servitude occasioned by the greedy nature of the political class (our fathers) who have always referred to the youths of this country and Imo state in particular as leaders of tomorrow. Our tomorrow has refused to come and the youths have continued to watched with keen interest only to discover that the political wall-clock is still tickling anti-clockwise against them, this…

By Joseph Aniemeka Nwachukwu Writing in the Edge of the sword, Former French leader, Charles de Gualle speaks of a man of character as someone who “Finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.” The above statement brutally captures iconic Chief Cosmas Nkemjika Iwu, the Secretary to the Government of Imo State. By divine providence or arrangement he is bringing his background of results delivery in various fields of endeavour to bear in his present capacity…