By Douglas E. Schoen Donald Trump may well have sealed the outcome of the 2024 election with a performance on Thursday night in Milwaukee that has largely been unmatched in recent American political history. The former president eschewed the polarization and division that has marked much of his rhetoric in the past. In his speech officially accepting the Republican Party’s nomination there were only a couple of references to the 2020 election. Trump was able to hit on key messages when speaking about topics like inflation, and especially immigration, in…
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Imperative of Participation In Imo State’s Local Government Elections
By Chibuikem Diala As Imo State gears up for its Local Government Elections in September 2024, the political landscape is rife with skepticism and distrust. With 305 wards across 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) set to compete in a State organised election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has already mobilized its machinery for the polls. However, the opposition parties, including the Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are yet to fully commit to participating in the process. The reasons adduced by some opposition parties and citizens threatening…
Read MorePeter Obi As Soyinka’s Notelette
By Emeka Obasi Prof. Wole Soyinka will soon clock 90, we must continue to celebrate his past and throw the present into the forest of infamy. Some of us tend to forget that WS is a dramatist and will continue to write about everything, until his last hour. Anyone who expects the Nobel Laureate to ignore Peter Obi, Leader of Opposition, is living in Mars. Soyinka holds the Obidients in awe and the only way to attract global traffic is to flow against the tide. That explains why the Lion…
Read MoreWHY IMO SPEAKER MOVED AGAINST FOUR LAWMAKERS, SUSPENDED THEM INDEFINITELY
By Samuelson Ikenna Onuoha The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chike Olemgbe, has moved against some members of the House who are plotting to impeach him. To this end, four members of the House who were identified as the arrow heads of the plot have been suspended with immediate effect. They are : Hon Samuel Chidiebere Ogbunikpa, Representing Okigwe State Constituency. Hon Dominic Ezerioha, Representing Oru-west State Constituency. Hon Samuel Nkem Otuibe, Representing Ahiazu Mbaise State Constituency. Hon Henry Agabasonu, Representing Ezinihitte Mbaise State Constituency.…
Read MoreFurther Thoughts On Being Sick, Tired About Nigeria
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I wrote my column last week about being sick and tired of being sick and tired, I had not the slightest inkling that it would resonate with such vast and varied strata of the Nigerian public sphere. I merely wanted to ventilate the pent-up disillusionment that had welled up in me over time and expected most people to ignore my self-absorbed rumination. Columnism is, after all, self-expression before it is public commentary. In fact, all forms of writing are conscious and unconscious self-portraitures. As Nobel-Prize-winning…
Read MoreOwerri Zone, Imo Monarchs And Uzodinma’s Promise
By Nnamdi Nwadike Ever since a group of Imo traditional rulers were herded to the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, sometime ago, to do a march past, with the then First Lady of the state, Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha, taking the salute, the unappeased gods have remained unrelenting in pushing them from one “wombling ” and “fumbling ” to another. The latest is their ongoing dance to an orchestra renditioned by a clique of politicians in Owerri zone. The lyrics is the purported promise made by the state governor, His Excellency, Senator…
Read MoreImo Charter Of Equity, Orlu Monarchs And Enye-ndi-ebe, Enye-ndi-ebe
According to the immortal prose writing lord and acclaimed godfather of African literature, Prof Chinua Achebe, “an old man never stays at home and watch helplessly while the mother she-goat delivers in tethers.” Again, it is a generally held aphorism in Igbo cultural worldview that “what an elder sees while sitting down, a child who climbs even an Iroko tree might not see it.” The above aphorisms are indeed, words of wisdom. Aware of their sacred obligations to both the physical and metaphysical entities in Imo State, traditional rulers…
Read MoreAs OPOCA Admits Samdaddy’s Victory.
By Lancelot Obiaku Let us go straight down to business. Over time, it has been proven that if the Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA) ever speaks, it speaks for Gov. Hope Uzodimma. If it is silent, it is because its silence represents the interest of the Governor at that time. The man who calls himself the supreme leader of the quasi-political group has just been reappointed as Commissioner by the Governor. Mr. Rex Anunobi, without prejudice to him, has a reputation for sniffing around any government in…
Read MoreEmelumba’s Unguarded Attack On Ihedioha Condemnable
The unprovoked and utterly unguarded attack launched against the immediate past Imo State governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON, KSC, by the commissioner of information, strategy and public orientation, Hon. Declean Mbadiwe Emelumba, is not only irritating but also condemnable.It is on record that since the supreme court sacked Ihedioha on January 14, 2020, the former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has never commented on the administration of his successor, Governor Hope Uzodimma, no matter the provocation.Even in his recent Arise TV interview, no matter the…
Read MoreRe: Imo Charter Of Equity ‘2027!-Owerri, Okigwe Zone-Which Way To Go?
By Mike Nwachukwu A few weeks ago I put down my thoughts on the well intentioned Imo Charter of Equity which was re-enacted and re-adopted in the run up to the November 2023 Governorship Election by The Imo State Council of Elders in concurrence with our hard working and delivering Governor, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma. I opined that since it is obvious that our compatriots from Orlu Zone has run the affairs of Imo State in full measure and would have headed the seat of governance in the…
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