The Biafran Genocide – The Hell I Went Through as a Child

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsOpinionThe Biafran Genocide – The Hell I Went Through as a Child

PilotnewsMay 30, 2020

Yet, here I am still standing, pledging allegiance to NIGERIA with all sense of patriotism—a nation still being governed by some of the leaders that masterminded the devastating genocide I survived 53 years ago. Evacuating a large family from the village, Achala, to remote farmland called Eziobibi, almost twenty miles away on foot, and through near inaccessible road-paths, and under severe weather conditions was not a joke. I was seven at the time, and I...

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Targeting of AFDB and Adesina by the US is Consistent With Trump’s Arrogance and Racist Demeanor

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionTargeting of AFDB and Adesina by the US is Consistent With Trump’s Arrogance and Racist Demeanor

PilotnewsMay 28, 2020

With the pattern of duplicity and cruelty that conjures the Donald Trump’s policy actions against the people of color, tell me how these ethically malnourished oppressors can educate any organization about good character and accountability? For clarity, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is not like Chase. Nope, it is not the traditional bank where folks drive through a narrow pathway to use the ATM. It is a bilateral development finance institution facilitating sustainable economic and...

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Portrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsNigeriaOpinionPortrait of a Nigerian COVID-19 Dictator

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

The basic psychology of a dictator is entrenched in unrestrained power, fear, and anxiety. Out of anxiety and paranoia, he resorts to extreme vendetta which impedes the process and permeates his ability to make rational decisions. But there is one irony about a dictatorship that people always ignore. Often, dictators are created by those that would become their victims. In Nigeria, such is the case, because the man who currently serves as the Governor of...

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Igbos and Folly of Biafra–a candid rejoinder

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionIgbos and Folly of Biafra–a candid rejoinder

PilotnewsMay 5, 2020

And I would affirm; that if the massacre of 30,000 Igbo indigenes were not enough to go to war, then the world can as well legalize genocide as a periodic sporting competition. And I would tell you, Igbos would bring home the winning trophy. As a matter of editorial principle, I avoid writing rejoinders; in life however, our actions are not just driven by values, but are sometimes triggered by unanticipated circumstances. So when Dr....

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Abba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNigeriaOpinionAbba Kyari: Everyone Will Die One Day ─ So What?

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

The mentality of victims of the social system during a pandemic invokes a persistent sense of vulnerability to their oppressive leaders, nonparticipation in the civic process, distrust of the system, and often thoughts of negativity. With such a hopeless mindset, it is excusable when they are excited over the death of those who gradually drowned them into the darkest sea of social wretchedness. Anytime a dictator or an oppressor dies, there are often three major...

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Lagos COVID-19 Website:Before They Send You the Invoice, May I Share a Secret?

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsCoronavirusNigeriaOpinionLagos COVID-19 Website:Before They Send You the Invoice, May I Share a Secret?

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

My over-excitement yesterday was unrelated to a lottery ticket I bought the day before because I didn’t even match one number. Simply, I was just overjoyed that the Lagos State Government announced it had launched a COVID-19 website to keep residents with up-to-date information on the coronavirus pandemic in the state. The State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu through his Special Adviser Mr. Olatunbosun Alake, said that the website: covid19.lagosstate.gov.ng was an avenue to restrain the spread...

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Deflation of America’s Greatness and the unfolding Dumbness of Donald Trump

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsNewsUnited StatesDeflation of America’s Greatness and the unfolding Dumbness of Donald Trump

PilotnewsApril 1, 2020

JFK initiated the innovative mission to the moon; Obama facilitated the feat for electric cars; and today under the reckless leadership of Donald Trump, America cannot even afford facemasks. No doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders all over the world. This is the real test of visionary leadership, preparedness, and response to a global crisis. But in the United States of America, citizens perceived the foul and fishy odor of organizational...

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Western Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

Anthony Obi OgboNigeriaOpinionPoliticsWestern Nigeria can Proceed with a Civil War Against the North; Igbos Would Supply Arms and Food

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2020

Anytime there is a call for war, those who have once lived through it speak differently from those whose experience is from computer games.   Just recently, two former Nigerian leaders, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) have been on a rampage – spewing inflammatory comments about a possible civil war in Nigeria – holding rallies in Nigeria and overseas, conveying animosity over the country’s current political...

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