OPINION: Concerning the Slap Incident: What Are Our Values?

The internet has been flooded with tons of reactions from the masses since the public fight between the former first lady, Ebelechukwu Obiano, and Lady Bianca Ojukwu at Gov. Soludo’s Inauguration ceremony in Anambra State. The majority applauded Bianca’s action while a few condemned it. According to the video circulated, Mrs. Obiano is seen staring at lady Bianca who appeared to have her gaze fixed on the ongoing ceremony while fanning herself with a handheld...

OPINION: Soludo Steers the World to Bring Smiles to Okpoko

By Joe C Anatune, Columnist and Blogger   The environmental decay in Okpoko, Anambra’s largest urban slum, is huge and poses existential threats to the inhabitants. Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo thinks that the place can still be revamped and made liveable. He is doing just that and steering the world to a desirable upgrading. Typically, he is shooting on all cylinders and the world is taking note. True, hope is akin to the...

OPINION: Is APGA Set to Move on Without its Supreme Leader; Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu

In Anambra state the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, can’t get enough of the political symbolism of its late founder and Biafran war hero Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. APGA, the party which has held sway and won successive governorship elections since 2003, has used pictures or videos proudly displaying images of the party’s supreme leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu for years and for good measure. But that’s growing reason to believe that APGA is ready to move...

Obiano Was Not Running Away From the Law; He Was Running Away From His Wife

Her lifestyle and extravagant indiscretion fed comedians, bloggers, and vloggers with endless content   Former President Jonathan was liberal to the core. He was one of those laid-back family heads who would overlook a teenage daughter smooching with a male friend behind the big garbage container in the backyard. Not so for the wife, Patience. She was a no-nonsense first lady, conservative to the core, and to a fault. She was domineeringly in control of...

“Your moan is a light unto my path…” —Acclamation of Mr. Willie

I am a blessed man. Why would I not be enlarged when your warmth envelopes me like the morning dew? Why would my cup not run over when this duo called lips perform skilfully round my crown? Why would I not chant when those proud slick guards swing at my nudge to lead me in- with its grip? Why would I not flourish seeing I am grounded in a land flowing with milk and honey?...

OPINION: Willie Obiano and Peter Obi: Lessons in Abandoned Projects

Not minding what supporters and followers of former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi might think, the reality, few days to Obiano’s exit from office, very strongly suggests that Obiano has a better approach to continuity than Obi. In ten or twenty years, what will Peter Obi as former governor of Anambra State be remembered for?  What will a toddler today remember Peter Obi for, as an adult? Not surprising that people trying to answer...

OPINION: Conspiracy and Mistrust Poison Congolese Politics

Access to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s natural resources has been largely controlled by a privileged elite, fueling mistrust and violence between competing groups. For people around the world, the past few years have painfully illuminated the toxic effect that mistrust, an inability to access reliable facts, and resulting conspiratorial thinking have on social cohesion and governance. For the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is familiar territory. The tremendous potential of their...

OPINION: How Governor Obiano Will Be Remembered

Governor Obiano in eight years democratized political opportunities especially for young people. It is now exactly seven days before Governor Willie Obiano takes a bow. The outgoing governor in following the custom of democratic transition, has been inundated with pre-handover activities in an attempt to finish strong. However, it might have become imperative to x-ray Obiano’s performance in the past eight years and how he would be remembered. Political leaders make impressions that can be...

Women’s Day: Beyond Social Media Pictures and Quotes

“Celebration of the Women’s Day should reflect in our thoughts, interactions and dealings, every single day of our lives” ―Favour Chiagozie Ebubechukwu It is not new to have the walls of social media splashed with pictures to depict how strong, enduring and amazing a woman is. Probably pictures of a woman hawking bread under a very sunny weather with her nose-running child strapped to her back; or pictures of a woman farming or breastfeeding her...

OPINION: Reflections: Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the Dilemmas Diplomats Face

Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Russ Feingold reflects on his time as U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other diplomatic roles he has held throughout his career. Welcome to Reflections, a bimonthly series of conversations that invites former senior U.S.-Africa policymakers to discuss difficult issues that they confronted in their careers with the benefit of hindsight. The second conversation in the series features Russ Feingold, who served...

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