OPINION: Nigeria’s All Too Familiar Corruption Ranking Begs Broader Questions Around Normative Collapse

Nigeria’s endemic corruption is the country’s greatest challenge to its stability despite antigraft efforts from the government, which raises questions about the Nigerian institutions’ ability to tackle corruption. By Ebenezer Obadare, Guest Columnist and Blogger Neither the latest Transparency International (TI) corruption perception index which ranked Nigeria 154 out of 180 countries, nor the government’s reaction to the ranking could have come as a surprise to any long-term observer of Nigerian affairs. Released last month, the 2021...

Insecurity in Southeast Takes Social Class Dimension

Illustrious Igbo sons were killed in cold blood for absolutely no reason; signaling the beginning of the tyranny of the masses under the guise of freedom fighting. The Unknown Gunmen phenomenon has now taken on an entirely new dimension, with the gunmen possessing and occupying territories openly. There are now roads that must not be plied at any time of the day, for any reason whatsoever if the road user does not want to encounter...

OPINION: Soludo: Beyond Akwete

By Joe C. Anatune, Guest Columnist and Blogger   Akwete today is being popularised as a metaphor by Anambra State Governor-Elect, Cee Cee Soludo for the purchase and consumption of made in Anambra products and services. Already, the women of Akwete who under the inspiration of the pioneering works of Dada Nwakata, gave the world this fascinating fabric are smiling to the bank due to the association of their products with an iconic figure who...

The 2023 Presidential Election: Thoughts on ‘It is our Turn’ Approach by the Southeast

AWKA — In the Southeast, it is sad but we don’t have the numbers to effect any National Political Stand. Zik’s Political alliances and negotiation skills abound in his written works. They may be useful if we study them. You can’t get political power by clamour. We can’t get it either by sitting in the Southeast and pontificating. When Force moves a distance, Work is Done. This is a time-tested principle of Elementary Physics. The...

Torture in Uganda Prompts U.S. Introspection

The United States is reconsidering its longstanding partnership with Uganda’s abusive government.   By Michelle Gavin, Guest Columnist, and Blogger The harrowing story of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija—a Ugandan writer whose tweets critical of President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, landed him in detention—has made it impossible to pretend that the repression and political violence that accompanied the 2021 election cycle were temporary features of Uganda’s political landscape. Rukirabashaija, who was held incommunicado and claims to...

From Nwabueze To Soludo: Give It Everything You Have

By Joe C. Anatune, Guest Columnist and Blogger AWKA — Prof. Ben Nwabueze needs no introduction. He is a Soludo believer through and through. I was not surprised to read his treatise on “Igbo Leaders of Thought: A Revolution of Intellectuals,” a greater part which is devoted to the promise that the Soludo government holds for Ndi Anambra and the South. Nwabueze leads the Igbo Leaders of Thought. Three years ago, Hon. Chike Anyaonu and...

OPINION: In 2023, Will Anambra North Be Business As Usual?

Anambra North has produced some of the finest politicians of national repute in the past. But Governor Obiano is the first governor of Anambra State from the zone. With his exit in about a month, observers are keen to see how the coming election outcome will differ from the past two elections in which Obiano was in charge. In Anambra North, Sen. Stella Oduah has held sway for eight years as the senator representing the...

Vision is a Powerful Thing -It Must Not Follow Conventional Wisdom

By Dr. Kingsley Moghalu I remember when I finished NYSC as a Legal Officer @Shell Nigeria in the late 80s and was working at Newswatch, then Nigeria’s leading newsmagazine. I was planning to “japa” abroad for master’s/doctoral degrees and then on to an international career. A close friend offered me the possibility to become the company secretary of a new bank in Lagos he was involved in its setting-up. That would have taken me on...

What 2023 General Election Means for Anambra Voters

Without mincing words, the coming General Election is going to be an experience of the unusual in which quality, competence, and leadership capabilities are going to be shaping who emerges at the polls. Next year’s General Election in Nigeria will be a crucial outing in Anambra’s political sphere for two main reasons; it is a test on some established political stakeholding, but also a chance to raise the bar for elective political offices in Anambra...

The U.S. Should Not Designate Nigeria’s IPOB a Terrorist Group

The U.S. government should not repeat the mistake made by the Nigerian government of designating the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. By Nkasi Wodu, Guest Columnist and Blogger In October, an American scholar argued in a Washington Times op-ed that the United States should designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a secessionist group in Nigeria’s South East region, as a terrorist group. To the casual onlooker, this could seem logical: IPOB has long been proscribed as...

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