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The South East Conundrum: APC’s Self‑Inflicted Crisis and the Coming 2027 Judgment
The APC’s strategy in the South East has collapsed under the weight of its own miscalculations. It is suffering from a lack of emotional grounding. The party did not grow its presence through genuine connection or shared purpose.…
Is it true that a Nigerian Youngster Said He is Greater than Fela?
By Babafemi Ojudu
I sincerely hope he was misquoted.
Even if he were to live ten lifetimes, his art and his life could not measure up to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Is it in art?
Is it in music?
Is it in activism,…
RE: The Screwdriver Salesman Behind Trump’s Airstrikes in Nigeria
The story told in that New York Times article is not just wrong; it is an injury added to an open wound. It tries to turn survivors into suspects, truth‑tellers into propagandists, and a decade of blood into a clever “narrative”…
Hon Chinedu Ogah, Ebonyi Primitive Politicking and the Fate of Our Youngsters
In the last seven years plus, I have covered the National Assembly as an accredited journalist. In those years I have witnessed the inauguration of both the 9th and 10th assemblies. I have also witnessed the politics of leadership…
When Applause Fades, Records Speak: The Legislative Footprints of Senator Engr. Kenneth Emeka Eze
By Kizito Nwankwo
Power often arrives with pageantry. It is welcomed by drums, adorned with titles, and amplified by praise singers whose voices rise and fall with the proximity to the office. Yet, history has a way of silencing…
The Osun LGA Debacle, My Advice to Oyetola, Others
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq.
As a legal practitioner of Osun State descent, I believe we should be our brothers’ keepers. That is why I am offering this free advice to every individual currently occupying any Osun State local…
The Question Before the Southeast: Sentiment or Strategy?
By Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie, FCA
Nigeria is a country where power rarely changes hands by sentiment alone. It moves by strategy, structure, timing, and cold political arithmetic. Every zone that has successfully produced a…
Ajibola Basiru vs Nyesom Wike: Who Will Bend?
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq.
In all the crisis now swirling around Rivers State, the action that seems to have truly triggered Wike is perhaps the voice of the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Ajibola…
Abia’s Harbingers of Darkness: The Renewed Plot Against Alex Otti and Abians
By Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh PhD
For months now, Abia State has watched a familiar script return to life. A life many believed had been buried with the old order. What began as subtle political pressure from Abuja, disguised as…
Yansh, Nigeria’s Most Famous Linguistic Export, Now in the Dictionary
By Farooq Kperogi
I started writing a short, casual article on yansh (the Nigerian Pidgin English word for a woman’s posterior, which probably first emerged as a humorous mimicry of the crude English word ass or arse) a few weeks…