By Okwadike, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON Fellow Nigerians, all true friends of Nigeria, and all those who wish Africa and all blacks well, ladies, gentlemen, and Nigerian youths – male and female – there is one truth, a truth which cannot be honestly doubted, controver... Read more
Activist and author, Chido Onumah, will deliver the keynote address at the 2017 symposium on media and information literacy at the University of Ghana, Legon. The symposium, to be held on August 31, 2017, is being put together by the School of Information and Communication Studi... Read more
By Nuhu Ribadu Protocols, Thank you for the opportunity to address this gathering. I am always delighted to address a gathering of passionate young people, more so one that is made up of professional young women and men that are working hard to address fundamental challenges our... Read more
“Corruption is possibly the worst evil that this country has experienced or will experience because it definitely is the major reason why this country is set back economically. There is no other single reason, the simple reason is corruption because this country has resources and... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia The Nigerian corrupt cabal is exploiting the current Biafran agitation with increasing stridency. The venerable Merriam-Webster, mark you, defines corruption as a “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police... Read more
Press Statement A major security breach was recorded at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 16, 2017 as unknown gunmen attacked the office located at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja. The group of heavily armed bandit... Read more
By Pat Utomi Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Poverty pummels the Island country just as ferocious Hurricanes visit it from time to time with fury and the anger of a violated person. But few people know that the highest per capita income in the world in 178... Read more
The fight against human trafficking is gaining stronger momentum, as well-meaning Nigerians take part in ending the menace. On Friday, 11th August, 2017, Devatop Centre for Africa Development, a leading youth-based anti-human trafficking organization, paid an advocacy visit to... Read more
By Austin Emaduku In the matter of President Buhari’s illness and his prolong absence from office, Nigerian lawyers, especially the ones that like to pride themselves as civil rights lawyers and activists have regaled us with the constitutional provisions. They have told us... Read more
By Olanrewaju Onigegewura As you go from Iyana Ipaja to Egbeda in Alimosho, Lagos State, Raji Oba Street is to your left. It is one of the most popular streets in the area. It is the street that hosts the imposing complex of Bishop David Oyedepo’s Winner Chapel. There is a branch... Read more
A few years ago, the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Rivers State, sitting in Abuja delivered its judgment in Andrew Igbonule Uchendu and All Progressive Congress (APC) v. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator George Thompson... Read more
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has been acknowledged as a central agency in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. According to Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), who led a delegation of... Read more
By Odoh Michael “All over Nigeria, there is Biafra but that Biafra of Today is the Biafra of the Nigerians and not the Biafra of the Igbos: the Biafra of the mind not of the fields”— Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (Because I am Involved). Chido Onumah in his usual way of writing as can be... Read more
By Austin Emaduku This offering is inspired by the recent public demonstration organized by Charles Oputa, aka Charlie Boy under the theme “Our Mumu Don Do” to protest, as it were, Nigerians seeming indifference to the long absence of their President from his seat w... Read more
