Tag: igbos
Lagos state objects process, as Igbo deportation case is adjourned
by Jewel Stephen A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned till Feb. 10, 2015 hearing in a suit ...
Opinion: Benjamin Adekunle- A scorpion we never deserved
by Kunle Famoriyo The death of Brigadier General Benjamin Adekunle provides a stark contrast between the great potentials of the past ...
Ayokunle Odekunle: Biafra – ‘Forgotten’ but not forgotten
by Ayokunle Odekunle You wish you can wish away History? You cannot. History is not something to be avoided or ...
Joe Igbokwe: 2nd Niger Bridge – Four more years of pains and tears
by Joe Igbokwe Today theNollywood Actors in PDP called politicians have tricked Igbo once again on the Second Niger ...
Sonala Olumhense: The 2nd Niger Bridge and other broken promises
by Sonala Olumhense But here we are: 2014, and the SNB seems to be the latest proof the President intends ...
Femi Aribisala: Nigeria cannot survive without the Igbos
by Femi Aribisala Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people, they are very ...
Opinion: Igbo leaders are responsible for the ill-treatment of the Igbos
by Fredrick Nwabufor The fact is a scrum of Igbo penny leaders feed fat on the emaciated condition of the ...
Opinion: Why we might never see an Igbo President
by Azuka Onwuka When a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction would come and how he would emerge, nobody can foretell. ...
Simon Kolawole: Rethinking the mistake of 1914
by Simon Kolawole But what was the “Mistake of 1914”? Was it the fact or the act of amalgamation? Those ...
Opinion: Wait, is this the same Rochas Okorocha we voted for in 2011?
by Uche Egboluche Okorocha pretends to be fixing all the ills in Imo State at once. However, it is obvious ...
Opinion: Why Nigeria is still the best country around
by Udofia Joseph People boast of the beauty of Paris, but I say Paris beauty cannot be compared to the ...
Femi Fani-Kayode: Ojukwu betrayed Awolowo and the Yorubas, not the other way around
by Femi Fani-Kayode The greatest irony of all is that, generally speaking, the Igbo detest Awolowo so much and have done everything that is physically possible to malign and discredit him since 1967. Yet this was the man whose ...
“Ngige joined Awolowo’s people, who killed the Igbos!” – See 10 of the most ridiculous things said at the #PDPAnambra rally yesterday
by Hauwa Gambo Yesterday, the entire People’s Democratic Party appeared to descend on Anambra to push the gubernatorial candidate, Tony ...
Opinion: Gov. Fashola’s greatest achievement
by Ralph Egbu But Fashola caused me to cease: against expectation he apologized to all for the development which certainly ...
Opinion: The charlatans among the Igbo elites
by Ebere Wabara It is only in South East that 37 aspirants—mostly nincompoops and frauds—will jostle for a governorship position ...
Okey Ikechukwu: The National Dialogue and idiotic issues
by Okey Ikechukwu One clear point is that, despite pretensions to the contrary, we are not likely to end up ...
Opinion: Ndigbo and Fashola’s acknowledgement of error
by C.Don Adinuba For a moment, the Igbo nationalists forgot that it was Fashola who in 2009 personally led the ...
Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria at 53 – A time to think
by Femi Fani-Kayode Other than the usual congratulations, platitudes, expressions of joy and offerings of thanks to God I believe ...
Lagos deportation: “I have nothing against the Igbos” – Fashola apologizes
by ‘Jola Sotubo Finally reacting to the deportation saga which generated outcry all over the country, Governor Babatunde Fashola of ...
Ochereome Nnanna: Are we closer to a National conference?
by Ochereome Nnanna In spite of the fact that the North has been awarded “majority” status in the population, given ...
Opinion: Ohaneze and genuine Igbo interests
by Okey Ikechukwu On the matter of the Enugu Disco, Ohaneze’s concern about the South-east being at a disadvantage ...
Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode spoke my mind
by Olagunju Isaac Call me a tribal bigot, insult me, threaten me, blackmail me. Chief Femi Fani Kayode is ...
Opinion: In defence of Femi Fani-Kayode
by Olaitan Ladipo It is also clear that essentially only our Igbo brethren exhibit this discourteous habit. Other ethnics usually ...
Ochereome Nnanna: The return of the trains from Lagos to the North
by Ochereome Nnanna Bearing in mind that until a couple of years ago Nigeria was totally railway immobile, the resumption ...
Adeseye Ogunlewe: My experience of the Igbos in Lagos
by Adeseye Ogunlewe Instead of deporting the Igbos, whose contributions to the development of Lagos state are immensurable, you must ...
Opinion: Letter to the Igbo nation by a friend
by Gbogun Boro I find it, therefore,mortifying that many members of the Igbo nation, including some of our most educated ...
Chuka Odom: Truth, bigots and purveyors of ignorance
by Chuka Odom The Third Mainland Bridge and virtually all major roads in and out of Lagos were all constructed ...
Ochereome Nnanna: Lagos deportation – There’s no ‘no-man’s-land’
by Ochereome Nnanna If that were to be so, the EFCC would desist from trying Fani-Kayode for allegedly stealing public ...
Opinion: Deportation of destitutes is lazy, but Fashola is not an Igbo hater
by Steve Nwosu I am not one of those who believe Lagos is a no-mans-land. It is insulting to the indigenes ...
Opinion: Fashola and the hypocrisy of Ndigbo
by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on ...
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