Opinion

OUTSIDE THE BOX ‘‘A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within’’ – Will Durant. “There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party had eggs on their faces Friday as the theory of an INEC server, the pillar of their cases against President Muhammadu Buhari collapsed like a house built with sand. …

Nigeria came into existence in 1914 following the unilateral colonial contraptions of amalgamations. In 2014, Nigeria rolled the drums amidst fanfare, marked and celebrated the centennial anniversary of the contraptions as a sovereign…

Don’t you know They’re talking about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they’re standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting…

By Hon Toby Chuks In recent times a certain two-time former Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Eze Chikamnayo, has created for himself an image of one who is in perpetual need of political rehabilitation and financial…

In August 2016, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu signed into law, a bill passed by the Abia State House of Assembly Establishing the Abia State Central Archives Commission. Many in the state who know the immense importance of central archives to…

“Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.” – Kofi Annan “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” – Aristotle Late Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi (1952-2012) was my friend and brother. We had had dinner in a…

The legendary Igbo leader and founding father of APGA, Dim. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu ( Eze Igbo Gburugburu)of blessed memory once declared "We do not play politics. We are not masochists; rather, we are people who choose to hunger a…

June 12 has in the past 26 years become a very remarkable date in the annals of our history as Nigerians. This date prior to this moment has been more popular only within the confines of South Western Nigeria where the late Chief MKO…

I have read with amusement the infantile narratives being woven by the ill-informed or deliberate mischief makers around the deserving emergence of Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji as Speaker of the 7th Abia State House of Assembly. No…