Opinion

Anyone from the Southeastern part of Nigeria would probably be very aware of the two major secessionist groups, MASSOB (Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra) and IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra). Over the years, these two groups have gained prominence in the Nation-State of Nigeria for the fight for the secession and independence of the Republic of Biafra.

In recent times, there have been some squabbles between the two groups, each blaming the other for losing focus, corruption and personalising the fight for the secession and independence of the Republic of Biafra, but in all, they both …

The world’s poorest nations are also some of its most religious. This is a well-known fact worldwide although it doesn’t apply to all religious nations like the United Arab Emirates and China when it comes to most African countries especially Nigeria, one can be able to agree that Organised Religion doesn’t just cut it when it comes to development.

Development comes with the ability to innovate, to think and to apply common intuition and science to solve common life problems. Organised Religion, on the other hand, is based on a system of faith or beliefs that revolve around the worship …

Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva between 1864 and 1949 for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians. The Geneva Conventions, the rules of war, or International Humanitarian Law (as it is known formally) are a set of international rules that set out what can and cannot be done during an armed conflict. The main purpose of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is to maintain some humanity in armed conflicts, saving lives and reducing suffering. To do that, IHL regulates how wars are fought, balancing two aspects: weakening the enemy and limiting …

The United States of America recently imposed a visa ban on some unscrupulous Nigerian politicians who she claimed undermined the conducts of the November 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. This move will serve as an open warning to other politicians in the upcoming September and October 2020 governorship polls in Edo and Ondo respectively.

In a confidential list released after the announcement, it was revealed that some well-known politicians like the former Governor of Edo State and ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole; Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello and Governor …

During the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, many Igbo people fled other parts of the country for the East because they were being wantonly massacred and the Federal Military Government did little about it.

Many abandoned their homes, property and business for reasons safety.

One of those who fled, was a young Igbo architect who had a young Yoruba banker as a neighbour in Apapa, Lagos.

He also abandoned his home and with his family, fled for the East.

However, the young Yoruba banker, while the war raged, rented out his neighbour’s house and kept every kobo for him while he was …

Recently, popular OAP, Ifedayo Olarinde otherwise known as Daddy Freeze made news headlines for the uproar he caused in the Christian community on his controversial claims on some Christian doctrines and his outright disagreement with some apex Nigerian church leaders. This led to him being blasted, criticised, and threatened by most of these pastors. Amidst the fracas, one cannot help but deduce that the major bone of contention is the issue of  Tithing and how often or frequently it should be done.

Nigeria is a paradox by all ramifications. A nation where the sentiments of religion and region reign …

The Southeastern region of Nigeria boasts of the very industrious Igbos and other minority tribes. The region is divided into five distinct states: Abia state, Imo state, Enugu State, Ebonyi State and Anambra State. While some of these states are thriving and doing relatively well under their present administrations, other states have been besieged by terrible administration, lack of infrastructure, corruption, poverty and squalor due to terrible handling by their respective Governors. To make this unenviable list of backward states are Imo state and Abia state.

Imo state’s backwardness began the very day the Supreme court announced Senator Hope Uzodinma…