Opinion

Abia State which was created 23 years ago has had its great share of hard times. The subject of this analysis as the headline hints is a superlative comparison of the tenures of the erstwhile past governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, his successor, Chief Theodore Ahamefula Orji (Ochendo), and his anointed lackey who is the controversial governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu.

The economy is not doing well. Insecurity is on the rise. There are troubles in the ruling political party. Amid all these, the current and immediate past Governors are not making it any better …

Trump’s reelection seems implausible to many people, as implausible as his election did before November 2016. With less than two months until the 2020 elections, Americans are deeply unhappy with the state of the country. As the United States simultaneously struggles with a pandemic, an economic recession and protests about police violence and racial justice, the share of the public saying they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country has plummeted from 31% in April, during the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, to just 12% today.

To be re-elected, Donald Trump knows he has to …

Recently, Anambra State has been thrust into the spotlight, owing to the recent series of spats between Governor Willie Obiano and Chief Arthur Eze, in what looks like a battle for supremacy between the flamboyant governor and the businessman.

This is reminiscent of the supremacy battles between Sir Emeka Offor and Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju sometime in 1999 which strangulated the process of governance in the state and possibly caused some distraction to Mbadinuju who could not find his footing in the course of these battles, lost out as he failed to land a second term in office.

However, the present …

In all the sovereign countries of the world, the constitution of the land is supreme, and no matter how highly placed an individual or organisation is, they must submit to the supremacy of the constitution.

In Nigeria, sectional and regional laws override the constitution. If a man from Southern Nigeria disobeys the law, the constitution will be cited, and appropriate punishment as stipulated by that section of the constitution will be meted out to him. On the other hand, If a Northerner (especially core Northern Muslim) commits any offence just like the Southerner, lady justice must have to remove her …

He is an intellectual and an academic of sort but he doesn’t seem to know these attributes of his. He’s also deeply cerebral without a fuss.

But more remarkable is that he is a statesman; A most benign kind and a cultural ambassador.

Ndaa Paddy, as we love to call him is probably the best-looking near-80-year-old in the entire land. He must also be the most warm-hearted and best-spoken fellow you knew.

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