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Biafra-Nigeria War: 50 Years, short Distance Not Travelled

January 23, 2020 3:26 pm

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun must have seen it all. Currently, Oyegun, a senior citizen is also one of the grandees of Nigerian politics. Oyegun has been a top bureaucrat, having retired as a federal permanent secretary. Perhaps, feeling too young to be “tired,” Oyegun punted for politics and succeeded. He was elected governor of his Edo home state. After that, Oyegun, eternally energetic, turned up a party lord and apparatchik. Along the way, however, his worst enemies successfully triggered a coup. Oyegun was sacked unceremoniously as party chieftain. In other words, if there is any Nigerian who has seen it all, …

Huawei Says ‘Survival’ Top Priority As Sales Fall Short

January 1, 2020 2:58 pm

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Tuesday that “survival” was its top priority after announcing 2019 sales were expected to fall short of projections as a result of US sanctions.

Huawei, a global leader in telecom networking equipment has been effectively banned by the United States from working with American firms on the grounds that it poses a national security threat -– an accusation the company has consistently denied.

Chairman Eric Xu said Huawei’s sales revenue for 2019 was likely to reach 850 billion yuan (US$121 billion) — up roughly 18 percent from the previous year.

Though he said “business remains …

Social Media Bill: Short Walk To Totalitarianism?

November 24, 2019 4:02 am

I have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in our country. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far away from the goal posts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as yet look anything democratic because the actors are largely strangers to the ethos and what is more, too many of them are tied to the old order, not to talk of the fact that the presence of General-presidents suggest that we are still in …

Iheanacho Short-Listed For Leicester’s Goal-Of-The-Month

November 5, 2019 8:23 am

Kelechi Iheanacho and another Nigerian, Josh Eppiah, have been nominated for Leicester City’s goal of the month prize for October 2019.

Out-of-favour Nigeria international, Iheanacho, made it two goals in as many games when he opened the scoring in the seventh minute against Burton Albion in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on October 29.

An excellent sweeping move from Leicester City culminated in Iheanacho finding the back of the net, assisted by Youri Tielemans.

Eppiah netted the game’s winning goal with a long-range strike in the 90th minute to help …