Before we continue our discussion today, I want to correct an error in last Sunday essay, namely, the statement that Isaac Adaka Boro’s insurrection was quickly and violently put down by the Balewa government. Actually, the government of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was toppled by the military coup of January 15, 1966 in which…
Ohaneze Ndigbo – the said apex socio-cultural group of the Igbo ethnic group – is today divided over which presidential candidate to be supported during Saturday’s election. A faction of the group led by its president, John Nnia Nwodo, endorsed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, while the opposing faction led by the embattled Secretary-General, Mr. Uche Okwukwu,…
It is sympathetic to note that the fictional leaders-of-tomorrow in Nigeria who are currently the victims of absolute deprivation, still go about in a visionless manner, giving the shifty politicians responsible for their misery, continued backing to continue in their savagery in the name of getting Nigeria “working again” or “moving to the next level.”…
I woke up today with this prophetic quote of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu where he said that ONLY 100 MEN IS ENOUGH TO RESTORE BIAFRA. As days become weeks and months become years, the reality of this statement continue to wear flesh, forming life into reality. For these past months I have been thinking. And my…
Among all these voices demanding change in Nigeria, the loudest remains that of Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB. They have been killed for their quest for Biafra. They have matched one million men on the streets to demand a better Nigeria, a better Africa. They have chosen civil disobedience as their weapon, and that has…
Civil disobedience simply defined, is rightful expression by mass opposition against government policy or acts inimical to the well-being of the people. It is a methodology in which forced change is advocated through the influence of public opinion. This particular civil exercise has a long history of popular resistance against tyranny and anti-people’s policies. It…
16th February 2019, a day Biafrans fortitude shall be put to test, a stepping stone their future begins either to remains in perpetual slavery in the hands of Hausa Fulani oligarchy and monopolize system or a free socialize system. Before comprehensive analysis on the indices to list election boycott and referendum, it’s pertinent to…
Observing the political intrugues playing out today and the accompanying misfeasance, one could see a repeat of the situation that necessitated the 1966 coup which, although having players from virtually all the ethnic groups in Nigeria and geared towards enthroning a Yoruba man, chief Obafemi Awolowo, was conspiratorially designated Igbo Coup. The unbridled desire of…
When in an outburst in a court session in January 2017, the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, fumed, “I will destroy Nigeria with truth,” many took him lightly. Nigeria being an empire of darkness, doubters wondered how such a colossal threat could be put to effect. But Kanu…
Around this time in 2015, you believed wholeheartedly that Buhari is the Messiah you need. You were disenchanted with Goodluck Jonathan’s government which, Hausa/Fulani power players, told you was both corrupt and clueless. You listened to the voice of the Enugwu based Catholic priest who, indignant for Patience Jonathan’s refusal to give out her number,…