Opinion

By Celestine Nwakoro Enugu is the capital old Eastern Region and still capital of the present Southeast region. Virtually everyone from Southeast has a home, relation or link with and in Enugu. With this, one can confidently say that Enugu is home for all Igbos and Nigerians at large. It remains the biggest city in the Southeast region both in ...

By Ismaila Uba Misilli The ravaging coronavirus pandemic hit the world suddenly, thereby becoming one of the biggest threats to humanity, global economy and financial markets. The World Health Organization’s report revealed that the virus, first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has infected over one million people in at least 120 countries with more than ...

Address by Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi, Leader of the Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya At UN General Assembly Editor’s Note: This is an address by the Libyan leader as the President of African Union at the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2009, a transcript found on pages 15 to 28 on the word document ...

By Monday Ubani Nigerians were not only alarmed but totally shocked to their marrows on viewing a trending video where some policemen were seen destroying alcoholic beverages and other goods belonging to an undisclosed citizen in Lagos who purportedly flouted the direct restriction order of the governor of Lagos State due to coronavirus pandemic plaguing the entire world. The destruction ...

By Ismaila Uba Misilli True to type, the Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya did not waste time in swinging into action immediately the news of the Covid-19 outbreak started to filter into the country as he has vowed to do all humanly possible to ensure the welfare and wellbeing of the residents of Gombe State notwithstanding the magnitude ...

By Comrade Mathew Nwaiyike Since our civil society group, Anti-Corruption Champions of Nigeria (ACON) blew whistle and petitioned the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Enugu State Government on the fraudulent and corrupt activities of the outgoing Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Prof. Luke Anike and its management team, Anike has ...

By Oseloka H. Obaze It ought not to be a hard sale to convince anyone, that try as we may and have, Nigeria is well behind the emergency response curve required for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, now is the time to escalate the national resiliency level holistically, and in an unfettered manner. Luckily, we have global response examples, best ...

By Samson Ezea Call him a man of peace or peacemaker, describe him as humility personified. Call him voice of the voiceless, address him as the father of the oppressed and downtrodden, call him a man of many parts; prudent and astute leader. Call him water because he has no enemy. You are absolutely correct and right, because by his ...

…70 Old COVID-19 Suspect in Enugu Concealed Information About Her  UK Trip By Chinonso Odum Being circulated on social media platforms were fallacies and lies by the so-called heartbroken oversea- based daughter of 70 year old woman who was in the news recently in Enugu as suspected corona virus patient. While I commiserate with the bereaved family over the demise ...

By Louis Amoke He is no less a child of providence. Attaining 56 years of age on March 20, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is certainly the man of the moment for so many obvious reasons. With his unique disposition to life, the governor has come a long way navigating with peacefulness, humility, caring, compassion, vision, hard-work and the ...

If you watch that video, the Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Eteng Jones William (PDP, Yakurr II) and the Leader of the House, Peter Odinga Odey (PDP, Ogoja), at different fora, are both calling for the privatization of the “industries” Governor Ayade says he is building around the State. We have heard of the Garment Factory, Rice ...