Another State, Another Scam: The Politics Of A Sixth Igbo State
By Vitus Ozoke, PhD The drumbeat for a so-called sixth state in Igbo land has begun again – the same tired rhythm of deception dressed [Read more …]
Month: October 2025
Rumours Of A Coup In Nigeria: Another Perspective
By Promise Adiele Recently, Nigeria’s political and social spaces were saturated with news, rumours, propaganda, and sundry narratives of multiple complexions about a botched coup [Read more …]
US Revokes Soyinka’s Visa
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has announced that his U.S. visa has been revoked. Prof. Soyinka received a letter from the U.S. Consulate in Lagos [Read more …]
Anambra Guber: INEC Cautions Parties Against Vote-Buying
By Akombo Aondona, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday 28 October 2025, warned against any attempt to induce voters ahead of Anambra [Read more …]
Dr. Madu: The Shamaki Of Fika, Who Became A Doctor Through Providence
By Hassan Gimba Locally known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an Iroko tree [Read more …]
Coup? Against A Government This Good? Impossible!
By Vitus Ozoke, PhD The rumor mills have been unkind again. Some imaginative souls claim that a few Nigerian military officers were plotting to overthrow [Read more …]
‘Coup Rumours’: Tinubu Fortifies Presidency, Changes Service Chiefs
In a move Nigerians say points to some elements of truth in recent media reports that some military officers had attempted to truncate his presidency [Read more …]
Nigeria: A Future Stolen By The Past
By Vitus Ozoke, PhD Nigeria is a country where the past refuses to die — and, worse still, insists on controlling the present. In a [Read more …]
New INEC Chair, Amupitan, Sets Anambra Governorship Election As Personal Litmus Test
By Akombo Aondona, Abuja Although the country’s extant laws gave the president the right to appoint the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), [Read more …]
APC’s ‘One Big Cathedral’ And The Death Of Nigerian Democracy
By Vitus Ozoke, PhD The All Progressives Congress (APC) is fast mutating from a political party into a cathedral of conquest. Its altar, once dressed [Read more …]