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Awka Times There was news report today that a group of Igbo grandees, billed as “Highly Respected Igbo Greats”, trundled out to Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, asking for an unconditional release of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the incarcerated leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The delegation …

On November 6, 2021, politically savvy, sophisticated citizenry, and wise electorate in Anambra State, overwhelmingly cast majority votes in favour of Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of APGA, in the governorship elections. Soludo, accordingly emerged as the favourite, overwhelmingly preferred, democratically duly elected Governor-Elect, and successor-in-waiting to His Excellency, Willie Obiano, …

November 19, 2021 Men are dying again! While thinkers and strategic planners seem to be in the works to address the issue of increasing number of unmarried women because men are grossly in short supply, some women are sending their husbands to early graves on account of rivalry and infidelity. …

There’s no institution that cannot atrophy or degenerate, if like a fish, it begins to rot from the head. And that was the story of the Nigerian Army at a point in time, when there was a deliberate policy to emasculate and debilitate it, incidentally by leadership that emerged from …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Reports have it that the 36 state governments sued the Federal Government to stop deductions from their allocations at source to pay Paris and London clubs refund due to consultants who reportedly worked to assist the state governments get the refunds in the first place. According …

Being a Speech delivered at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja under the auspices of Igbo Nsukka United Front in honour of The Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, GCFR, PC. on Wednesday, November 16, 2021 PROTOCOL Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide commends the Igbo Nsukka United Front for organizing the 2nd Igbo Nsukka Zik Annual Merit …

At face value, the Anambra election 2021 is over, but the lessons have far broader implications that will endure. Beyond these lessons, of what is considered the most consequential election in 2021, is the management of the people’s expectations and the governor-elect’s ability to fix the jigsaw puzzle of the …

In a very recent interview with The New Yorker, an American news magazine, Professor Wole Soyinka was asked to name his favourite song of Fela. He had no problem quickly declaring that “My favorite is ‘Zombie.'” And what was his reason? He answered: “That song, ‘Zombie,’ applies not merely to …

 Senator Anyim Pius Anyim November 14, 2021 Senator Anyim Pius Anyim needs no introduction. He is a democrat by badge and banner. He wears his democratic epaulet boldly without pretence. A proud Igbo man, from Ebonyi, he’s without a doubt one of the most nationalistic political figures in Nigeria. Early …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Anambra elections have come and gone but the reverberations will continue for some time to come. The “Igbo party”, APGA, trounced the APC and PDP combined, with the APGA candidate, Prof. Charles Soludo, winning with a wide margin that surpassed the combined votes of the …

As you read this piece, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team are in the French capital, attending the Paris Peace Forum, a gathering of about 30 Presidents and head of governments from around the world. The Nigerian leader is among the few that were asked to deliver a speech. On …

November 12, 2021 I knew before hand that last week’s topic would elicit reactions that would raise some profound underlying issues in the family life of the clergy. The reactions came from the Christian circle more because their issues are much more reported in the media than the others. There …

The activities revolving around  Ekiti 2022 Governorship election have continued to gather momentum. Expectedly, a good number of politicians with their supporters have left their comfort zones. Many have also thrown their hats into the ring and have begun evangelistic conversion and discipleship of minions. “Here I am, send me” …

November 9, 2021  This morning, I had a 30 minutes conversation with Mr. Peter Obi, which I find fascinating, instructive and worth publishing. I discussed the election in my local government – Idemili – and told him how our state has continued to degenerate. I reminded him that four years …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Religion is the opium of the people – Karl Marx (1843). In the aftermath of the collapse of the 21-storey Ikoyi skyscraper, conscious and deliberate efforts have been made in some quarters outside and within the South-west to foul the air, pollute the age-old cordial relations …

Anambra is one of Nigeria’s 36 states. In size, it is the second smallest after Lagos, measuring only 4,844 km2. Lagos State is 3,577 km2. But Kaduna, Kano, Kogi States are 46,053 km2, 20,131 km2 and 29,833 km2 respectively. Despite its tininess, however, Anambra’s motto of Light Of The Nation is true …

Besides the countless roads littered all over the country that have been rendered impassable by the vulturine activities of bandits and terrorists, there appears to be an inadvertent refusal by Nigerians to ply one major route: Memory Lane. This self-inflicted amnesia has proven time and again to be a terminal …

The Ikoyi skyscraper tragedy has more than its 21 fatal floors. It is like wood falling on wood; and more wood falling on wood; a tangled narrative woven by fate and circumstances. The building came down in style: a very huge structure collapsing on itself in a matter of seconds. …

Elementary leadership lesson highlights that today’s decisions shape tomorrow’s future. It is only those meant for destruction that will not pay heed to this all-time truth. This aphorism aptly captures the mood of the country as the world gathered recently in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss climate change and the future …

Email: alex.otti@thisdaylive.com “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work”- Gen. Colin Powell (1937-2021) “Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace” Nelson Mandela It …

On 1st of November, 2021, the Chairman of The Nation’s Editorial Board, Mr. Sam Omatseye, dedicated his back page column to the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. The latter had emerged as the new PDP helmsman only a day earlier i.e. 31st October, …

November 5, 2021 In my days as a music critic and a columnist in foremost Nigerian newspapers many years ago, I avoided reviewing gospel and Islamic songs because of their spiritual contents. I believe that the songs were meant to propagate the gospel, teach doctrinal precepts and promote moral rectitude …

To infer that secrets are secreted from actions that societal and/or cultural constitutions do not embrace, is a fact brilliantly portrayed in Olukorede Yishau’s Vaults of Secrets. Through the characters we fortunately meet in this collection of ten short stories, the author boldly and tellingly reintroduces the “individual as a dual …

Monday, November 1, 2021, was the 143rd anniversary of the Jalumi War. Some historians call it the Battle of Ikirun but Jalumi (meaning: plunge into river) is the more popular name for the one-day war that commenced at dawn on Friday, November 1, 1878 and was won and lost before …

History was made on Thursday, October 21, 2021 as an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Simon Lough became the first Nigerian Police Officer to be elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The elevation of the highly decorated senior cop to the coveted rank was communicated by …