I just read the story of the release of Patience Paul, the school girl who was abducted and turned into a sex slave in Sokoto. According to the lawyer who represented the family, Governor Aminu Tambuwal called immediately he read of the story and promptly initiated actions that got the girl freed from her abductors. […]
Ogbuagu Anikwe
Ogbuagu is the immediate past Enugu State Commissioner for Information. He is a highly experienced media editor & manager, and a strategic communication consultant.
Fulani Herders, the Case For
These are some of the viewpoints I’ve come across so far, in support of doing nothing about this problem that Nigeria is confronting, and as both herders and local farmers pay the terrible cost with their lives and their property: 1. Is it because Buhari is now in power that you want to play politics […]
A Vile Murder in the Social Media
Before you post your next FB comment on the unfolding Ese tragedy, here’s an objectivity test, and it applies to all, whether you are a northerner, a wailer, an Ijaw, a Christian, Muslim or a traditional religionist. Ask yourself: “If this thing had been done to my little sister or daughter, what will I write […]
A headache called Judiciary
The President’s headache is different from the headache of the common people on dispensation of justice
Rev. Fr. Mbaka's Lemon
The news is that Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the stormy petrel of the Catholic Church, has been transferred from GRA Enugu to a parish at Emene as a resident priest. For the record, a resident priest is an official guest in a parish where he is posted to carry out a special assignment. The resident […]
On the Kogi Conundrum
Wada & late Audu… before it all went down I’m worried about this Kogi matter. I know we always disagree on political matters but don’t you think, like me, that my party the APC is wrong? I just want to pick your brain if you don’t mind. Pick the brain of a clueless man? Hahahaha! […]
The President as a Minister
The ambiguity in having a president directly supervise an MDA played out again yesterday 24 October 2015 in the National Assembly as Senators sought to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to explain the current fuel scarcity in the country. A motion on the floor by Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia) to invite the President to explain why […]
Akpabio’s Accident and Matters Arising
“…in the business of political gamesmanship, those who pay for media spins reap what they sow, eventually, when truth rises to confront clever fabrications.” It was supposed to be a simple, straightforward story. Senator Godswill Akpabio (PDP, AKS), the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, was running late to catch up with an international […]
Before September Comes
Will President Buhari see through the current media battles being waged to damage the reputations of men and women who are itching to do business with his government? In an article published by the Washington Post on July 20, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that he would not constitute a full cabinet before September 2015. Let […]
Obama’s Continued Disdain for Africa
COUNTERPOINT By Raynard Jackson In June of 2013 Obama tried to lecture Senegalese President, Macky Sall in front of his own people on accepting homosexuality in his country. Before his trip to Africa, Obama was sternly warned by many, “do not talk about homosexuality in Africa.” But as is his habit, Obama never misses an opportunity to lecture and […]