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2027: APC To ‘Loose’ All South Eastern States – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

2027: APC To ‘Loose’ All South Eastern States – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics, South East
2027: APC to ‘Loose’ All South Eastern States The 2027 elections will test many things in Nigeria, but one outcome is already becoming politically inevitable: the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on track to lose every elective seat in the South East — and the reason is singular, emotional, legal, historic, and moral: the handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s case. For four years, the APC-led Federal Government has carried the burden of a decision that continues to inflame sentiments across Igboland — the abduction, extraordinary rendition, and prolonged detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).…
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Nov
21
2025
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MNK Deserves Acquittal, Not Pardon – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

MNK Deserves Acquittal, Not Pardon – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Human Rights, South East
MNK DESERVES ACQUITTAL, NOT PARDON MNK is not a violent man.MNK is not genocidal.MNK is not a commander of militias.MNK does not need a pardon.MNK needs acquittal.Period. The Nigerian Constitution is clear in Section 36(5): “Every person charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty.” The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, domesticated in Nigeria under Cap A9, reinforces it: No one shall be deprived of liberty except on grounds and procedures established by law. And internationally, Article 14 of the ICCPR insists that punishment must match proven personal conduct, not political interpretation. Philosophy is…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council

US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council

Crime, FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, has reported what he described as the slaughter of thousands of Christians in Nigeria to the UN Security Council. In a video released on Thursday by the US Mission to the UN on X, the ambassador outlined rising concerns over killings, razed communities and the targeting of church leaders in areas affected by ethnic militias in the Middle Belt and terrorist groups in the North. The ambassador drew attention to continued assaults by Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa, noting…
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Nov
21
2025
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Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump

Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, in Benue State, Wilfred Anagbe, has appealed to President Donald Trump of the United States to match its renewed designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, with concrete action. Bishop Anagbe made this call on Thursday, while testifying before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, which is investigating Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a CPC He said, “On behalf of millions of Christians in Nigeria and in the diaspora, we want to thank…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Lawmaker Urges FGN To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman

US Lawmaker Urges FGN To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman

FGN, Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
US Lawmaker Urges FG To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman A member of the United States House of Representatives, Riley Moore, has called on the Nigerian government to pardon a farmer, Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death for killing a herdsman during a 2015 confrontation in Adamawa State. Speaking on Thursday during a US House hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, Moore said the conviction was unjust. “I would urge the Nigerian government to take a look at pardoning Sunday Jackson, who is an individual who was fighting…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, Mayor Sanction Justice Omotosho

US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, Mayor Sanction Justice Omotosho

Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Judiciary, News Flash
US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, May Sanction Justice Omotosho A United States Congressional panel sitting in Washington, D.C., at a public hearing on alleged Christian persecution and genocide in Nigeria has strongly condemned the conviction and life sentence handed to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Members of the panel described the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja as a travesty of justice and an assault on international human rights norms. The panel, made up of lawmakers, policy analysts, and human rights advocates, reviewed recent developments…
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Nov
20
2025
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Justice, Power, And The Moral Collapse Of Selective Leadership- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Justice, Power, And The Moral Collapse Of Selective Leadership- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Human Rights, Judiciary
JUSTICE, POWER, AND THE MORAL COLLAPSE OF SELECTIVE LEADERSHIP The life sentence delivered against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Justice Omotoso stands today as one of the most contested judicial decisions in the history of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Not merely for what was decided, but for what it exposes: the hypocrisy of power, the selective vibrations of political morality, and the collapse of leadership where it is most needed. Philosophers across centuries have warned that justice becomes tyranny the moment it begins to discriminate. Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, defined injustice as “unequal treatment of equals or equal treatment of unequals.” This…
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Nov
20
2025
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Terrorism Charge: Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment

Terrorism Charge: Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash
Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment For Terrorism Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court on Thursday sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to life imprisonment, concluding a high-profile trial that has lasted several years. Kanu, who was arrested in Kenya under contentious circumstances four years ago and extradited to Nigeria, faced seven counts related to terrorism. The judgment was delivered in his absence after he refused to participate in the proceedings, insisting that the court had no authority over him regarding the terrorism charges. His refusal led the presiding judge to order…
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Nov
20
2025
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A Daniel Has Come To Judgement: Schooling Obinna Oriaku On Public Finance, Transparency And Intellectual Honesty – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

A Daniel Has Come To Judgement: Schooling Obinna Oriaku On Public Finance, Transparency And Intellectual Honesty – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance
A Daniel Has Come to Judgment: Schooling Obinna Oriaku on Public Finance, Transparency and Intellectual Honesty It is curious — almost tragicomic — that the same man who supervised Abia’s finances between 2015–2019 without publishing a single Quarterly Budget Implementation Report now seeks to interrogate Q2 and Q3 2025 documents with the zeal of a philosopher-king. But as Shakespeare warned in Measure for Measure, “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” In this debate, however, the irony is reversed: he who fell by opacity now pretends to rise by feigned transparency. Before we engage his questions, the stage…
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Nov
20
2025
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OHAFIA HALL OF FAME: Prof. Eni Njoku, Prof. Kalu Ezera, Prof. Eme Awa, Prof. U. U. Uche And 13 Others For Posthumous Recognitions/Awards

OHAFIA HALL OF FAME: Prof. Eni Njoku, Prof. Kalu Ezera, Prof. Eme Awa, Prof. U. U. Uche And 13 Others For Posthumous Recognitions/Awards

News Flash, Ohafia LGA, People & Events
OHAFIA HALL OF FAME: Prof. Eni Njoku, Prof. Kalu Ezera, Prof. Eme Awa, Prof. U.U. Uche and 13 Others To Receive Posthumous Recognitions/Awards. After the Screening and consideration of 100 most influential/Impactful Ohafians In Nigeria and diaspora by the Hon. Chief Mba Ukaha led Screening/Planning Committee. The Committee further went ahead to identify Ohafia great heros whose impact contributed immensely in the development of Ohafia, Abia State, Nigeria and Africa at large. These were known names in the development of Nigeria and Africa. They were world class giants in Education, Science and technology, Law, Medicine, Political Science, Leadership, Finance, etc.…
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