Columns/Opinions/Letters

Scapegoating Communities won't work: Reno Omokri’s Flawed Analysis is Questionable and Troubling Reno Omokri’s assertion that "homegrown terror thrives solely due to local support" fundamentally distorts Nigeria’s security crisis. His selective citation of Anambra Governor Soludo’s unverified claim—that "99% of kidnappings in Anambra are by Igbo people"—ignores empirical national data. Research by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Global Terrorism Index documents terrorism as a cross-regional threat: bandit groups in the Northwest caused more civilian deaths in 2021 than Boko Haram in the Northeast, while separatist violence in the Southeast coexists with farmer-herder conflicts in…

The Unyielding Mandate: Governor Otti Tackles Political Charlatanism Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s August media colloquium, "Governor Otti Speaks to Abians," transcended mere administrative briefing. It crystallized a defining leadership ethos: an unassailable commitment to truth, tangible progress, and an unequivocal rejection of the corrosive politics that once crippled the state. This session, a masterclass in transparent governance, saw Otti dissect malicious falsehoods while illuminating transformative investments, establishing a stark demarcation between his administration’s integrity and the bankrupt opportunism of the past. Confronting Fabrications with Fiscal RealityThe epicenter of opposition vitriol – the patently absurd allegation of ₦54 billion expended…

The Grand Theatre of Selective Amnesia In the bustling realm of Abia State, where the scent of fresh asphalt mingles with the hum of progress, a curious troupe of APC minions—brandishing the laughable banner of "Abia’s Best Interest Association"—has staged a theatrical demand for accountability. Their script? A manufactured outrage over ₦54 billion in school funds, a figure plucked from the ether with the precision of a blind archer . How touching, how richly ironic, that these custodians of decay—architects of 24 years of infrastructural genocide—now pose as fiscal watchdogs! Act I: The Chorus of HypocrisyLet us marvel at the…