Issues/Policy

As there are now numerous other attractive locations, any country that takes these investors for granted does itself a great disservice. The Senate’s proposal – if adopted – would have repercussions beyond the power sector. […]

The Nigerian Civil War, which led to the deaths of over two million people, was fought to counter the declaration of the sovereign state of Biafra by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the then military governor of eastern […]

The first and immediate step at resolving this impasse is for the current administration to reconstitute the relevant organs of government to fully include the South-East, particularly the National Security Council. Furthermore, the rest of […]

The next time they urge you to pick up arms, request that their sons and daughters lead the lines. This is a momentous opportunity for young Easterners to demand the kind of leadership they deserve […]

By Chioma Gabriel, Emeka Mamah, Clifford Ndujihe,Chidi Nkwopara, Anayo Okoli, Henry Umoru, Emman Ovuakporie, Dapo Akinrefon, Gbenga Oke, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Chinonso Alozie & Peter Okutu Tuesday’s successful lockdown of the Southeast […]

UMUAHIA—FIFTY years after the declaration of Biafra the issues that led Ndigbo to make the declaration cannot be said to have abated rather the issues, have patently become worse. Though at the end of the […]

The committee set up to investigate last week’s invasion of Osun State University by officials of the Air Force Safety Institute at Ipetu Ijesa, has commenced sitting. PREMIUM TIMES checks indicate that the panel headed […]

At least nine people were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded in Kabul’s diplomatic district on Wednesday morning. The explosion took place near Zanbaq square, in the Afghanistan capital, near where many countries’ diplomatic […]

At the receiving end of all that happens or does not happen to Nigeria is the average Nigerian. It is a tough job to be a Nigerian. Things you ought to take for granted as […]

This year, for the second time in a row, Nigeria is ranked the thirteenth least stable country in the world. The 2017 Fragile States Index (FSI), launched May 15, gave Nigeria a total score of […]

It is sad that many Nigerians today talk glibly about the possibility of a coup or of military intervention in politics. They make it seem as if this democracy is something we can exchange for […]

Every new day, this collection of fraudsters and members of a myopic, gullible and daft association that parades itself as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by a hate speech monger named Nnamdi Kanu […]

As we set out to close shops and offices, disrupt movement by burning tires and then retiring to bars to drink beer, the fallen Biafran heroes told me to inform Ndigbo that such goalless acts […]

When I think of May 30, especially looking back as it relates to the ominous year 1967 and the severed Biafran aspiration, I remember with nostalgic sense the circumstances that ultimately triggered what some might […]