Column Archives - Page 69 of 117

Nov

02

2025

Ndume to FG: Deploy Akinyemi, Kingibe, Anyaoku to defend Nigeria’s image before US

Column, Current Events, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsMetro, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno central, has called on the federal government to engage seasoned diplomats to defend Nigeria’s image following President Donald Trump’s designation as a “country of particular concern.” Trump had, in a post shared on his Truth Social account and the White House’s X handle, on Friday, claimed that Christians were being massacred in Nigeria, describing the situation as a genocide. In a statement on Saturday, Ndume said diplomats should be engaged to help defend Nigeria’s image on the global stage. “Before things get out of hand, Nigeria should engage seasoned diplomats like Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Professor…

Nov

02

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Time To Fight For The Christian State Of Nigeria – Okpotemba

Column, Current Events, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Social IssuesNigeria, Opinion, Religion

It's difficult to keep mum at a time like this when very sensitive issues of international dimension suffice to put our country in a new socio geopolitical dynamics. At least, the islamisation project in Nigeria which started at independence and caused the Nigeria Civil war, tagged the Biafran war in 1967 has become the Trojan horse for Christian genocide of today in the same Nigeria by the year 2025. This assertion is coming from non other than the President of the most powerful country in the world, Donald Trump with a warning to Nigeria leaders to take responsibility or they…

Nov

01

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Forthcoming – By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, News, Opinion, Politics

I had the privilege of witnessing the Ekiti APC governorship consensus ratification on October 27, 2025. At this event, 885 delegates endorsed Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, aka BAO, as the consensus candidate for the June 20, 2026 governorship election. On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, I also joined the governor’s entourage to the commissioning of the reconstructed Itawure-Okemesi-Ekiti Road, the lighting of Okemesi-Ekiti, and the reopening of the equipped General Hospital in Okemesi-Ekiti. Reflecting on these events, I’m led to ask: Was the outpouring of support for the governor genuine, or a carefully crafted display? Did the crowds that lined the…

Nov

01

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu and the significance of yesterday (2) – Byabiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The detail makes the difference! In 1961, the regional government in Western Nigeria made tax cuts to shore up its dwindling electoral prospects, largely caused by a drop in commodity prices. There was, however, an unexpected resistance to the tax cuts in some provinces, particularly in Ekiti, Ijebu and Ondo. Over 300 people were arraigned before magistrates across the region for unruly conduct and bound over. The key point here is that people, after an initial resistance in the middle of the 1950s, had come to accept the benefits of paying taxes. Even by today’s standards worldwide, this is real…

Nov

01

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Before It Comes Upon Us – By Prof Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsChris Nwaokobia, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics

I have been away from the Country since the middle of August when my health made a very bold call for urgent and immediate attention. Whilst here in the United States I have made very strident interventions for the good of Country even at the detriment of my health. Quite a lot of friends have called to 'command' me to rest and concentrate on my medicals, but alas the 'love for Country' will always have its way. I wrote close to five pungent interventions on the State of the nation and granted several Television and Radio interviews through virtual mediums…