Ayo Akinfe
One thing that makes my heart bleed is the fact that as a continent, Africa has very little man-made infrastructure to show the rest of the world. All we really have are the pyramids of Egypt. We have less than a dozen real national monuments in Nigeria, with National Theatre, Cocoa House, Kainji Dam, etc, being a few
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MEMBERS of the public in the Imo State capital Owerri have lynched an Eastern Security Network (ESN) operative to death after he tried to enforce the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob's) sit-at-home order earlier today.
Ipob has been campaigning for the recreation of the independent republic of Biafra which broke away from...
Ayo Akinfe
Last week, the whole of Nigeria was talking about the unique attire President Buhari wore during his one day official visit to Imo State. However, have we cashed in on it?
I am gobsmacked that nobody in Imo State, a part of the country renown for its commercial clout and industrial nature has spotted the opportunities...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigeria's 31m Igbos to abandon the idea of leaving Nigeria as they are absolutely fundamental to the growth of the nation's economy and the country's future prospects.
Nigeria's third largest ethnic group, the Igbos are by far Africa's mist industrious people, dominating retail...
Ayo Akinfe
First of all the military clampdown must end today. There are no Boko Haram or Iswap terrorists in the southeast, so all political prisoners should be released, all charges against Nnamdi Kanu should be dropped and Ipob should be recognised as a civil society agitation group. Southeast Nigeria is not Sambisa Forest or...
PAN-cultural association Ohanaeze Ndigbo has used the occasion of President Muhammadu Buhari's visit to Imo State to urge him to release all the Igbo youth currently being held in detention centres across the country simply for agitating for a better society.
This morning, President Buhari arrived in Owerri, the Imo State...
INSPECTOR-general of police Usman Baba has ordered investigation into the detention of a 21-year-old lady who was arrested by Intelligence Response Team (IRT) operatives in Imo State just for being the girlfriend of an Eastern Security Network (ESN) member.
Apparently, the lady identified as Glory Okolie, was apprehended on...
IMO State has been described as the dirtiest of Nigeria's 36 states by the local chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of creating an unfriendly environment for its citizens.
Once adjudged to be the cleanest state in Nigeria, Imo is now considered an eyesore with refuse piling...
NIGERIA'S growing insecurity has begun to hit the domestic airline industry hard as several airlines have reported a loss in passenger volumes over the last four weeks with members of the public now wary of travelling.
Over recent months, insecurity has grown out of control across Nigeria with banditry, kidnapping, rape,...
REGIONAL security outfit Ebubeagu recently announced by the South East Governors Forum was finally unveiled yesterday when uniformed members of the vigilante group were shown to the media in the Ebonyi State capital Abakaliki.
On April 11, the South East Governors Forum announced plans to launch Ebubeagu, modelled similarly...
