People&Politics

By FESTUS ADEDAYO I have severally confessed my love for the South African literature. I fell in love with it early in life while gobbling up narratives of heroic travails of liberation struggle fighters, represented in the works of Mazisi Kunene, Ezekiel Mphalele, Peter Abrahams, Alf Wannenburg, Alan Paton, Alex La Guma and many others. I must have read La Guma’s A Walk In The Night and virtually all his works innumerable times. Of the lot, one South African author whose works equally spellbound me is Can Themba, perhaps because of the self-inflicted tragedy of his early passage. This morning,…

By SAMSON EZEA As a graduate of Mass Communication and a journalism practitioner for years now, I am totally baffled and at a loss over how Nigerians have abused social media platforms, using them to spread falsehood and fan the embers of war, discord, disunity, and crises. In doing this, they throw caution, ethics, decorum, professionalism, and facts to the wind, forgetting the fundamental principle of news gathering and reporting: that the authenticity or genuineness of the source(s) of information is more important than the information itself. For this reason, every news item must not only be attributed to a…

By SAMSON EZEA On March 27–28, 2026, the congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which commenced at the ward level, came to a close with the election of members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s 8th National Convention held at Eagle Square, Abuja.The epoch-making event, attended by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, state governors, National Assembly members, party leaders, and delegates, produced a new leadership for the party, led by its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda and other key officials, including the Deputy National Chairman (South) Dr. Ben Nwoye. No doubt, the outcome of the convention…

Omoyele Sowore is riding the wrong horse by taking on Otti. To start with, Abia people are happy with the performance of their governor, who has achieved in less than three years, what the previous administrations, put together, could not achieve in 24 years. So, Otti does not need Sowore’s validation. Those who matter – Abians – are already doing that. The ranting of an aggrieved interloper will not make any difference… Omoyele Sowore should watch it. Creating disruption for its own sake is not activism. It is nuisance. The line that divides both phenomena is rather thin. The earlier…

                       BY UCHE ANEKE I begin this write -up with the famous quotation from late Dr. Martins Luther King Jr. which states that   “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”.As the permutations for the 2027 Governorship race in Enugu State gather momentum, with men and women of varied ambitions jostling across party lines, I have taken a firm and deliberate decision to pitch my tent with Governor Peter Ndubuisi  Mbah in his aspiration for a second term of four years…

By SAMSON EZEA “You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius Turning 62 is more than the marking of years; it is the celebration of a life tested, refined, and strengthened by experience. To exemplify resilience and stoicism at 62 is to embody the quiet strength that comes from enduring storms without losing one’s sense of purpose or dignity. Resilience at this stage of life reflects the ability to rise above adversities, personal, professional, and societal, while continuing to contribute meaningfully to family, community, and nation. It is the mark…