Nigerians are corrupt. Even a suckling knows this. From time to time however, the odd situation arises where one Nigerian accuses another of corruption, you know, like armpit calling mouth smelly. To be too clean in Nigeria is as bad as being too dirty. You must maintain a corruption balance. …
LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN BY A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF NIGERIA Dear President Jonathan, My friends call me Sokii, but you, well just call me Segun. I have watched you in the last one year jump from pillar to post under the pretext of governance; clinging to the inconsequential and …
Today, 1st june 2012, I witnessed, first hand, one of the unfortunate down-sides of the 4th tier regime of the Owelle administration. A public/general election was conducted to elect the ‘Traditional’ ruler (Eze) of Irete Autonomous Community. In Owerri West LGA, the election was fraught with oddities, such as: 1. …
Great Nations have had to make differing degrees of sacrifices and efforts to get to where they are today. The world powers had bought into mercantilism, plundering the wealth of other parts of the world in their effort to stabilize their countries. This could be accounted for the voyages of …
I remember the joy in Imo State when Owelle Rochas Okorocha was declared winner of the Imo State Guber Elections. I was on my way back from Onitsha and as I drove into town, I saw people running on the streets shouting for joy. The people choice for once have …
By the 29th of May 2012, Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration must have existed for one year in Imo State. Within this one year, the government formulated and implemented a lot of policies, programs and projects. Traditionally, it is always the practice that at such occasions, government only extols its achievement …
It is one year now since Governor Rochas Okorocha came into power. He came into power on a tidal wave of voters support for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). He dispatched Chief Ikedi Ohakim in the governorship election, which saw the APGA take the top post in Imo State. …
While the disputed “Area K” land was being claimed by Umuguma people in Owerri West, there seem to have been an alliance among the communities in Owerri West to reclaim all the properties that had been hitherto been mistakenly being accounted for part of Owerri Municipal. On May 21, 2012, …
I have never at any time hidden my soft spot for General Muhammadu Buhari. And I have good reasons. I have never met or interacted with any Nigerian who is more passionate about the progress of Nigeria than Buhari. I can testify that he is genuinely worried about the state …
In the wee hours of May 15th, 2012, Umuguma youths hoisted their Banner indicating their claim to the ownership of the disputed World bank land known as Area K. The youths led by one Mr. Blessing Oparaeke who identified himself as the President of Umuguma Youth had defiantly gone …
Last may not have been heard over Area K land saga at the World Bank Area of Owerri regarding its real onwership as another group has emerged laying claim to the same land resulting to a bloody clash between the disputants where all sorts of dangerous weapons were brandished and used freely. It would be …
Dear Segun, Please don’t be surprised, if Governor Rochas Okorocha has still not read your piece of May 3, 2012 titled “Okorocha the Magician” and he might never read it. If his aides persist, he will take a very cursory look at it and tell them “eh, …