I Never Believed I Would Live Again – Patricia

Only few people would go through her experience and still come out alive to tell their story. But that is what Patricia ….., a 22-year-old Polytechnic student from Abia State did. Perhaps more than any other person in Borno State, Patricia, an ND 2 Accountancy student at Ramat Polytechnic saw firsthand the indescribable atrocities the [...]

Boko Haram Leader Deserved Death – PFN Boss

Rev. Dr. Daniel Egboka, Assistant General Superintendent of the National Evangelical Mission and Chairman Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (Borno State Chapter) is the Pastor of the National Evangelical Mission Wukari Headquarters, Maiduguri. His church suffered most in the hands of the extremist sect. Not only was the entire church burnt down, his assistant Pastor, his [...]

TRIBUTE TO OUR FATHER, NZE ALEXANDER AMADIKWA AMAECHI

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
We are all gathered here today to celebrate the life and death of our father, Nze Alexander Amadikwa Anamelechi Amaechi, who was called to eternal glory on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.
Born on March 24, 1932 to Amaechi Akarakpo and his first wife, Odionye, Papa was the [...]

As Adesanya Takes The Final Bow

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: April 29, 2008
 

 
On Sunday, April 27, Chief Abraham Adesanya went the way of all mortals. He died peacefully, after having his breakfast in his Apapa home. Dying at 85, at home, surrounded by family members (children, grandchildren and great grandchildren) is a dream death.
 
Pa Adesanya was a dogged fighter and a journalist’s [...]

Imo State: The Limits Of Politics

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
 
Imo State: The Limits Of Politics
 
It is not for nothing that Imo State is called the “Eastern Heartland.” The state and its indigenes exemplify the remarkable qualities of the Igboman – resilience, perseverance and courage. Yet, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, the average Imo indigene radiates warmth. [...]

Anambra State And Inane Politics

By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Published: April 22, 2008

Anambra, the state that prides itself as the “home for all” is in the news again, needless to say, for the very wrong reasons.
 
As it has repeatedly done since the commencement of this “democratic” dispensation, the state has scored first in most negative things. Now, it is poised to score [...]

Election Rigging: Blame The Politicians

By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Published: Tuesday, February 26,2008
 
Today, as the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, which is hearing the consolidated petition of the presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), and his Action Congress (AC) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua delivers judgement, Nigeria stands on the [...]

My Take On Electoral Reforms Panel Report

By Ikechukwu Amaechi
 
Finally, after 15 months of consultations, brainstorming and hard deliberations, Justice Mohammed Uwais and his colleagues on the Electoral Reforms Panel, have submitted their report to the man who set up the committee, President Umaru Yar’Adua.
 
The 22-member Committee, made up of eminent Nigerians, men and women who have excelled in all fields of [...]

Power Without Responsibility

By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Published: May 20, 2008
 
For too long, I have wondered why corruption has become the country’s terminal ailment. It goes without saying that the malaise has become a canker worm because nobody has the political will to fight it. That was why General Olusegun Obasanjo spent eight years in power, claiming to be engaged [...]

Isn’t Nuhu Aliyu A Coward?

Senator Nuhu Aliyu, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and Chairman, Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence wants Nigerians to believe he is not a coward. He also wants them to believe that his “integrity is intact.”
 
And the only proof he has of his self-confessed pluck is the fact that he “served [...]