Thankfully, prominent groups across the country, including Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle Belt Forum, and the Concerned Hausa Stakeholders, have strongly rejected the proposed law.
True activists fight for the future. Transactional activists fight for contracts.
A decision by Oluseyi Owoeye of the Federal High Court marks the latest in an increasingly fevered judicial push to decapitate citizenship as the basis for government in Nigeria.
Obi has fallen for the seduction that his salvation lies with joining Atiku, Amaechi, and former Governor Nasir El-Rufai in a coalition to nowhere. I’m shocked.
Yet, creating a new state could deepen divisions, foster competing interests and encourage governors to prioritise personal ambition over the collective advancement of the Igbo.
Governors aren’t elected to stoke tensions, but to calm them when they erupt.
It’s crucial to recognise that citizens or civic groups have standing in election petitions in a representative or test capacity.
If indifference and aloofness plagued Buhari’s presidency, this became even more palpable towards the conclusion of his second term.
This is not the time to shield rogue government agents or police officers.
Let me begin by sharing the most profound truth I ever heard in life—one I stubbornly ignored: Only the dead are truly educated.
