Time for Nigeria in distress prayer
Nigeria’s current leadership is not different from the Biblical reign of King Rehoboam By Valentine Amanze (05-09-2024) I love Catholic Church; and I also hail other churches. The Catholic Church has not failed my expectation of caring for, not only the members, but the nation through its social, political and spiritual programmes. Born in, and […]
Tinubu: Failure of propaganda, deceit
By Valentine Amanze (10-08-2024) Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. This Chinese idiom/ proverb captures the state of the nation today. Never in the Nigeria’s history has the citizens suffered hardship as it is presently. The civil war period was not as bad. Nigerians have been so much decived […]
Dangote’s battle for survival in the midst of oil cabal
The national lawmakers should be thinking about new laws that would make Nigerian crude available to local refinaries at subsidized rates By Valentine Amanze (02-07-2024) The last has not been heard about Nigeria government’s romance with the Dangote Refinary management. The Dangote Group of Companies is one of the few surviving firms in Nigeria. From […]
Tribute: Bob Marley, the freedom fighter
‘As we remember Bob Marley’s death today (May 11, 2024), we pray that what he stood for – Love, peace, unity and equality – will reign in the world. One Love’ By Valentine Amanze (10-05-2024) Bob Marley | File Image The late Robert Nesta Marley aka Bob Marley signifies different things to many of his […]
Nigeria: Where terrorisn is business
If the rag-tag terrorists could easily attack their target in Kaduna, it means no one is save in Nigeria By Valentine Amanze (18-3-2024) Nigeria has gradually become very notorious and sophisticated in terrorism. Daily, people pay ransome for the freedom of their beloved ones, while others are burying theirs killed by the marauding terrorists. Even […]
Reflecting on Nigeria’s new refugee status
Nigeria is not at war but hunger is ravaging the citizens of the self-acclaimed Giant of Africa. By Valentine Amanze (7-03-2024) Growing up in the late 60s in the South-East Nigeria was not easy. It came with mixed feelings. I recall observing the mass movement of people, especially from the present Rivers State, looking for […]
Taming the Rivers’ political monster
Wike’s interest and Fubara’s relevance as governor ‘Why must the selfish interest of one man hold the whole state to ransome?’ By Valentine Amanze (5-02-2024) Wike and Fubara | File Image The political crisis in Rivers State is becoming very intense and dangerious for Nigeria’s democracy. People are dying like flies everyday, while properties worth […]
Uzoka-Anite: Officiating the rquiem mass for Nigeria’s industrial sector
From January 2023 till date, no fewer than seven multinationals including Unilever, GSK Plc, P&G, have either left or announced their decision to exit the country By Valentine Amanze (29-01-2024) Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, no doubt, is Nigeria’s current Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria; and not Foreign Affairs […]
Betta Edu’s debut in corruption-infested society
Edu, no doubt, is the product of the system that brought her to limelight By Valentine Amanze (21-1-2024) Dr Betta Edu | Image: Premium Times Nigeria’s suspended Humanitarian and Poverty Alliteration Minister, Dr Betta Edu, is not different from many other public officeholders in Nigeria. They drink and eat corruption. The slite difference is she […]
Judiciary: Nigeria’s rubbished institution
Bulkachuwa, who represented Bauchi North senatorial district in the 9th Senate, confirmed infringing on the “freedom and independence” of his wife, Zainab, while serving as a judge and President of the Court of Appeal By Valentine Amanze (8-11-2023) Judiciary is the hope of the common man worldwide. In Nigeria it is not so. The 2023 […]
