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A case for the “Igbo ranch”, by Ochereome Nnanna

This is a necessary sequel to my article last week titled: “Owo Ranch: Attention, Gov. Peter Mbah!” You may have, like me, wondered why Governor Mbah would carve out over

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Owo Ranch: Attention, Gov Peter Mbah! By Ochereome Nnanna

I have visited Enugu State three times since Dr Peter Mbah assumed office as Governor of Enugu State. In two of those visits, I participated in guided tours of his

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Gov Alex Otti’s “exit” plan controversy, by Ochereome Nnanna

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti (OFR), recently got tongues wagging when he, once again, averred that at the end of his tenure he would hand over and disappear from

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Igbo identity crisis: The DNA option (2), by Ochereome Nnanna

Since the end of the Biafra War in January 1970, ethnic disunity has wreaked great havoc in the former Eastern Region. In the former Northern Region, the Minorities (especially Christians

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Igbo identity crisis: The DNA option (I), by Ochereome Nnanna

There is this Northern Muslim girl who has carved a niche for herself on social media by making candid comments on Nigeria’s major ethnic groups. She packages it as comedy

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Opposition must unite or surrender, by Ochereome Nnanna

The combined opposition parties seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election are merely displaying the usual reflex of our political culture. Hardly has any presidential election

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What’s FG’s business with Almajiri “education”? By Ochereome Nnanna

A couple of weeks ago, a friend from Abuja sent me an article on the armed atrocities of the various Northern-bred jihadist groups, especially Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen. We got

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Cancel the Super Tucano deal now

By Ochereoma Nnanna On August 3, 2017, the United States Department of State con firmed the approval of the sale of 12 pieces of A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft to

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Why Buhari should thank Tinubu

By Nnanna Ochereome Before I outline why President Muhammadu Buhari should “thank” Alhaji Ahmed Tinubu, the leader of the South West political mainstream in the All Progressives Congress, APC, amalgam

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50 million soldiers to the rescue

By Ochereome Nnanna Old age is a big irony. Nobody actually wants to die (under normal circumstances). But because people have discovered that death is inevitable, they have settled for