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Our Agenda Was to "Put The North in Power" at all cost- Mr Harold Smith, British Colonial Officer in Nigeria before & after independence The man Harold Smith is not new in Nigerian history. Mr. Harold Smith was a colonial officer posted to duty in Africa. He served in many African countries including Nigeria. As an insider in the British colonial system, Mr. Smith has a lot of interesting views and ideas to provide.He is one of the architects of colonial foundation that midwife Nigerian independence in 1960.I met him in a meeting three weeks ago where he opened up a bit about the lingering problem in Africa especially; Nigeria unbalanced protracted social political situations. We asked if he could make this known to the media. His response was “I am in my 80s now; I have agreed but in the past ‘they’ did not want me to say anything, but now I don’t want to go to my grave without telling the truth about the atrocities perpetrated in Africa by the colonialists. Brot...

The commercial court presided over by her ladyship Ananda Aikins(Mrs) has set aside the sale of the DKM building which was fraudulently purchased by the B/A Regional Minister (Hon Kweku Asomah Kyeremeh’s) aide and personal bodyguard Faisal Alhasan and ordered that occupants therein should evict same forthwith and further ordered the lands commission to register the building in the name of DKM Microfinance..

I was in Enugu Prisons and was surprised, when i saw a Vehicle loaded with massive number of Uniformed Vigilantes and well armed Nigeria Security agents,molesting and pushing them out of the vehicle into the Prisons. The armed Men barricaded the entrance to the Prisons and stopped vehicles from passing, aceive they arrested criminals. When I asked where they are from? I was told, they are "Vigilantes From Benue State", who were detained for protecting their Communities after the Benue State Fulani Massacre. I was inquisitive to know and asked from the direct source, who gave me same answer. This Men were arrested in Benue State and brought to Enugu State, to keep them away from their Families. They detained massive number of Benue Youths after the Masscre for weeks, tortured them while on detention before their arraignment, which led to Court remanding order and no Fulani Herdsmen was captured. I was so bittered, as the incident triggered a lot of murmuring and questi...

When Ebony Reigns (Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng) died, someone circulated a WhatsApp message stating that when Lady Diana died, forensic and accident reconstruction experts were called to investigate the cause of the crash, while in Ghana, Mallams, Okomfuo and Pastors were called by radio presenters to tell us the cause of Ebony’s death. Noting the daily parade of Pastors and Men of God trooping to radio stations to claim credit for predicting her death first, this observation is not just right on point but also points to our debasement as a people. We Ghanaians are too superstitious for our own good - period! The most shameful are those of us who call ourselves educated. Everything that happens is ascribed to some unseen evil force or to God. Our superstition has long run into abject insouciance, paralyzing us from technically analyzing situations and taking informed corrective measures. Ebony Reigns did not die because of any prophecy, curse or divine will. The simple truth is that...

The embattled pro-Biafra group Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),Thursday declared the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari a terrorist government. In a statement by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, described the Nigerian legal system, especially as configured by Buhari and his cacophony of family cabinet as a jungle. While decrying the continuing detention of her members across the country by the administration, the statement saw it as laughable situation where persons expressing their God-given human rights and political/administrative persuasions were simply dumped in prisons without any charges or trial in a regime that called itself a “democratic government. Or is it really demonic? “What we are saying is that the Buhari government should set free our members in various detention facilities across Nigeria if it is not ready to prosecute the court matters against them”. Describing Buhari’s administration was yet to convince the world i...

The IBO defines a principled person as someone who "acts with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them". A principled person leads highly moral live, and never, or at least rarely fail to follow his or her moral principles. A person of principle means someone who faithfully follow his or principle or set of principles rather than abandoning them when convenient. If a principled person is faced with a seemingly difficult decision, he or she will quickly refer to his or her guiding set of principles and then deduce the correct action from it. When the President's nominee for the office of the special prosecutor Mr Martin Amidu, quoted this idiomatic expression "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" several times when he appeared before Parliament's Appointment Commi...