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2023 and Clark’s Call for Justice

Global UpfrontFeb 10, 2022February 10, 20220

Easily the oldest and most active elder statesman in Nigeria today is the 1927-born Edwin Clark. He will be 95 this year! Forty-seven years ago,

Coups: Contending with New Wave

Global UpfrontFeb 3, 2022February 3, 20220

In the last year, the dawn martial music that characterised military takeovers in Africa in the 1970s was replayed in three West African countries. The

Can Buhari Hand Over a Better Nigeria?

Global UpfrontJan 27, 2022January 27, 20220

Growing up, young ones are encouraged by elders to dream dreams because they are the essential impetus for personal development…they often signal healthy ambitions. However,

Reviewing Soludo’s Highbrow Non-aligned Team

Global UpfrontJan 20, 2022January 19, 20220

Last November, Anambra voters elected a vibrant and young academic (1984 grad of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka) to replace outgoing banker, Willie Obiano, at

Atiku and Tinubu, Twinned in Ambition

Global UpfrontJan 13, 2022January 13, 20220

Ambition has several definitions that approximate believing in oneself even when no one else does. It has both the intoxicating power of alcohol and the

2022 and the Predictions

Global UpfrontJan 6, 2022January 6, 20220

As you read this piece we are already six days into AD 2022 and seven days of dumping 2021 into the scrap heap of history…never

Searching for Nigeria in Biafra

Global UpfrontDec 30, 2021December 30, 20210

In 2005, the late Biafra hero and Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, saw it coming. He warned that the continued marginalisation of Ndigbo by the Nigerian