By Eze Jude O

On Saturday, the 19th day of September, 2020, as we all know, history was made in Edo State. The incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, amidst stiff oppositions was re-elected for a second term, in a keenly (neck-to-neck) contested election between the two main political parties - the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

By Jude Eze

After reading and following the reactions of Nigerians at the death of Mallam Abba Kyari, Senator Buruji Kashamu and Mallam Isa Funtua, respectively, our weekly feature digest - The Concourse, raised a verdict: It begged all of us who cared to listen to lead good lives and lessen the burden of our prospective biographers - those on whom the work of writing our funeral oration will fall on.

By Dr Dons Eze

For the past two or so months, we have been watching with dismay, some of our Igbo leaders dancing naked in market places, washing their dirty linens in the public square. These are people who we have put our hope on, people we look up to be in the contest for the much talked about Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023.

By Dr Dons Eze

In 2014, when the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan increased pump price of petrol, opposition politicians in the country led by General Muhammadu Buhari poured out to the streets to challenge, or demonstrate against it.

By Amb Bianca Onoh Odumegwu Ojukwu

This used to be a favorite haunt...The Forest Reserve adjacent to Michael Okpara Square, Enugu. My early morning jogging sessions took place in it’s environs.

By Bolanle Bolawole

In life, he was controversial; in death, no less. Who else but Kashamu Buruji, who boarded the COVID-19 plane penultimate Saturday? The first salvo was fired by no less a personality than former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Noted for his knack for letter-writing, Obasanjo fired a sarcastic “condolence” letter that did anything but condole, to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, in which he mocked his one-time political Nemesis.

By Dr Dons Eze

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has hit the nail at the head when he challenged members of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to ensure that there is fairness and equity in the implementation and enforcement of the principles of federal character in the distribution of public posts and socio-economic infrastructures among the federating units of the country.

By Chika Omeje

The first educated person to give us a glimpse of the economic outlook of Nsukka in modern history is the great Scottish explorer; Dr William Balfour Baike, in the 19th century. After sailing successfully up the River Niger and Benue in the Niger expedition of 1854; Baike celebrated his success in the following remarks:

By Dr Dons Eze

Having been in power for several years and not willing to part with it, the North has come up with another strategy aimed at keeping them in power beyond 2023.

By Dr Dons Eze

One major drawback of the two imported religions in Nigeria, Christianity and Islam, is that those who brought them to us hardly emphasized the need for hard work. Instead, they would encourage the rich to always give alms to the poor, to do charity works, or to perform zakat.

By Chuks Iloegbunam

If the current controversy surrounding the search for a replacement for the outgoing director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, were not global and intense, it would mean that the position was worth little more than a sinecure.