By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam There was nothing like the African or Arab slave trade. There was just the slave trade, which was no different from commodities trading today. One might trade Urals or Brent, Middling Fair or Low Middling, and you’d be a participant in the oil or cotton trade. Slaves were commodities to their traders and property to their owners. Both definitions were…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has told the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC that he is not leaving the party. Obi was replying to a statement by NLC spokesperson Benson Upah who said the former Anambra State Governor was free to leave the party if he wanted to. Upah…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam A booming European economy was a pebble flung into the tranquil waters of West African history in the 16th and 18th centuries. Now 15 comes before 16. The mighty cannons of the Ottoman gunners blasted open the walls of Constantinople in 1453 and extinguished Roman power in Asia forever. Thirty-nine years later,…
By Emanuel Ayanleke How can Nigerians unite to create real change in their country if there is so much division amongst themselves? First, let me clear up one or two misconceptions I can intuit in your question: Nigerians readily identify themselves as Nigerian (without qualification) where such identification matters. E.g. in official dealings with government and other…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pursuant to the provisions of Section 29 (2) (b) of the Constitution of our Party on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), approved the appointment of the Executives whose tenures have expired in some State, Local Government and Ward chapters to serve as…
