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Fulani jihadist reportedly beheaded Michael Oyedokun, a teacher abducted from Community High School in Ahoro-Esinele, Oyo State, according to a video released by the gunmen on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
The incident follows a coordinated assault on schools in the Oriire Local Government Area on Friday, May 15, which has left the local education community in mourning.
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𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀
Anambra State's new burial law bans midweek funerals, extravagant gifts like cows, and long wake-keeps. Learn about the new rules and penalties.
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APC Leaders Invited the Bandits Ravaging Nigeria
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Chief Tola Adeniyi is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Times and the Nigerian Tribune, author of Chapters of Destiny: An Autobiography
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Bolivian social organizations and unions have declared an indefinite strike seeking the resignation of neoliberal President and U.S. ally Rodrigo Paz.
Paz has imposed austerity policies which have crippled the Bolivian economy and has issued an arrest warrant for former president Evo Morales.
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The Biafra quest remains one of the most enduring and emotionally charged subjects in modern African history. Decades after the Nigerian Civil War, the conversation around Biafra continues to influence identity, politics, culture, and aspirations for millions of people in Nigeria’s South-East and in the diaspora.
Beyond debates on self-determination, sovereignty, and justice lies a more fundamental question: Who truly is a Biafran?
A Biafran is defined not merely by geography, ethnicity, or political affiliation, but by a spirit of resilience, industry, courage, and an unyielding determination to survive and thrive against all odds.
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The dangers of reckless leadership in freedom struggle .
A principled fight for freedom requires discipline and constructive vision. When liberation movements are compromised by the reckless or self-serving lifestyles of their leaders, the core purpose of the struggle is lost. True freedom demands accountability, self-governance, and a deep sense of responsibility to the people.
A reckless lifestyle by any leader during a struggle for freedom can be very devastating.
His or her reckless lifestyle , shatters trust, alienates allies, drains vital resources, and provides opponents with easy ammunition.
Ultimately, his or her behavior compromises the moral authority and discipline required to navigate challenges and achieve shared goals.
The consequences of this kind of leadership manifest in several critical ways: When a leader acts recklessly, followers lose faith in their judgment and commitment. This rapidly demoralizes the base, turning dedication into apathy or resentment.
In any Struggle, whether they are political, organizational, or social, requires disciplined focus.
A reckless lifestyle of a leader often diverts critical time, energy, and finances away from the core mission and into personal damage control or indulgence.
Impulsive behavior and poor decision-making of a leader leaves the entire group or struggle exposed. Opponents, competitors, or adversaries can easily exploit these weaknesses to undermine the movement's credibility.
Effective and discipline leadership in a struggle demands integrity. If an any leader preaches sacrifice or discipline while living recklessly, they forfeit the moral high ground, making it impossible to hold others accountable.
Such behavior frequently causes fracturing within the leadership team and Follower-ship base. Supporters may begin to take sides between defending the leader and demanding accountability, leading to internal conflict that distracts from the primary struggle.
A struggle for liberty cannot devolve into a reckless lack of boundaries. Authentic freedom is not the license to be destructive, but the capacity to act responsibly and build a better society.
Movements that tolerate impulsive or toxic leadership styles risk self-destruction.
However, a people determined to fight for their freedom cannot tolerate the destructive and reckless lifestyle of any leadership.
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A Heartbreaking Tragedy That Should Never Have Happened
In the blink of an eye, Mrs. Amarachi Promise Esomonu’s world was shattered forever.
On Friday, May 15, 2026, her three precious children aged 10, 4, and 3 were cruelly snatched away in a devastating road accident in Ogbunabali, Port Harcourt. Allegedly struck down by a learner driver’s careless mistake, these innocent little souls left this earth too soon.
A mother’s worst nightmare unfolded before her eyes. She gathered her children’s broken bodies from the road. She picked up her son’s intestines with her bare hands. The pain is unimaginable. The grief is unbearable.
“I lost my three kids… 10 years, four years, and three years… all because of careless driving,” she cried.
Now, this grieving mother is pleading for justice, afraid that the system will sweep her children’s death under the carpet as if they never existed.
No mother should ever have to bury her three babies. No child should lose their life because someone chose to drive without proper care.
May the souls of these beautiful angels find eternal rest in the bosom of the Lord.
May God comfort Mrs. Amarachi Promise Esomonu with a peace that surpasses all understanding.
Justice must be served. Their lives mattered.
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May 7, 2026 #30thMay#NeverForget30thMay#Day7#WeRemember#May30th2026
I always think about the women — the mothers who crossed dangerous lines for food, cared for the sick and wounded, and somehow kept families and hope alive. Their strength carried Biafra when everything else was falling apart. Many had already endured loss in the years before the war.
Their story is one of quiet, powerful love for our people. We honor them deeply this month. Let their example move us. In memory of all those women and the men who stood with them, we say it clearly: Biafra must rise free and independent. We carry their legacy in our hearts.
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Join us for the Coastal Biafra programme today May 8th (and every Friday) at 3.00pm on #RadioBiafra
It is time to correct all historical falsehoods and disinformation, and chart a path of unity for the people of the East and the Delta.
Let us now deconstruct and demystify the DIVIDE & RULE antics of our common enemies and forge a secure future for ourselves and our generations yet unborn.
You can participate via FM 102.1 or download the Radio Biafra app or IPOB Community Radio App from Google play store or IOS app store.
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WEEKEND MUSING
THE REPUBLIC OF DOUBLE-SPEAKERS:
WHEN LAWYERS BECOME MERCHANTS OF CONVENIENCE AND INTEGRITY IS AUCTIONED FOR POLITICAL CRUMBS
There was once a sacred era when the legal profession stood as the last moral cathedral of society , a vocation built upon honour, intellectual discipline, character, and fidelity to truth. A lawyer’s word was his bond; his integrity, his most priceless ornament. Today, however, we increasingly witness the tragic emergence of a dangerous breed of legal practitioners who speak from both sides of the mouth with astonishing ease, prostituting conviction upon the altar of political patronage and pecuniary gratification.
Sadly, that disturbing era is once again fully upon us.
During political campaigns, particularly in the build-up to the 2023 General and Presidential Elections, many who ought to have embodied restraint, professional dignity, and ethical sobriety recklessly abandoned every known standard of decency in desperate attempts to please their political paymasters. Truth became elastic. Principles became negotiable. Yesterday’s villains suddenly transformed into today’s saints, not by redemption, but by political convenience.
As lawyers and ministers in the hallowed temple of justice, society expects from us certain irreducible minimum standards of integrity, consistency, and honour. Once those entrusted with defending truth descend into the marketplace of opportunism as professional praise-singers and itinerant propagandists, the moral foundation of society itself begins to tremble.
During the heated political season, spokespersons for various presidential candidates flooded television screens and media platforms, glorifying their principals with near-religious fanaticism while demonising opponents with unconcealed venom. Nigerians watched as individuals like Daniel Bwala and Reno Omokri spoke with theatrical disdain against the current President, only to later find comfortable accommodation within the very political establishment they once condemned with evangelical intensity.
Even more profoundly striking was the rhetorical ferocity with which Kenneth Okonkwo marketed Peter Obi while relentlessly disparaging Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 electioneering process. His media appearances were often saturated with moral absolutism, indignation, and aggressive certitude, all carefully packaged to portray one candidate as a messianic redeemer and the other as politically unworthy.
Ordinarily, I watched many of these televised vituperations from afar with reluctant silence, restrained partly by respect for age and professional fraternity. Yet, there comes a point where silence itself becomes an accomplice to institutional decay.
Having now carefully revisited the interview clips wherein Kenneth Okonkwo vigorously vilified Atiku Abubakar in 2023 while passionately promoting Peter Obi - the presidential candidate of Labour party as at the time ,and his then principal, one is compelled to ask a legitimate and unavoidable question:
What precisely distinguishes him today from those he once indirectly mocked and condemned, now that he reportedly serves as spokesperson to the very same Atiku Abubakar he once sought to politically diminish?
Can any fair-minded and discerning observer genuinely identify the ideological difference between Kenneth Okonkwo, Daniel Bwala, and Reno Omokri?
Or are we merely witnessing the same travelling theatre of political convenience , only with different costumes, different microphones, and different benefactors?
The tragedy is not merely the political migration itself. Democracy permits association and realignment. The real tragedy lies in the reckless extremism with which these individuals previously prosecuted their arguments, only to somersault with breathtaking ease when political winds shifted direction.
It is profoundly disturbing that some lawyers, who were certified fit and proper to be called to the Nigerian Bar, now conduct themselves with the temperament of motor-park agitators, hurling invectives and manufacturing outrage for transient political relevance. The law is a noble profession, not a theatrical circus for ideological acrobats.
A lawyer may change political alliances; however, he must never surrender intellectual honesty, dignity, and consistency at the altar of ambition. The public must be able to distinguish principled evolution from shameless opportunism.
Today, both Daniel Bwala and Reno Omokri appear to have been politically rewarded after swallowing their own public utterances with astonishing appetite. Yet, beyond appointments and political proximity lies a far more important question: what becomes of credibility once a man repeatedly contradicts himself before the full glare of history?
Indeed, there is something profoundly tragic about men who once spoke with volcanic certainty against certain political actors, only to later dine comfortably at the same tables they once described as poisonous.
This is precisely why the Nigerian Bar Association-must urgently initiate holistic ethical reforms aimed at restoring dignity, discipline, and professional responsibility within the legal profession. Public conduct, especially by lawyers occupying strategic political communication roles, must not descend to the level of reckless propaganda devoid of intellectual sincerity.
May Nigeria never fall permanently into the hands of professional double-speakers, ideological chameleons, and merchants of convenient outrage whose convictions evaporate immediately after political appointments arrive.
History is patient. Public memory may sometimes appear weak, but eventually posterity documents every contradiction with merciless precision.
And when that final verdict of history is rendered, no amount of televised eloquence will rescue the integrity that was willingly traded for political crumbs.
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#PoliticalOpportunism
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Signed:
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq., KSC
Dunu-Ezeugosinachi
May 9, 2026