Tag: Lexzy Ochibejivwie
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The Subtext of Professor Uju Anya’s Tweet – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
History tells that the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in 1919. The massacre saw the shooting of a large crowd of unarmed protesters in Amritsar Punjab in India. Brigadier-general R. E. Dyer, the commander of the British forces during pre-independence India at the time was the chief culprit; he gave the order for the massacre.…
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The Shettima fashion faux pas – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
The 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference (or is it convention?) has come and gone, but the impact it made would not be forgotten easily. The fallouts too cannot be forgotten. One is particularly trenchant, and it is the Shettima fashion faux pas.
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Names as a Fetish – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
The names we bear do matter, but the spirit of the persons behind names matter more. It is persons that house the spirit behind names and make them compelling. Take away persons, and you would have made names empty. So, the emphasis on names could be uneccessary. The point I am pushing here is that…
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Bola Tinubu and the Chaos of Wisdom – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
Bola Tinubu is old. It is no news anymore that his age is one of his biggest challenges to achieving his dreams as Nigeria’s next president. His supporters will say otherwise, and would argue that this is a non-factor, and that, if for anything, it is an advantage to him, since old age naturally translates…
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Josiah Omenuwoma’s Conscience, Not for Sale – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
On July the 22nd, 2022, Deltans and indeed Nigerians learnt of a crude ploy by the Government of Delta State to polarize youths and make nothing of their efforts to and desire for a new and prosperous Nigeria. On this day, the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, issued a letter on…
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‘This is America, not Nigeria’: So what? – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
There is nothing wrong with pursuing the right cause. But pursuing the right cause in the wrong way is wrong. Whether in the US or wherever else in the world, there is really nothing wrong that cannot be solved with what is right. Last Sunday, I stumbled onto a viral video on Facebook. The content…
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the politics of exclusion – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
The 1999 Nigerian Constitution makes a bold but subtle attempt to separate religion from affairs of state. Section 10, paraphrased here, specifically provides that the Government of the Federation or of a state should not privilege any religion whatsoever as a state religion. Some have since interpreted this provision to mean that Nigeria is a…
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Obadiah Mailafia’s Radio Commentary and Media Stifling, By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
By Lexzy Ochibejivwie The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is in the news again. This time, it has taken a harsh bite at a radio station, for airing what it considered to be a breach of Nigeria’s broadcasting ‘code.’ Some have considered this bite as fitting. Others see it as unnecessary. However you will, the bite…
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Something about the Nigerian youth, By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
By Lexzy Ochibejivwie Elsewhere in the world, especially in countries popularly known as ‘first- world’, age is so important. What’s ‘age’ here? I mean a stage of life, not a period in history. I should be understood early enough. Unfortunately, we in Nigeria – a country of so much intrigue – hardly take an issue…
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Urhobo Renaissance Movement mourns passage of David Dafinone
Members of the Urhobo Renaissance Movement (URM) have expressed sadness over the demise of Senator (Chief) David Omueya Dafinone (DOD), a prominent son of Urhoboland, a national figure and a man of international stature, integrity, and repute. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the movement in a statement signed the Coordinator, Prof Hope Eghagha and Secretary, Lexzy Ochibejivwie,…