SOC Okenwa

Okenwa writes from Cote D'Ivoire.

Cote d'Ivoire: Deconstructing The Mind Of 'President' Gbagbo

Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and his 'gang' of marauders, mercenaries from Liberia and Angola and some leading elements in the military must not prevail in this clear battle for the soul of democracy in a unique 'international' country...

Asaba: The Sexual Predators' Paradise!

I hereby challenge the sexual predators in the Delta State capital to debunk the veracity of these abominable sexual escapades of theirs and I will not hesitate to publish more damaging details and their photographs in my possession...

Great Ogboru: When Greatness Beckons!

Chief Ogboru was alleged to be the civilian who bank-rolled the military operation and when the effort failed spectacularly he beat a quick escape using the famous 'NADECO route' like the articulate Lt. Col Tony Nyiam and Major Saliba Mukoro implicated in the failed coup bid. Today these gentlemen are all alive...

Dateline 2011: Okenwa For President!

I come before you as an angry patriot seriously disturbed by the way and manner our great nation is being run down by the mediocre 'leaders' since our flag independence...

Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala And The Adedibu 'Curse'!

Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State is a 'special' Chief Executive in Nigeria indeed. Akala is 'special' in many ways! He is very unique when it comes to Governors who want to turn their natural black skin to white using bleaching chemicals to achieve this objective...

Cote d'Ivoire: Open Letter To President Goodluck Jonathan

Mr President, you would agree with me that the Ivorian problem is rooted in identity and nationality complications arising from the huge foreign presence in the country. It is a politico-social tragedy without majesty!

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon: A 'Rebel' In The House?

Democracy has been bastardised in Nigeria to the extent that 'Mr and Mrs Corruption' now win most of the elections from the highest to the lowest levels of governance. What we now have in the place of democracy is what looks like a government of rogues...

Kwara: Mr Saraki Out, Ms Saraki In?

When a few years ago the former Governor of Kwara State, Mohammed Lawal, died in a foreign hospital after a 'protracted illness', tongues started wagging as whether his death was of normal natural cause or caused by other factors chiefly human...

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