AHANONU KINGSLEY BLOG

News filtering in is that Imo state deputy governor was today, the 30th of July, impeached by the House of Assembly. Though the impeachment of the deputy guvnor of Imo state was not unexpected, going by the fallout he had with his principal, Rochas Okorocha, the hastiness with which the act was orchestrated speaks more volume. It was just a week ago that the notice of impeachment was served the deputy governor on trumped up charges, which were mere strike to perfect the act. (For if they were reasons enough, they'd been all there this while). And only just two weeks earlier that the motion for his removal was moved. Meanwhile, what's my take on this? I would say that what's happening to Eze Madumere is a return of the wizardry that he watched sent to his predecessor, Jude Agbaso, and from which he benefited. It's, at that time his moment of excitement, when in a fast pace approach, Agbaso was axed out and he,  Madumere quickly brought in as replacement. The s...

First, we will have to distinguish between the two concepts of growth and maturity. This is very critical if we must understand the issue at hand; and not only that, but for the apparent conflict of meaning generally seen in the two. What then, is growing? Growth is a physical process of increasing in size, and shape . It's entirely a structural mechanism where the biological cleaving and differentiation of the cells and tissues cumulatively lead to the outward increase of the body. Growth thus, is an involuntary phenomenon which ordinarily responds to the natural process for which every life bearing substance is bound.    We have defined growth. But then, maturity. On the contrary, to mature is to consciously give in to the processes of developing the mind, and giving the self to values that are expected of an individual that has taken the natural growth. It's the gradual yet continuous and dedicated improvement of the mind to think and reason within the ambit of appro...

The incident that played out yesterday in Benue state, involving the governor and some youths of the state, is something worth discussing on. It's indeed an issue of deep thought, considering chiefly the deep implication it holds. Beyond the apparent disdain for the ruling party, the APC, which was shown by the youths,  what transpired yesterday signified something deep, something surreal, that just needs to be dug further to appreciate. It is something that is fitting and worth further pondering upon. "What even played out yesterday?" one may ask. It is that the governor of Benue state,  Sam Ortom, set to go for a scheduled meeting with the leadership of the APC in Abuja, was literarily waylaid by some acclaimed youth leaders and swiftly asked to dump the idea. Even against pleas of noncompromise and effective representation by the governor, the insistence was for the governor to stay the visit. It should be noted that Mr Ortom had assured the APC hierarchy of a...

32 House of Representatives members and 15 Senators jumped ship in political party affiliation yesterday. And as expected, so much has been said about this defection of lawmakers from the ruling party. Enough furore has been generated since the action went public. But the question I ask is: was this action not expected? The action that took place within the floors of the two chambers yesterday is merely an outcome of the silent noises of bickering over dissatisfaction that played out within the ruling APC. It's merely a political event, not new in this clime, not new to APC. The skirmishes within the ruling party had long been envisaged even right from the beginning of this administration. What many will posit as the crack was just a culmination of the infractions within the ranks and files.  The defection is just a breaking of the camel's back. Here,  I will state that the ruling party failed in managing its house;  in not containing the discontentment when the ...

The reason as to what might have led former Oba Adewale Akanbi to unilaterally and in happy self-volition revert to the title of Emir, which is entirely alien and antithetical to the custom and traditions he's been installed to protect and promote, becomes rather questionable. Why did he take the step? Even though the outward appearance the man has shown might attempt to trivialize it, giving it to be something of self-desire and admiration, something deep, something strong, something mysterious just seem to have goaded him. One is forced to think thus, especially going by the effrontery required to go against established customs. Nowadays, it is becoming obvious that many have come to learn that the fear of gazumping arms-wielding Fulani herdsmen nay militias is the apropos beginning of wisdom. It is, even as much as it could be so easily dismissed. The records have shown that the trigger happy Fulani herdsmen with the strategic mission to invade, ransack, kill and destroy wo...

The last act of the Uthman Dan Fodio jihadist invasion, which happened to be the initial entrance into the Southern belt was the land of Kwara. Kwara was and still is majorly a Yoruba state. In the fiery flight of the jihad movement, this place gradually fell to the might of the Fulani warriors. It was at this point that the conquerors established their emirate -the first ever in Yorubaland. Consequently, the Fulani dominated in the leadership structure in Kwara and subjected the people to their pattern of rulership. It is instructive to note that while it is the aboriginal community of Yorubas that dominated (population-wise), they were yet subject to the ruling class of the emirate. The vestige of this subjugation is still found today as the Ilorin Emirate. Silently, it seems the conquest desire by the leader of the jihadist is been projected to further accomplishment by the natural descendants of Uthman, who happened to be the first Madi. In view of nationalism, these offspring...

The kingmakers in the prominent town of Iwo in Osun state, Southwest Nigeria, had in 2015 installed Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi as the new Gbaase of the land. But it seemed as they set out to effect their choice and finally landed the crown on his head, they were in for what they never bargained. Not long after the new Oba was crowned, with the associated fanfare, that he began to act funnily, declaring in emphasis that his kingdom is a centre-piece for Islam in Yorubaland and how it is 'the citadel of Islamic knowledge'. Yes, it is understood how Iwoland is a predominantly muslim community, what seemed to be the spreadsheet of islam in the Southwest. But with the coming of the new king, people around and the world needed to know how that status is so cherished by and special to him. He basked in that euphoria, and when the sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa'ad Abubakar, paid him a visit, it just seemed- from whatever was the fallout of their meeting, that he was buoy...