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Ephraim-Stephen Essien, PhD The African Prince is the African replica of the character of the political leader based on Niccolo Machiavelli’s book, The Prince, written in 1513, in Florence, Italy, and dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, the ruler of Florence. Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli (1469-1527 AD) was an Italian historian, philosopher, politician, diplomat, humanist and writer. Maurizio Viroli (2000) says that Machiavelli was born in a tumultuous era in which popes waged acquisitive wars against Italian city-states, and people and cities often fell from power as France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire battled for regional influence and control. Then,…

The war of words between some Igbo groups and the Federal Government following the detention of women under the aegis of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, continues unabated. A total of 112 IPOB women who demonstrated against the whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader were arrested and detained by law enforcement agents on August 17, 2018, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. A socio-cultural association operating under the umbrella union of Igbo Bu Igbo, IBI, has appealed to the Federal Government to “stop the humiliation of Igbo women, under the dubious guise of crackdown on Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,”…

Home-made food should be nutritious and safe. Yet, experts at the foodsafety.org website cite 10 common food-preparation mistakes: Tasting older food to see if it is still good. It is better to be safe and just throw it out. Putting cooked meat back on a plate that held raw meat. At the very least, the plate should be washed with hot water and soap. Better yet, use a different plate. Thawing food on the counter. Washing meat or poultry. This actually may contaminate your sink and counters. Letting food cool before putting it in the fridge. Eating raw dough, cookie…

The proposed re-launching of the third round of ‘Operation Python Dance’, known as Operation Python Dance III may set individuals and groups from the South East geo-political zone on war path with the government. The first and second rounds of the Operation Egwu Eke had left in its trail enormous casualties that the victims said they were yet to recover from their harmful effects, even up till date. But baring his mind on the proposed Python Dance 3 Operation, Ben Okoko, former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Idemili branch, told newsmen Thursday at his law chambers at Nkpor, near…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, boasted that the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it was doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. The President also said that his administration was focused in delivering the 2015 campaign promises in the area of improved economy, security and fight against corruption. Speaking at the lunch with some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and some members of the National Assembly and Commissioners in Daura, Katsina State, President Buhari said the APC had the full…

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, CNJF, a not-for-profit media organisation, has sent a Freedom of Information request to Kemi Adeosun on the payment to lawyers in the recovery of $321 million Abacha Loot from Luxembourg. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had engaged two Nigerian lawyers, Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Isaac Adebayo, for the recovery after the money was returned to Nigeria with $1.5 million interest by the Swiss government. However, TheCable online newspaper, a partner organisation to Cable Foundation, reported that Enrico Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer, had done all the legal work and completed all…

An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital on Thursday sentenced seven persons to death over the killing of a businessman, Banji Adafin. The businessman who was based in the United States of America was killed while on holiday in Akure on July 4, 2017, at No 5 Temidire Street, Akure. The Punch gathered that, apart from killing the businessman, the convicts were also said to have stolen valuable items at the residence of the deceased. Some of the items stolen included iPads, phones, television sets, laptops, and an unspecified amount of money. The charges preferred against the convicts…

At least six persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash involving a truck and a commercial bus along the Enugu –Port Harcourt Expressway. The truck with number plate; GME 838 XX , was said to have crushed the bus with number plate, EZA 467 YF, at about 6pm, as they struggled for the right of way at a dilapidated portion of the road at Amavo junction, Osisioma Ngwa council area of Abia State. Vanguard observed that the two lanes of the dual carriage way had been dilapidated as motorists wade through gullies and flood whenever it rains, leading to…

Unhappy at the lukewarm attitude of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to the payment of their salary arrears, some angry Ekiti workers, Thursday, stormed the State Secretariat and forcefully chased away their colleagues who resumed their duty posts in Ado Ekiti. The workers, under the aegis of Ekiti Workers Rescue Team, said it was wrong for Governor Fayose, who accused former Governor Kayode Fayemi of insensitivity for owing one month salary in 2014 to have betrayed the trust and confidence the workers reposed in him that earned him victory in 2014. The Workers, who were led by former Chairmen of…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, to pay N11million as damages for the breach of fundamental rights of 11 Gombe State indigenes illegally detained by officers of the Nigerian Army. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, declared the detention of the applicants, James Yusuf, Ishaya Ali Poshiya, Nehemiah Yohanna Poshiya, Husseini Poshiya, Hamma Poshiya, Yusuf Mafindi, Yila Boyi, James Bare, Ezekiel Dandaudu, Ali Ishaku and Ilya Bala, since July 6, illegal and unconstitutional. Aside ordering the immediate release of the detainees, the court…