By Sunny Awhefeada The above title reechoes a significant statement in the understanding of the disruptive essence of colonialism in Africa as depicted in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, a novel which is crucial to the understanding of the African predicament. It was Obierika who told his audience including his great friend Okonkwo, “Abame is no more”. The village of Abame was wiped out because her people killed a Whiteman the very symbol of the colonialism in Africa. The colonial enterprise left in its wake a series of punitive…
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Nicholas Mutu Condemns Killing Of The Army In Delta
Member of the House of Representatives, representing Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency of Delta State, Hon. Nicholas Mutu has condemned Thursday’s killing of 16 soldiers by some irate youths of Okuama community, an Urhobo enclave in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Mutu, who is the Chairman of the Gas Committee in the House, described the action as “barbaric and inhuman.” Mutu, who is also the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Carcus in the House of Representatives, made his position on the tragic incident known in a statement issued by his…
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