The Handshake Across the Niger event which held in Enugu on January 11, 2018, has come and gone, but the outcome has no doubt kept reverberating all across the country. The event which was organized by Nzuko Umunna, an Igbo think-tank, under the auspices of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere, had the crème la crème of Nigeria from all walks of life in attendance. The list of attendees has already been reeled out in many commentaries and analyses that have followed the event, so there would be no need to repeat that here. Also, the top notch organization that saw to the success of the event has also been acknowledged in many quarters, thanks to the Ifeanyi Ubah-led Local Organising Committee and the the support they received from Nzuko Umunna, Afenifere and Ohanaeze Indigbo. However, unknown to many, the event which was held to chart new and dynamic ways forward for all nationalities in Nigeria including peoples of the southeast, southwest, south south, middle belt and other minori...