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Sep
22
2024
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The EFCC Chairman Feeds His Fat Ego At Our Expense

The EFCC Chairman Feeds His Fat Ego At Our Expense

Opinion
By SHEDDY OZOENE The expansive headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, deserves to have a wing for circuses. The building is so imposing that the mere sight should frighten the crime-minded, but behind the façade lies a clay-footed anti-graft agency that enjoys playing to the gallery and displaying the absurd. Over the years, it has witnessed many spectacular acts of triviality but on the watch of Olukayode Olanipekun, unnecessary ego now drives its policies and operations. Nowhere has this absurdity played out more than in its lousy handling of the case involving Yahaya Bello,…
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Sep
19
2024
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Edo Polls And The Famous Product Vendor

Edo Polls And The Famous Product Vendor

Entertainment, Opinion, Politics
AZU ISHIEKWENE By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned. But in politics, crime multiples grace. Oshiomhole dragged Godwin Obaseki into the governorship race in 2016 when the odds were against him. Obaseki’s daytime job was minding his business at Afrinvest, a financial services company he founded. But he soon landed a side hustle as chairman of the Edo State Economic and Strategy Team in Osadebey House, Benin. When Oshiomhole wanted to hand over the baton in 2016, after two terms as…
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Sep
15
2024
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Edo Election: Monday Okpebholo Copies From The Tinubu Playbook

Edo Election: Monday Okpebholo Copies From The Tinubu Playbook

Opinion, Politics
By SHEDDY OZOENE  Monday Okpebholo, the 54-year old governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State has been in the news since the past 10 days. He had veered off from the pleasing words of the average Nigerian politician by promising the people ‘insecurity’ if elected governor. The video recording of his campaign rally at Ovia North LGA where he goofed while addressing the crowd, has been trending across Edo State and beyond. It has also fired up concerns among people of the state about his suitability for the job, notably Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Sep
15
2024
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FRABEN AGWU, HOW NOT TO BE HONOURABLE

FRABEN AGWU, HOW NOT TO BE HONOURABLE

News, Opinion
Sammie Echi Agbo I read an open letter by Hon Fraben Agwu, JP, to the chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu South LGA, Hon. Caleb Ani. Agwu, in the letter, cynically congratulated Hon Ani on his emergence as the candidate of our great party. He described his emergence as ‘unmerited’. He didn’t stop there, he tagged His Excellency Jim Nwobodo as being in a state of ‘incommunicado’, alongside Agwu’s other unconscionable expressions. Joining issues with Agwu is, to say the least, make him relevant in the political space where he deservedly had gone into oblivion. For…
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Sep
12
2024
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Ahmed Bako’s Intellectual Masturbation As Inaugural Lecture

Ahmed Bako’s Intellectual Masturbation As Inaugural Lecture

Opinion
Ndigbo have contributed immensely to the economic development of Kano. And they have worked hard for their money. Just as it is the case in Lagos, no one has accused them of being land grabbers. And no one can accuse them of not adding value to wherever they live. To accuse them, therefore, of taking over enterprises as well as landed properties which would have otherwise been under the control of indigenes, is preposterous. It does not make sense. By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI What caught my attention in the 50th inaugural lecture flyer of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto was the…
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Sep
10
2024
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Kanu’s Freedom, Igbo Emancipation Top Agenda Of 2024 World Igbo Congress Annual Convention

Kanu’s Freedom, Igbo Emancipation Top Agenda Of 2024 World Igbo Congress Annual Convention

News
By Johnson Nwankwo The urgency for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, is among the top issues discussed during the 2024 World Igbo Congress Annual Convention which held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the theme "Ka Anyi Jikota Aka Dozie Alaigbo" (Let Us Unite toRebuild Alaigbo). The WIC, at the convention, affirmed that Kanu's release "is not only a legal and moral imperative but also a necessary step toward justice and reconciliation within Nigeria." WIC's position was contained in a communique signed by its chair and secretary, Sir Festus Okere and Sir Chris…
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Sep
07
2024
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Iwuanyanwu Described As ‘National Legend’, As Burial Programme Is Unveiled

Iwuanyanwu Described As ‘National Legend’, As Burial Programme Is Unveiled

News
By Johnson Nwankwo Senator Ben Obi, chairman of the Central Burial Committee for the burial of the late president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said only the central burial committee set up by the Southeast Governors' Forum is authentic. Obi stated this in Abuja during the inauguration of sub-committees and the Local Organizing Committees (LOC) at the Imo State Lodge, Asokoro, ahead of the burial. The outcome of the meeting was contained in a release issued by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia. Senator Obi therefore advised other bodies planning to…
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Sep
05
2024
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From Opposition To Power: The Erosion of Progressive Ideals in Nigerian Politics

From Opposition To Power: The Erosion of Progressive Ideals in Nigerian Politics

Entertainment
By JULIUS OGUNRO Nigeria is an ideological free zone. Our political parties are bereft of political philosophy or overriding ideology providing a framework for governance and operating the national economy. Governments are therefore formed without proper political and economic orientations. The consequence is a rudderless administration lacking direction and failing to draw from the experience and time-tested principles of past governments with similar leanings. But that is not to say our politicians don’t throw political labels around. They do, often. And one of the most abused terms is ‘progressive.’ The term in a political context should connote left-leaning ideas that…
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Sep
05
2024
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Nwobodo’s Legacies That Shaped Education Of Ndigbo

Nwobodo’s Legacies That Shaped Education Of Ndigbo

News, Opinion
By Sammie Echi Agbo A hero makes the difference no matter the length of time he stays on the stage. He sees beyond the moment and is often dreaded by noisy mongers. A hero however is like a ferocious animal that needs no entourage. This is a story of how Senator Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, former governor of old Anambra State; former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and former minister of sports, laid the foundation of university of technology education in Igbo land when he was the governor of the old Anambra State. Chief Nwobodo, popularly called Jim, held…
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Sep
04
2024
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Julius Abure Absent As Senator Usman Emerges Labour Party Caretaker Chairman

Julius Abure Absent As Senator Usman Emerges Labour Party Caretaker Chairman

BREAKING
Former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has emerged as chairman of the national caretaker committee of the Labour Party (LP). This decision was taken on Wednesday at the Labour Party’s extended stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall of Abia State Government House in Umuahia, Abia State capital. The party's former chairman, Julius Abure was conspicuously absent at the well attended event. Usman, who defected to LP during the 2023 general elections, heads the caretaker committee consisting of 29 persons. She was elected senator to represent Kaduna South Senatorial District in the April 2011 elections on the platform of…
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