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Edo Polls And The Famous Product Vendor

Edo Polls And The Famous Product Vendor

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

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

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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‘Once A Vibrant Newspaper, The Chronicle Now Turning Into Rag-Sheet’   ●Dominic Kidzu Writes Gov. Otu On Keyu Edet

‘Once A Vibrant Newspaper, The Chronicle Now Turning Into Rag-Sheet’ ●Dominic Kidzu Writes Gov. Otu On Keyu Edet

One-time General Manager of Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, Mr. Dominic Kidzu has alerted Governor Bassey Otu on the continuing slide of the state newspaper, The Chronicle, saying the once-vibrant publication is fast turning into a rag-sheet.  In an open letter to the Governor, Kidzu called on Gov Otu to step in and reverse the ugly situation in the organisation where a retired admin staff was acting as the newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief.  Kidzu, former Press Secretary to the Governor of Cross River State, said the appointment of Miss Keyu Edet as the company's General Manager was bad enough, and her insistence…
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