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Jan

27

2025

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OHAMADIKE: Honour To Osita Ngwu, The Senator Exceeding Expectations

Culture, Opinion, Politics

By SHEDDY OZOENE In early 2022, when Osita Ngwu expressed interest in representing Enugu West constituency in the Senate, many dismissed his aspiration as a pipe dream. Many notable political heavyweights had lined up for the coveted seat after Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was serving his fifth term, had declared that he would no longer run for the position. Although he was visible in the dominant Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State - having helped fund the party's governorship campaigns in 2015 and 2019 – and his philanthropy had made him a household name in the senatorial district, Ngwu was…

Jan

24

2025

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Senator Akintunde Empowers Constituents With Police Recruitment

Politics

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The senator representing Oyo Central district, Dr. Yunus Akintunde, has facilitated the recruitment and training of not less than 25 youths from the district into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs did this "as a demonstration of commitment to youth empowerment and community development." A statement by his media aide, Kunle Olatunji, disclosed that the development was made open at the passing-out parade of newly recruited police officers, at the Oyo State Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the state capital, on January 23. Olatunji said, in a statement…

Jan

15

2025

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2027: Coalition Of Notable Stakeholders, Professionals, Others Roots For Ogunesan For Senate

Politics

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Prominent stakeholders in Oyo North Senatorial District, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, are poised to support the aspiration of an administrator, Mrs. Hannah Olawumi Ogunesan, in 2027. Ogunesan seeks a seat in Nigeria's Senate to represent her people. A group under the aegis of Paradigm Shift Initiative (PSI), comprising politicians, professionals, traders, market men and women, the youth, students, and various interest groups, is said to have launched a grassroots campaign to plead for "one of the most pragmatic Heads of Service in the history of the Oyo State Civil Service, Mrs. Hannah Olawumi Ogunesan, to join…

Jan

05

2025

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2027: El Rufai Denies Joining PDP, Threatens Legal Action Against Rumour Peddlers

Politics

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Immediate past Governor of Kaduna state, North-West Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, has strongly denied reports which claimed that that he is set to join the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of 2027. El Rufai was Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during the PDP administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former governor, who rebutted claims of his impending return to PDP, in a statement shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account, described the reports as “patent lies and rumors." He warned the public to disregard the reports as fake news, declaring that he…

Dec

24

2024

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Exclusive! Nigerians Sharply Divided Along Religious Lines Over Tinubu’s Tax Bill

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna As the back and forth over Tax Reform Bill (TRB) of the President Bola Tinubu administration lingers, the number of supporters of, and those against, the bill have continued to widen by the day. A noticeable, worrying perspective to perception of the bill is that it seems to now wear regional, religious and faith togas, depending on what part of the country one comes from. The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), mostly of the core north, and Emirs first rejected the bill in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting held at Sir Kashim…

Dec

05

2024

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N5.2b contracts payment: Again, FCT local contractors urge Tinubu to order Wike to pay

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Three weeks after local contractors of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), owed about N5.2billion by the Administration, penned an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over their plight, they claim no word has come to them yet from Aso Villa on the vexed matter. The contractors also claim that the payment bill is for public welfare contracts given, procured, executed and certified for payment in the life of the administration of current FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike. These include jobs in school and hospital equipment, furniture in Minister's conference room, drainage and others.However, they remain downcast that the Minister…

Oct

21

2024

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Why Trump Is Bad for Africa

Opinion, Politics

By JULIUS OGUNRO The US presidential election is only a few days away and polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump statistically tied with no clear sign of a victor. This is probably the closest US presidential election ever. Harris, the Democratic Party’s candidate, and Republican Trump are campaigning tirelessly in the battleground or swing states, where both parties have no overwhelming support and either can win, making the states highly competitive and crucial for the outcome. Whoever wins the election has serious implications for the rest of the world, especially the continent of Africa. Because…

Oct

17

2024

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T-Pain As A Salesman Of Hope

Opinion, Politics

Tinubu’s 'Renewed Hope Agenda' has led to the wiping out of the country’s once thriving middle-class. This is no way to renew a people’s hope. But who will tell Mr. President that Nigerians need to be alive today to enjoy the glorious dawn that only him envisions? Who will tell Mr. President that merchandising hope to a hapless people with the promise of a better tomorrow when he is living large in the present buying luxury yacht, state-of-the-art aircraft, exotic presidential limousines, etc. smacks of fraud? By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI For those who may not know, T-pain is President Bola Tinubu’s…

Oct

06

2024

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The Charade, From Edo To Rivers State

Opinion, Politics

By SHEDDY OZOENE As we read this, the results from Saturday's local government elections in Rivers State are still filtering in. The elections held in spite of the refusal by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to avail the state electoral body an updated version of the state's voters register. To add to the intrigues, the Police - supposedly acting on a court ruling - abdicated its responsibility and refused to be part of maintaining lawful conduct of the polls. The elections held all the same and by the time all the results are called, Governor Sim Fubara will surely…

Sep

27

2024

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If I Were Asue Ighodalo

Opinion, Politics

The Edo election has confirmed what every discerning Nigerian knows: the Mahmoud Yakubu-led INEC is a fraud with no moral fibre to conduct free, fair and credible elections. If I were Asue Ighodalo, the latest victim of Nigeria’s soulless electoral mafia, I will not go to court. The matter will be settled on the streets of Edo. If that is what those inclined to being politically correct call anarchy, so be it. Truth be told, unless and until Nigerians show the capacity to resist the malfeasance of INEC and their enablers on the streets, not in courts, this impunity will…