The outcome of the Edo State Governorship Election held on September 28, 2016, which produced a winner in the mold of Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki of the All Progressive Congress, …
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After the initial postponement, consequent to negative security reports emanating from across the state, the much awaited Edo 2016 Gubernatorial Election was finally held on the 28th day of September, …
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That Nigeria is going through a period of economic upheaval is no longer news what will be news to millions of Nigerians currently facing serious economic hardship is what government …
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A society where the last hope of the common man is reduced to an avenue where justice is peddled and sold to the corrupt and mighty is no better than …
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On his emergence as Nigeria’s President last year, President Muhammadu Buhari was faced with two broad choices; Continue the larcenous state of corruption he met when he came in or …
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As a full-blooded Igboman it is always emotionally difficult to write about one’s ethnic group or people especially when such write-up is deemed to portray them in bad light. Not …
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My friend, Dr. Lekky Okotete posted the below on his Facebook page recently. “Over 20billion dollars unremitted to federation account, Nigeria economy will crumble if nothing is done…” – HRH, …
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The monthly revenue allocation to the three tiers of government for the month of June justifies the arduous cleansing work the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari has undertaken since it …
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Since 1960, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is unalloyed truth that the ambition to govern has not been “made of a sterner stuff”. Ambition has been vaulting; performance …
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Recently, the Amnesty International (AI), a combative NGO combating human rights abuses around the world, had released a damning report on the atrocious activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) …
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Dear President Barack Obama I hope this letter meets you well. Like they say back home in Nigeria, “Se dada ni gbogbpo ile wa?” Eku Donald Trump ati Hilary Clinton. …
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Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), the former Minister of Culture and Tourism and later Aviation under the Obasanjo ‘Babacracy’ is a typical Nigerian politician of fortune: hypocritical, opportunistic, corrupt and mendacious. …
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The Nigerian plane, carrying our wealth of over five decades has crashed. The Ship, carrying our Oil, Cocoa, Groundnut, and Rubber has capsized, and our vintage, luxury (one of a …
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The postponement of the Edo Governorship election, earlier scheduled to hold on the 10th of September over what our security agencies described as security threat by militants and extremists during …
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On May 29, 2015, Nigerians handed the ball of change to President Muhammadu Buhari (aka Captain Buhar), a self-acclaimed wizard of change. From the sidelines, they commenced the business of …
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was founded in Nigeria post-June 12 national political crisis in the late nineties. After the Babangidaized fraudulent transition programme that culminated criminally in the annulment …