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Jun

2026

Nigeria Is Not Broke – Nigerians Are Being Taxed Twice: Once By Government, And Again By Insecurity- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

NIGERIA IS NOT BROKE — NIGERIANS ARE BEING TAXED TWICE: ONCE BY GOVERNMENT, AND AGAIN BY INSECURITY There is a lie Nigerians have been forced to accept for too long: that the country is broke. Nigeria is not broke. The real tragedy is that Nigerians are being made to pay twice for the same country. They pay government through taxes, levies, tariffs, duties, fuel price adjustments, electricity bills, school fees, road charges, local government permits, market levies, transport costs and endless official demands. Then, after paying government, they pay again to survive the failure of that same government. This second…

Jun

2026

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Married Woman Who Stages Own Kidnap, Demands N50 Million Ransom From Family Found In Hotel With Lover

Crime, Marriage And Love, News Flash

Married Woman Who Stages Own Kidnap, Demands N50 Million Ransom From Family Found In Hotel With Lover A married woman identified as Oluchi has been found in a hotel in Delta State after she faked her abduction and demanded N50 million from her family. Children of the woman, including her daughter in Canada, had pleaded with the public to help them raise money even as the kidnappers reduced the ransom to N20m. They had told the police that their mother was kidnapped at the Ikpoba Hill area of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. But the police investigation led…

Jun

2026

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Gunmen Kidnap Redeemed Church Pastor In Ondo

Crime, News Flash, Religion, Security

Gunmen Kidnap Redeemed Church Pastor In Ondo Suspected gunmen have abducted a cleric with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), identified as Pastor Gbenga Sanny, in Ondo State. It was gathered that Sanny was seized by three gunmen on Sunday evening in the presence of his children. Sources who confirmed the abduction to The Nation on Monday said the incident occurred at about 7.00 p.m in front of his residence located at Ilu-Abo community in Akure North Local Government. Sanny, who is also a staff of the Akure North Local Government Area of the state, was taken to an…

Jun

2026

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Insecurity: We Don’t Take Your Sacrifices For Granted, President Tinubu Tells Security Agencies

Armed Forces, News Flash, Presidency, Security

Insecurity: We Don’t Take Your Sacrifices For Granted, Tinubu Tells Security Agencies President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended men of the Armed Forces and other security agencies, saying the country does not take their sacrifices for granted. The President, in a message posted on his X handle and addressed to members of the Armed Forces and other security agencies, commended the soldiers for their sacrifices and commitment, saying they are the shield protecting Nigerians and preserving the nation’s peace and stability. While describing the fight against insecurity as more than a military operation, the President said it is a national…

Jun

2026

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NSA Ribadu Reveals Targets Of Bandits, Terrorists

News Flash, Security

NSA Ribadu Reveals Targets Of Bandits, Terrorists The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has revealed that bandits and terrorists operating in Nigeria are targeting young people, particularly those disconnected from education, opportunity, family, stability, and social mobility in the northern parts of the country. According to him, the extremists come with offers of ideology, identity, belonging, and purpose. He therefore stressed the need to tackle insecurity, particularly in the country’s northern region, as a way to curb criminal activity. Ribadu made the submission on Monday during an EU/BUK Workshop in Kano. Represented by a Director of State Liaison, Office…

Jun

2026

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Eke O. Ako, Questions Are Good – But Facts Must Answer Them – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

EKE O. AKO, QUESTIONS ARE GOOD — BUT FACTS MUST ANSWER THEM Eke O. Ako asked: 🤨 How many jobs were created?🤨 How many industries were built?😔 How many young Abians were lifted from hopelessness into productivity? Good questions. But good questions must be answered with good facts — not emotion, not propaganda, not political bitterness. So let us answer Eke O. Ako directly. HOW MANY JOBS WERE CREATED? Under Governor Dr Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, Abia has not been running a government of mere slogans. The administration has been building a structured employment and productivity pipeline. First, Abia recruited…

Jun

2026

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Abia Has Left The Group Chat Of Excuses – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

ABIA HAS LEFT THE GROUP CHAT OF EXCUSES There is a new kind of noise coming out of Abia State. It is not the old noise of abandoned roads.It is not the old noise of unpaid workers.It is not the old noise of pensioners crying.It is not the old noise of refuse mountains swallowing Aba and Umuahia.It is not the old noise of government blaming Abuja, blaming the past, blaming the weather, blaming opposition, blaming revenue, blaming everything except itself. This one is different. The new noise is the sound of a state slowly walking out of the group chat…

Jun

2026

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Aging Lagos And The Hopes For Abia: A 50-Year Strategic Meditation On Decay, Renewal And Destiny- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

AGING LAGOS AND THE HOPES FOR ABIA: A 50-YEAR STRATEGIC MEDITATION ON DECAY, RENEWAL AND DESTINY From the air, Lagos tells a story before the aircraft touches the ground.It begins as a vast sheet of human struggle spread beneath the wings: endless roofs, brown roofs, rusted roofs, tired roofs; corrugated iron sheets burnt by sun, beaten by rain, darkened by age and smoke. From above, the city appears not merely crowded, but exhausted. The rooftops run into one another like an old wound that never fully healed. Between them are narrow arteries of roads, many overused, many overstretched, many carrying…

Jun

2026

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APC Should Stop Wrestling With DayBreak: The Facts Are No Longer On Their Side – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

APC SHOULD STOP WRESTLING WITH DAYBREAK: THE FACTS ARE NO LONGER ON THEIR SIDE The Abia APC must calm down and face reality. Opposition is not noise. Opposition is not anger. Opposition is not the reckless throwing of allegations into the public space and then crying victim when asked to prove them.A serious opposition should come with documents, superior policy, alternative programmes, stronger figures and a clearer development roadmap. But when a party has no convincing counter-performance, it begins to fight shadows. That is exactly where the APC in Abia appears to be today.The facts are now heavily stacked against…

Jun

2026

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The Hypocrisy Of Mocking Abia’s Port Vision Theme: Facts, History, Geography, Strategy And Abia’s Manufacturing Future – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

THE HYPOCRISY OF MOCKING ABIA’S PORT VISIONTheme: Facts, History, Geography, Strategy and Aba’s Manufacturing Future THE HYPOCRISY OF MOCKING ABIA’S PORT VISION The argument credited to Mr Jerry Ademola is not just weak; it is hypocritical, historically shallow and strategically empty. He admits that Calabar Port and Onne Port were once active, but that the Federal Government neglected the eastern maritime corridor and moved serious port advantage to Lagos. Then, in the same breath, he turns around to advise Abia to remain dependent on the same neglected system. That is not analysis. That is surrender decorated as advice. If the…