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Jun

2024

Rivers State Crisis: Fubara Vows To Protect His Supporters

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics, South South

Anyone Who Wants to Arrest My Supporters will have to pass through me First - Fubara Vows to protect his supporters Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has assured that the grand plan by the enemies of his administration to arrest his supporters will not stand. Governor Fubara stated this while briefing Government House Correspondents in Port Harcourt shortly after a Security Council meeting on Tuesday. The governor noted that the meeting became necessary following disturbing reports from some local government areas where some individuals were planning invasion of the Council Secretariat following the expiration of the tenure of local…

Jun

2024

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Wike, Sim, Orokpo, Arome And Lessons On Mentorship – By Charles Awuzie

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, People Reorientation, Politics

Wike, Sim, Orokpo, Arome and lessons on mentorship by Charles Awuzie…. I have decided to bundle religion with politics in this post believing that my followers have now mentally evolved to such an extent that they are no longer sentimentally attached to their political or religious sects but to logic, truth and a desire to grow. If you are a mentor, father, leader or teacher to someone, please read this post. And if someone has helped you in your journey in life, also read this post. First of all, I want to thank Brothers Arome and Orokpo for the maturity…

Jun

2024

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Security Of Lives And Properties As Everyone’s Paramount Duty: The Need For Ndi ABIA To Be Vigilant – By Anokwuru Christian Uche, Ph.D

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

Security of Lives and Properties as Everyone's Paramount Duty: The Need for Ndi Abia to be Vigilant By Anokwuru Christian Uche,Ph.D Introduction In recent times, insecurity has become a serious challenge to the Nigerian state, especially in some core Northern states of the country. This security threat has extended to the South East as a result of the activities of unknown gunmen. There is no denying the fact that some parts of Imo state, for instance, have become battlegrounds between the security agents and unknown gunmen as they battle for the soul of the state, leading to the destruction of…

Jun

2024

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Fubara Is Fully In-Charge. Wike’s Tears Have Just Started

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics, South South

As Omotayo Williams stated, there is no small governor, only a Governor who doesn’t understand his powers. Yesterday marked the continuation of the dismantling of Wike’s political career in Rivers State. After all the noise, all the Local Government chairmen appointed by Wike have disappeared from office, chased out by Rivers youths. As a reminder: Executive: All the disloyal commissioners and appointee’s have resigned and are now jobless. Fubara has appointed his people. Legislature: All 25 House of Assembly members who decamped have become homeless politicians, begging the judiciary for a home. Judiciary: Wike’s man was demoted, forcing his resignation,…

Jun

2024

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Stop Buying Presidential Jets, Focus On Alleviating Suffering – Peter Obi Slams FGN

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, FGN, News Flash, Politics

Focus On Alleviating Suffering, Not Buying Presidential Jets – Obi Slams FG The Labour Party Presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, on Monday, faulted the Federal Government for contemplating adding new aircraft to the existing Presidential fleet. Three days ago, the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence mandated the FG to buy new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The committee’s recommendation was contained in a report released after it investigated the status of the aircraft in the presidential air fleet. The recommendation comes a few months after three planes from the Presidential Air Fleet…

Jun

2024

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‘Contest Again In 2027’ – APC South-South Region Urges President Tinubu

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics, South South

‘Contest Again In 2027’- APC South-South Region Urges Tinubu The All Progressive Party (APC) in the South-South region has called on President Bola Tinubu to re-contest for the office of the president in the 2027 election. This was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the APC Congress South-South Zonal Executive after a meeting in Calabar, Cross Rivers, on Sunday. It commended Tinubu for his policies, projects, and programmes, adding that the economic reforms were targeted at repositioning the country. The committee reaffirmed its unwavering support for the policies and programs of the Tinubu administration in areas of good governance,…

Jun

2024

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The Forces That Completely ‘Rubbished’ Finidi George

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Football, News Flash, Sports

The forces that completely ‘Rubbished' Finidi George Finidi George’s widely reported resignation as head coach of the Super Eagles yesterday afternoon didn’t come to many as a surprise because the handwriting on the wall was clear enough for even a Steve Wonder to read. Apart from the recent poor results by the Super Eagles under Finidi, the move by his employer, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to go for a foreign Technical Adviser was a vote of no confidence on the former international which was enough to trigger his resignation. Of course, many would say his resignation is good riddance…

Jun

2024

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Presidency Knocks New York Times Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash, Presidency

Presidency Knocks New York Times’ Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, reacted to the report credited to Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s. According to the Presidency, the feature story with the title, ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’, published on June 11, reflected the typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for…

Jun

2024

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Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage – Committee

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Labour, News Flash

Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage — Committee The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has given reasons why organised labour should rethink the amount it demands as minimum wage. The chairman of the committee, Goni Aji, in Abuja on Sunday said that the labour should reconsider its stance based on economic considerations and non-monetary incentives which the Federal Government had so far provided for workers. He listed such incentives to include the N35,000 wage award for all treasury-paid federal workers, N100 billion for the procurement of gas-fuelled busses and conversion to gas kits. Others include the N125…

Jun

2024

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I Can Die Tomorrow – Sanusi Says, Revealing Why Bayero Is In Pains As Their Tussle Worsens

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Kano, News Flash

I Can Die Tomorrow- Emir Sanusi Says, Reveals Why Bayero Is In Pains As Their Tussle Worsens Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 16th Emir of Kano, has addressed the ongoing dispute involving him and the ousted Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Both men are asserting their rights to the throne, with Sanusi reinstated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, while Bayero is legally challenging his removal thereby causing lingering tension in the state. Governor Yusuf recently deposed Bayero and four other Emirs, ordering them to relinquish power within 48 hours. Bayero, who was out of town at the time, returned and…