Columns/Opinions/Letters

Apr
23
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Missing ABIA Airport: We Are More Interested In Recovering Our Money, Than Fighting A Man That’s Already Down – Ferdinand Ekeoma(SA, Media & Publicity To Gov Otti)

Missing ABIA Airport: We Are More Interested In Recovering Our Money, Than Fighting A Man That’s Already Down – Ferdinand Ekeoma(SA, Media & Publicity To Gov Otti)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash, South East
MISSING ABIA AIRPORT: WE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN RECOVERING OUR MONEY, THAN FIGHTING A MAN THAT'S ALREADY DOWN. The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!” – Tennessee Williams. For the records, the Alex Otti government took a firm decision on assumption of office not to allow the discussion of former government of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu or those of his predecessors occupy the front burner in his administration so that they wouldn't constitute a distraction, given the enormity of the task ahead . However, like Philosopher George Santayana said "those who don't know their…
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Apr
23
2024
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Duplication Of Duties: IGP Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police

Duplication Of Duties: IGP Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security
Duplication Of Duties: IGP Wants NSCDC, FRSC Merged With Police The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has advised the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the police for effectiveness. Egbetokun said this at the National Dialogue on State Policing, organised by the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja with the theme “Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria”. The IG, represented by the Assistant Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ben Okoro, said that the NSCDC and the FRSC were a duplication of…
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Apr
23
2024
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State Policing: Shettima, Jonathan, Abubakar, Others Attend Dialogue

State Policing: Shettima, Jonathan, Abubakar, Others Attend Dialogue

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security
Shettima, Jonathan, Abubakar, Others Attend Dialogue On State Police Many political and traditional leaders across the country have converged on Abuja to deliberate on state policing. Some of the leaders in attendance at the Continental Hotels in Abuja include; Vice President Kashim Shattima, who represented President Bola Tinubu; Former President Goodluck Jonathan; former military ruler Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar; Ooni of Ife Enitan Adewusi; Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, AbdulFatah Ahmed; the Minister of Police, Ibrahim Gaidam and others. The dialogue, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review…
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Apr
23
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Akintoye, Igboho Write President Tinubu, Demand Yoruba Exit From Nigeria

Akintoye, Igboho Write President Tinubu, Demand Yoruba Exit From Nigeria

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash
Akintoye, Igboho Write President Tinubu, Demand Yoruba Exit From Nigeria The Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, led by Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, seeking a peaceful breakaway of Yoruba people from Nigeria. The open letter, dated April 17, 2024, was signed by both Akintoye, Igboho and one Ola Ademola. They called on the President to within the next two months set up a negotiation team to negotiate the exit of the Yoruba people from Nigeria. The letter by the Yoruba Nation arrowheads came about a week after some…
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Apr
23
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Lagos-Calabar Coastal Super Highway Project, A Misplaced Priority -Peter Obi

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Super Highway Project, A Misplaced Priority -Peter Obi

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Infrastructure, News Flash, Politics
Lagos-Calabar Coastal Super Highway Project, A Misplaced Priority — Peter Obi The Presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has described the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Super Highway project as a misplacement of priority. Obi said the project which was being given attention at this time does not deserve the attention it was getting because of the humongous cost, the time it would take to complete and the fact that there were more deserving but delapidated roads littered across Nigeria which require immediate attention. He equally said the timing of the Coastal road project by…
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Apr
22
2024
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Wike Is Truly Powerful, Controlling PDP And APC Same Time – Victor Chigozie Ene(AIF)

Wike Is Truly Powerful, Controlling PDP And APC Same Time – Victor Chigozie Ene(AIF)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Personality, Politics
This Man is really and truly Powerful. He is out to destroy PDP for losing the party's Presidential ticket in 2023. He told NWC then, that he would destroy PDP if they fail to give him the Presidential ticket. Wike is now controlling PDP and APC at the same time. He is in charge of PDP and APC structures in Rivers state. As a serving minister in the APC led national govt who has openly boasted that President Tinubu would return in 2027, he is still attending PDP's Caucus and NEC meeting. The PDP national chairman is his boy and…
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Apr
21
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri

I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics
I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says he recommended Peter Obi to be Atiku Abubakar’s running mate during the 2019 elections because he was the best at the time. Speaking in an interview on the “Mic On podcast” hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, a journalist with Channels Television, Omokri said he consulted former President Jonathan before the recommendation. “…Peter Obi cannot deny that I was the one who recommended him to Waziri Atiku Abubakar. Waziri Atiku Abubakar asked me to help him to choose a running…
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Apr
21
2024
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May 1: Labour Lists Seven Demands Ahead Of Worker’s Day

May 1: Labour Lists Seven Demands Ahead Of Worker’s Day

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash
MAY 1: Labour Lists Seven Demands Ahead Of Worker’s Day The Nigeria Labour Congress has listed seven demands from the Federal Government ahead of the May 1, 2024 Workers’ Day. Aside from demanding for a new minimum wage, the NLC is also asking for the creation of state and local government police to tackle insecurity in the country. The congress also stressed that states and local governments, as well as the organised private sector, must pay the new minimum wage when it is eventually approved. International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often called May…
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Apr
21
2024
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Arrest Okezie Ikpeazu Without Further Delay – Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere

Arrest Okezie Ikpeazu Without Further Delay – Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash
ARREST OKEZIE VICTOR IKPEAZU NOW. The social media, mainstream media, the rumor mills, propaganda mills etcetera are inundated with Dr. Alex Otti's testament in far away John Hopkins lecture in the USA where he jolted the listening world with shock over another made in Nigeria leadership dystopia. Governor Alex Otti made mind blowing revelations of Victor Ikpeazu heists that made OUK and TAO regimes look like kindergarten era in corruption. A whopping N107 Billion was discovered by forensic auditors to have been paid to non existent contractors, bogus contractors and at times phoney contractors with no modicum of value to…
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Apr
20
2024
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Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell, Made Shocking Revelations

Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell, Made Shocking Revelations

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security
Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has made shocking revelations. He said, “At the time President Tinubu was forming this government, he said the North was very dear to his heart that he would do everything to address its challenges. “This is why he appointed northerners into key offices. He handed over security and Defence to the North. He gave us both ministers for Agriculture and Education. He also gave us the Minister of Health and Foreign Affairs in his quest to turn around the fortune of the region. “He gave us a chance. Now the rest…
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