Columns/Opinions/Letters

Apr
29
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Warning To Ikpeazu’s Feeding Bottle Political Jobbers: Note Your Treachery Won’t Be Forgotten – Janny Lilly Tells Cosmos Ndukwe

Warning To Ikpeazu’s Feeding Bottle Political Jobbers: Note Your Treachery Won’t Be Forgotten – Janny Lilly Tells Cosmos Ndukwe

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics
The recent defection of stakeholders and beneficiaries of the PDP to other parties after the 2023 governorship election loss is truly an eye opener. It's shocking to see individuals who rose through the ranks from councilor to deputy chairman, chief of staff, deputy speaker, commissioners, SSA, and numerous appointments under the PDP, abandon the party that nurtured them from humble beginnings as an ordinary photographer. In just a few months out of power, they've conveniently forgotten the benefits and wealth they accumulated under the PDP, which made them billionaires. Congratulations on your new party affiliation, but remember that when we…
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Apr
27
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
APC Reacts As US Gives Verdict On 2023 Election

APC Reacts As US Gives Verdict On 2023 Election

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics
We’ve Moved On – APC Reacts As US Gives Verdict On 2023 Election The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the United States 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which declared that the last general election in Nigeria reflected the will of the populace despite widespread irregularities. The report seen on Thursday also stated that there were reports of campaigning at polling stations, lack of ballot secrecy and various irregularities during the country’s 2023 elections. The report said many independent observers acknowledged that the presidential, legislative, and governorship elections largely reflected the will of voters. Reacting to the…
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Apr
26
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Abia Missing Airport: As Ikpeazu And Gang Fret Over Forensic Audit, Gov Otti Remains Focused

Abia Missing Airport: As Ikpeazu And Gang Fret Over Forensic Audit, Gov Otti Remains Focused

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
AS EX-GOV IKPEAZU AND HIS GANG FRET OVER ABIA FORENSIC AUDIT, MISSING AIRPORT By Kazie Uko Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, shone, glowed and dazzled like a Diamond last Friday, April 19, 2024, as he basked in the spotlight of international lecture stage, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, in the United States of America. Taking the podium inside the hallowed JHU Bloomberg Center, on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, Governor Otti engaged his audience in an intriguing lecture, where he spoke on, 'State Governance and Economic Transition: Meeting the Challenges'. The Johns Hopkins lecture…
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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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By Abia ThinkTank
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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By Abia ThinkTank
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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