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Jun
25
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Yoruba Agenda Must Not Continue Under A New Sobriquet Of Southern Governors’ Forum

Yoruba Agenda Must Not Continue Under A New Sobriquet Of Southern Governors’ Forum

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics
YORUBA AGENDA MUST NOT CONTINUE UNDER A NEW SOBRIQUET OF SOUTHERN GOVERNOR'S FORUM The Monday 24th meeting of the governor's of the Southeast, Southwest and Southsouth was expected by its conveners to start a new agenda setting for the southern part of Nigeria as it struggles to free its neck from the heavy jackboot of the political North. The meeting was well attended by almost all the governors except one or two that sent their deputies. The good attendance aptly captured the importance of calling the roundtable to enact a proactive scriptural response to desperate moments in the the life…
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Jun
25
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Minimum Wage: Approve N250,000 Demand To Match Inflationary Trend – Labour Tells Tinubu

Minimum Wage: Approve N250,000 Demand To Match Inflationary Trend – Labour Tells Tinubu

Economy, Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Labour, News Flash
Minimum Wage: Approve N250,000 Demand To Match Inflationary Trend – Labour Tells Tinubu Organised Labour has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to prove his love for Nigerian workers and approve its demand of N250,000 minimum wage to reflect the present inflationary trend in the country. Speaking to Vanguard, a member of the organised labour negotiating team in the Tripartite Committee of the New National Minimum Wage and President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, accused state governors of stalling efforts at achieving a reasonable wage for public workers. He said: “If you are an employer…
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Jun
25
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Why There’s Persistent Insecurity In Nigeria – President Tinubu

Why There’s Persistent Insecurity In Nigeria – President Tinubu

Crime, Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash, Presidency
Why There’s Persistent Insëcurity In Nigeria – Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has described the lingering insecurity bedevilling Nigeria, particularly the North West region of the country, as inherited security compromises. The president added that the banditry and insurgency facing the country is a likelihood of historical injustices meted out to the adverse victims of conflicts. Reflecting on his inaugural speech one year ago, Tinubu noted that “we promised to make Nigeria safer, and this aim has been our topmost priority since we came to office.” Tinubu said on Monday at a two-day security and peace summit organised by the North-West…
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Jun
25
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Sokoto Government Breaks Silence Over Alleged ‘Plot To Dethrone Sultan’

Sokoto Government Breaks Silence Over Alleged ‘Plot To Dethrone Sultan’

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Culture, News Flash, North Central
Sokoto Govt Breaks Silence Over Alleged ‘Plot To Dethrone Sultan’ GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Sokoto government has denied allegations by MURIC that it’s plotting to depose His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The state Commissioner for information and societal reorientation Hon. Sambo Bello Danchadi in a swift reaction on Tuesday said the state government has no plan whatsoever to dethrone the revered monarch, while describing the allegation by MURIC as false and baseless. Sambo explained that the law guiding the appointment and disposition of traditional rulers in the state had not been changed or even…
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Jun
25
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
It’ll Take Decades To Eradicate Banditry In Northwest Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto

It’ll Take Decades To Eradicate Banditry In Northwest Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Mishap, Security
It’ll Take Decades To Eradicate Banditry In Northwest Nigeria – Sultan The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, yesterday, declared that it will take decades for the north-west to be free from the menacing security challenge. The Sultan spoke in Katsina at the ‘Inaugural North West Peace and Security Summit’. In his address, the Sultan said: “What we must do is challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives. “But it will take decades to get out of it if at all we get out of it. We all know the consequences and…
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Jun
24
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
NLC Rejects Call To Decentralize Minimum Wage Negotiations; ‘Governors Will Basterdize It’

NLC Rejects Call To Decentralize Minimum Wage Negotiations; ‘Governors Will Basterdize It’

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Labour, News Flash
‘Governors Will Bastardise It,’ NLC Rejects Call To Decentralise Minimum Wage Negotiations The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has opposed some politicians’ calls for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. Adebayo Aribatise, secretary of NLC in Oyo State, spoke with journalists on Sunday in Ibadan and said decentralising minimum wage negotiations would be at workers’ disadvantage in some states. Some politicians had recently called for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. One of them, Kayode Fayemi, stressed the need for allowing states to conduct wage negotiations with their labour unions, separate from the federal government. Mr Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti, said the position…
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Jun
24
2024
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Dr. Alex Otti OFR Pushing The Frontiers Of Development Amidst Opposition Voodooism – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba)

Dr. Alex Otti OFR Pushing The Frontiers Of Development Amidst Opposition Voodooism – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Environment, Good Governance, Infrastructure, News Flash, Politics
DR. ALEX OTTI PUSHING THE FRONTIERS OF DEVELOPMENT AMIDST OPPOSITION VOODOOISM. Everyday now comes with soundbites and optics of new initiatives and projects of Dr. Alex Otti ricocheting across the nooks and crannies of Abia State with metastatic relish. From Abia south in Ukwa to Abia North in Arochukwu, it is endless celebrations of new initiatives, new ideas, new projects and new ambience being captioned under the New Abia rebranding landscape. Alex Otti has no doubt overstretched the imagination of good governance templates and its endless possibilities to inspire a brutalized, demoralized and dehumanized people who endured wicked leadership for…
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Jun
23
2024
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Political Parties Not Instrument Of War – Says Governor Otti As He Receives Former ABIA Governor Sen. Orji Kalu

Political Parties Not Instrument Of War – Says Governor Otti As He Receives Former ABIA Governor Sen. Orji Kalu

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics
POLITICAL PARTIES NOT INSTRUMENT OF WAR - SAYS GOVERNOR OTTI AS HE RECEIVES FORMER ABIA GOVERNOR SEN. ORJI KALU. The Executive Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti, OFR has again reaffirmed his philosophy that once elections and litigations are over, partisan politics takes a back seat while governance takes front stage. Speaking on Friday 21st June in his Umuehim Nvosi country home in Isiala Ngwa South LGA when he played host to a former Governor of Abia State and the present Senator representing the Abia North Senatorial Zone in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. Governor Alex Otti…
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Jun
22
2024
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Joseph Goebbels Was Right – The Lies Of Abia PDP Collapsed Under Their Own Weight On The 18th March, 2023 And The Truth Of The Labour Party Under Dr. Alex Chioma Otti Triumphed: Uche Aguoru Battling With The Messenger To Cover The Message – By Ctz Ukoha Njoku Ukoha (CPS To Gov Otti)

Joseph Goebbels Was Right – The Lies Of Abia PDP Collapsed Under Their Own Weight On The 18th March, 2023 And The Truth Of The Labour Party Under Dr. Alex Chioma Otti Triumphed: Uche Aguoru Battling With The Messenger To Cover The Message – By Ctz Ukoha Njoku Ukoha (CPS To Gov Otti)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics
Joseph Goebbels Was Right - The Lies of Abia PDP Collapsed Under Their Own Weight on the 18th of March, 2023 and the Truth of the Labour Party under Dr. Alex Chioma Otti Triumphed: Uche Aguoru Battling With The Messenger To Cover The Message. The first 240 words of Mr. Aguoru's history class essay was just about Joseph Goebbels while avoiding the import of the quote. The day Joseph Goebbels was referring to in his famous quote has come and gone. The lies of the Abia PDP just like the lies of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party has come and gone…
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Jun
22
2024
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Police Won’t Evict Deposed Emir Ado Bayero – CP Replied Kano Governor

Police Won’t Evict Deposed Emir Ado Bayero – CP Replied Kano Governor

Culture, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Kano, News Flash
Police Won’t Evict Deposed Emir Ado Bayero – CP Replied Kano Governor The Kano State Police Commissioner, AIG Usaini Gumel, has given reasons why the police ignored Governor Abba Yusuf’s directive on the eviction of the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. Recall that Yusuf had on Thursday night, through the State Attorney General And Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, directed the CP to remove the deposed 15 Emir of Kano from the Nasarawa mini palace where he is staying. Speaking in a telephone interview with The Punch on Friday, the police commissioner said obeying the governor’s eviction order…
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