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Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Press Statement The continued refusal of The Presidency to recognise Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is, to say the least, unfortunate, dangerous, unjustifiable, regrettable and unacceptable. The Presidency had reiterated this position while justifying the absence of President Goodluck Jonathan at the retreat recently organised […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
By Sheddy Ozoene Professor Chinua Achebe, the famous author of Things Fall Apart will probably not be happy in his grave today. In twice rejecting the award of national honours in 2004 and 2011, the Nigerian literary icon said he was protesting against the handling of governance issues in the country, especially in his native […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2013
By Nnaji Obed Asiegbu Governor Theodore Orji on Wednesday, last week won the maiden edition of BusinessDay “Good Governance Award” in healthcare development and security, making him the best performing Governor in the country in those two sectors of the economy. That Governor Orji won the prestigious awards, organized by BusinessDay, the foremost business media […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2013
By Abiodun Babatunde These days, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, especially its head and chief proponent, Professor Attahiru Jega, will find it difficult to wear genuine smiles in public, because of the monumental failure called Anambra. With years of preparations (from the last elections that brought in sitting Governor, Peter Obi), what the […]
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Sunday, November 17th, 2013
By John Ainofenokhai Not many people realise these days the manner in which the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, was railroaded as the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his state in 2007. The retired Rear Admiral was in his farm when his former boss in the military, former President […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
By Kayode Ojo It is an unfortunate reality of our times that many Nigerians have become experts at disapproving. Indeed, they are lacking in the simple yet humane act of giving credit where it is due. A major case in point is the often unreasonable denigration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) by bitter men […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
By Ugochukwu Emezue CHIEF Theodore Ahamefule Orji, the governor of Abia State is by all standards a man born with silver spoon in his mouth. His late father, Chief Tom Orji Ikoro, a man of value, was a Warrant Chief, an equivalent of modern day first class traditional ruler. Chief Theodore Orji is therefore of […]
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
By Chief (Sir) Don Ubani Political economists have always propounded that the quantum of development of any segment of the human society cannot be divorced from the quality of its leadership. Leadership quality, in this context, encompasses vision, mission, self discipline, transparency and, of course, personal commitment to leaving legacies for which one would be remembered. It, […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
By Kayode Ojo The recent scandal involving the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a private entity named NYSC Foundation has effectively confirmed that Nigeria’s biggest challenge is, perhaps, not corruption but barefaced impunity. According to a report in THISDAY newspapers of Sunday, October 20, 2013, the Foundation has since 2007 been […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2013
By Ben Ikari As I’ve suggested in my previous articles based on historical facts and current reality, the so-called National Conference (NC) many thought will be Sovereign National Conference (SNC) and I said it will not, is all about Goodluck Jonathan. It’s thus a NC which participants shall not be drawn equally from ethnic nations […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2013
By Olusola Daniel Does being a graduate of a Nigerian university guarantee you a good job these days? The answer is no! In a country like ours where our youths are daily faced with the herculean task of successfully completing a bachelors’ degree under the severest of conditions, this is what we have come to […]
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Thursday, October 31st, 2013
By John Ainofenokhai If there is a governor in Nigeria who can honestly claim to derive his power from the people, Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, the comrade governor of Edo state could be the one. Before he was elected governor, he fought many battles with the Nigerian people against the forces of tyranny as a labour […]
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Chigozie Chikere The armoured car scandal at Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA is still raising dust and spreading rapidly at an unprecedented scale. The vigour with which proponents of the ‘Sack Oduah’ mantra are going about their vindictive campaign raises a series of questions bordering on Nigeria’s anti-corruption institution; its antecedents, the motive for the […]
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
By Yusuf Ozi-Usman The recent formation of Nigerian Online Publishers’ Association (NOPA) in Lagos came at the right time when mushroom online publishers with jaundice knowledge of journalism are springing up daily, thanks to access to the modern communication technology, even by nincompoops. As a matter of fact, at no time the popular communication dictum […]
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Anambra Election, Articles/Opinion, News Features/Analysis
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
By Joe Igbokwe As the moment of decision for who will preside over the affairs in Anambra State draws near, I feel the compelling need to speak to my people and respectfully offer some advice on how to go about it and get the man Anambra needs. I am sticking my neck out because Anambra is […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
By Kabiru Johnson At this time that the nation is yet to come to terms with the scandalous Oduahgate and the purchase of two armored cars for the cost of $1.6 million, the Jonathan administration can ill afford another scandal which the handling of the appointment of the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board […]
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Sunday, October 27th, 2013
By Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The unclaimed Mo Ibrahim Prize for Advancement in African Leadership tacitly says Africa’s leadership crisis remains unabated. Since the yearly prize which is awarded by the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation to former African heads of state was instituted in 2007, only three winners have emerged. The prize is awarded to […]
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Agriculture, Articles/Opinion
Sunday, October 27th, 2013
The African Examiner Four decades of Nigeria’s food balance sheet history were filled with rhetorics, regrets and rots arising from a decline in local food production profile while the food import bill was on the rise. The vulnerability of Nigeria’s economy during this time was heightened by consumer’s behaviours, public policy inconsistencies premised on insensitivity […]
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Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Unless the American and European communion of the Anglican Church that favours homosexuality renounce such doctrine, the Anglican Communion may likely disintegrate globally, anti-gay countries of the church, have warned. That was the outcome of the second Global Anglican Future Conference, GAFCON, that ended Friday in Nairobi, Kenya where a total of […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2013
By Obinna Emeka 2015 election is fast approaching so one is not surprise at the propaganda and pull him down campaign going on against notable politicians. Politics, as we know, is generally assumed to be a dirty game. Indeed, it is dirty in so many ways and senses to the extent that most politicians and […]
