Category: Analysis & opinion

Right of Reply: What Does Gbemre Wants From Olorogun Moses Taiga?

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    By Kenneth Young-Emretiyoma   Dear Chief Zik Gbemre, Your unfounded and defamatory attacks on Olorogun (Dr.) Moses Taiga, JP, CON, cannot tarnish the reputation of a man who is both blessed and respected. If you believe that your bitter crusade against him will succeed, you are mistaken. Olorogun Taiga’s accomplishments and integrity speak for themselves, and nothing you say can change that.   I had hoped that following Olorogun Moses Taiga’s successful two-term presidency of the UPU, you would have moved on from your obsession with him. It…

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Unscrupulous Persons Attempted To Disorganize Distribution Of Relief Materials In Uwheru – Jaro Egbo CPS

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The Chief Press Secretary to Ughelli North Local Government Council chairman, Mr Efe Ekete has disclosed that scrupulous persons attempted to disorganized the distribution of donated relief materials to flood victims in Uwheru community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of p Delta State. Ekete made this known in a telephone conversation with newmen of the incident that occurred at Uwheru community where flood victims rejected donated relief materials. It was learned that the people of Uwheru kingdom, rejected relief materials, a bag of white garri, 25 bags of sachet…

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A Tale of Two Videos By Sunny Awhefeada

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By Sunny Awhefeada   The title of this piece will tickle the memory of those familiar with the corpus of English Literature who must of necessity remember the title of Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickensian imagination was inspired or better put provoked by the kind of inveterate socio-economic malaise that is afflicting Nigeria at the moment. Dickens lived and wrote in an epoch of unimaginable social rot and grinding poverty. The social, economic and cultural milieu of the Victorian Age during which English fiction bloomed…

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Is Soweto Happening Here? By Sunny Awhefeada

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By Sunny Awhefeada     Part of the staple that formed and conditioned the consciousness of my generation was the monstrosity of the apartheid regime in South Africa. Before apartheid got dismantled in 1994, young people of my generation were active psychological participants in the events that led to the defeat of that inhumanly racist phenomenon. Our history books, literary texts, newspapers, films and other media brought apartheid and anti-apartheid engagements to us so regularly to the extent that the events, the names of persons involved and the places where…

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Do You Know Who The Fuck I Am?

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By Sunny Awhefeada     The vulgar title of this piece owes its shocking essence to the vulgarity of a lawbreaker who masquerades as a lawmaker. I have resolved not to mention his name throughout this intervention in order not to dignify him and reduce this column to the base degree of his character. The lawmaker who is a member of the Federal House of Representatives is also a fake senator as he thumped his chest and told his victim “I am a senator”. That wasn’t a slip of tongue,…

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BEFORE YOU CHEER TINUBU ON REDUCING GOVERNANCE COST

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By Zik Gbemre Is President Bola Tinubu honestly reducing cost of governance? What is he going to do with 20 persons on foreign trips? What are the roles of the Nigerian Ambassadors and Diplomats? Are his frequent foreign trips necessary? No. The Ambassadors could represent the President in these foreign trips to deliver speech if necessary. Tinubu says he is reducing costs after buying a N150B new aircraft. What pretense? Can’t he travel on commercial aeroplanes? Tinubu appoints people every month to duplicate official duties already being handled by existing…

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Opinion: Senate’s Decision to Compel States To Fund Regional Commissions Violates State Autonomy

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By Oghenekaro Awodeha   On Thursday 24th, 2024, The Senate approved a 15 percent deduction from member states’ statutory allocations to fund newly established regional development commissions.   The Senate’s decision to fund these newly created regional development commissions by mandating a 15 percent deduction from state allocations represents a serious violation of state autonomy. While the federal government has taken steps toward decentralization by supporting local government financial autonomy, its move to force states to fund federal commissions undermines its stated commitment to empowering lower levels of government. This…

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For The Good Of Our Future By Sunny Awhefeada

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By Sunny Awhefeada,   I have in the last sixteen years been a willing pupil, or better put student, to my children, their friends, playmates and schoolmates. The experience has been a big learning curve that has been more rewarding than all the formal education I have acquired. Bringing up children is beyond being an act. It is also an art which mutates as there is no exact formula, but nuances which are determined by situations. Parents, most if not all, look forward to moments of great expectations and bliss…

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What Is The Meaning Of Independence

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By Sunny Awhefeada I must begin by confessing that the title of the present discourse is not my invention. It was what I thought was an innocent question from Isio, my eight years old daughter. The day was Monday, the eve of this year’s Independence Day anniversary and the time was morning just before seven o’clock. As has been the norm since 2008, I already had the key to the car in my hands waiting as my wife dressed Isio up for school so I could take her on school…

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