NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the National Assembly is currently reviewing several bills proposing the creation of new states in Nigeria, as part of an ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. These proposals, submitted in 2024 by lawmakers and various interest groups, have either scaled the first or second readings and are awaiting further deliberation and possible approval. Presently, Nigeria comprises 36 states unevenly distributed across the six geopolitical zones. The South-South, South-West, North-Central, and North-East zones each have…
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TINUBU BORROWING GENERATIONS UNBORN INTO SLAVERY
By Zik Gbemre The mounting World Bank loans in billions of dollars Nigeria is swallowing under President Bola Tinubu leaves many questions than answers. When will these loans be paid? What exactly have they done with the loans? Are these loans gotten to Nigeria or being shared by individual politicians? Before Obasanjo left government as President in his second term Nigeria was debt free. I, Zik Gbemre, Charles Soludo, Ngozi Iweala though in the World Bank and few others were strong advocates of Nigeria debts cancellation. Then…
Read MoreTINUBU, OBOREVWORI, EGBETOKUN MUST GUARD AGAINST REPEAT OF OKUAMA IN OKPARE
By Gbemre Nigerian Army has occupied Okpare, another Ughelli South Local Government Area community in Delta state over another doubtful peace mission. From the feelers we are getting, it is obvious the Nigerian Army, for self reasons best known to the authorities, are willfully not learning from past painful and shameful lessons. We are compelled to raise this alarm, calling on President Bola Tinubu, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Inspector General of Police, Director-General DSS, Ughelli South LG Chairman and other relevant authorities, to call the Nigerian Army to order before…
Read MoreTinubu’s Regionalism Gamble By Prof G G Darah
By Prof. G.G. Darah Pandef, Pandef, beware of false prophets masquerading in electronic garments. There is sour mutilation of historical facts in the narrative on “How Tinubu Is Reversing The Damage Ironsi Did To Nigeria” attributed to Reno Omokri. During British colonial rule, Regions were created in 1939 and their elected goverments were in office from 1951. The Regions were three in number: Eastern, Northern, and Western. There was gross inequality and injustice in the regional system. For example, the territory of the Northern Region was larger than the…
Read MoreECOWAS Must Be Relevant Again
The current leader of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and his predecessor Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo have failed to demonstrate the bloc’s commitment to democracy. Since 2020 four ECOWAS members,Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger experienced a total of six coup d’états. Upon his election as Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu propounded, “We must not sit in ECOWAS as toothless bulldogs.” Yet, the current leadership of ECOWAS has been ineffective in addressing the security and humanitarian crises in…
Read MoreBEFORE YOU CHEER TINUBU ON REDUCING GOVERNANCE COST
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…
Read MoreJust In: President Tinubu Scraps Niger Delta, Sports Ministries
President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development. In a statement by Bayo Onanuga in his X handle, There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports. The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of…
Read MoreOKUAMA: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OF PRESIDENT TINUBU & HIS ARMY OF OCCUPATION
By Zik Gbemre The continuous killing of Okuama people and raiding is a cause for alarm. President Bola Tinubu as Commander-In-Chief and his military have turned Okuama community in Ughelli South into a war zone. Why is the Nigerian military using its strength to kill and destroy a remote community of Okuama? Why can’t the military use their strength to fight insurgency, banditry and Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria? Why are the Nigerian military trigger happy to fight armless civilians in Okuama community? The show of…
Read MorePRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFTS SEIZURE ABROAD: ANOTHER SHAME OF A NATION
By Zik Gbemre How shameful can it get. What an embarrassment, that Nigeria’s President’s official jet is impounded by private companies in foreign countries. It means Nigeria as a country has totally lost reputation and dignity in eyes of the international community. Too bad. Tinubu is hardly in the country. One would have expected Tinubu to remain in Nigeria to resolve her many problems. With all his globetrotting Tinubu has lost self-dignity and self-esteem. Tinubu goes about attending summits where he is not recognized. In South- Africa recently Tinubu was…
Read MoreNACTOMORAS Appeals To Tinubu, Oborevwori for Relief from Police Harassment
The Delta State chapter of the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners/Riders Association (NACTOMORAS) has made an urgent appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, seeking their intervention to end ongoing police harassment, brutality, and intimidation against its members. During a peaceful protest held at Udu Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, the group alleged that officers of the Delta State Police Command are being used by rival groups to obstruct their lawful transport business activities. The protesters cited the 2015 death of…
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