Opinion

2023: Evidence that Peter Obi and the Labour Party are one step closer to victory, by Valentine Ozigbo

2023: Evidence that Peter Obi and the Labour Party are one step closer to victory, by Valentine Ozigbo

Last week, Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), showed his electoral strength with visits to Delta, Anambra, and Enugu states, where he held hugely successful campaign rallies. By now, His Excellency Peter Obi has solidified his reputation as an ethical candidate who has rejected the politics of corruption, inducement, and crowd-buying. By doing so, he has set himself apart from his main rivals. The crowds at the Labour Party rallies in Delta, Anambra, and Enugu were genuine passionate believers in Obi’s candidacy and the Obidient Movement. They have decided to entrust Nigeria to prudent hands…
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Opinion: Ikechi Emenike’s Race Down South, By Odo Ijere 

Opinion: Ikechi Emenike’s Race Down South, By Odo Ijere 

A few days ago, I was engaged in a feisty drama by some inelegant staccato voices over my choice of words for the dieing governorship dreams of High Chief Ikechi Emenike. These staccato voices chose to attack the messenger and ignoring the message. My allegorical message of a black goat that got missing at night has remained a riddle till now that daylight has appeared. Ikechi Emenike's demonic apparition has now been replaced by a rare photo opportunity with President Muhammadu Buhari for which his supporters regale themselves in wanton celebration and sophistry. Seeing also the wife of Ikechi Emenike,…
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OPINION: Is Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Only Concerned About Road Construction In Abia North?, By Bernard Ogbe

OPINION: Is Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Only Concerned About Road Construction In Abia North?, By Bernard Ogbe

Just like his name implies, ‘Uzor’, meaning ‘Road’, and braced with the numerous roads attracted to Abia North Senatorial District, by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, which he also extended to other areas outside his constitutional jurisdiction, one would be quick to say, Orji Uzor Kalu, is only concerned about road constructions. It would be ridiculous however, to peg Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to just building roads. Orji Kalu, is a polished and updated leader, who knows the importance of roads as a step towards developing Abia North communities. He is also systematically touching Abia North, by giving the District, the…
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Kelechi Okoronkwo: Era Of Right Tax Revenue Utilisation In Africa Beckons

Kelechi Okoronkwo: Era Of Right Tax Revenue Utilisation In Africa Beckons

By Kelechi Okoronkwo A major take-away from the just concluded Seventh General Assembly of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) which held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 31 to November 4, 2022 is that tax money must be put into good use if more tax revenue is to be generated. Heads of tax agencies from 42 African countries and more than 500 other participants, comprising of 380 registered participants who attended physically, 100 registered participants who participated virtually and about 65 participants who were members of dignitaries’ entourage, were welcomed in Lagos with that simple statement of fact; and that…
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OPINION: Ayade The Prophet, His Dreams, And The Future, By Victor Egba

OPINION: Ayade The Prophet, His Dreams, And The Future, By Victor Egba

"A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman the next generation" ~Mark Twain. When I read in the news that Sen. Ben Ayade the Executive Governor of Cross River State and the Candidate of the APC for the northern Senatorial District in 2023 had in his characteristic humour revealed that he was not just a professor but a prophet it made sense to me. I Could recall that in 2020 at the peak of the Covid '19 outbreak, while the world was still running helter-skelter in search of measures, preventive or proactive Sen. Ayade declared that movement should continue…
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OPINION: Who Is Orji Uzor Kalu? What Do You Know About Him?, By Bernard Francis

OPINION: Who Is Orji Uzor Kalu? What Do You Know About Him?, By Bernard Francis

For a man, who barely sleep three (3) hrs out of the 24 hrs given by nature in a day, it is of good detailing to enable us appreciate, what the over 21hrs of his daily activities represents, as expressed in the successes of the most Distinguish Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for the proper guide and understanding of our younger voters ahead of the 2023 elections . Gleaned from good parental upbringings, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, was quick to understand the relative issues bordering the society. In his early stage, his relationship with people and his humane consciousness gave him…
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OPINION: The Second Coming Of FG/ASUU Clash Will Make EndSars Crisis A Child’s Play, By Odo Ijere

OPINION: The Second Coming Of FG/ASUU Clash Will Make EndSars Crisis A Child’s Play, By Odo Ijere

Most of those masquerading themselves in the corridors of power today and speaking on behalf of the Federal Government or Buhari are irresponsible, vile, insular, evil, and narcissist. They want to needlessly plunge this nation in undeserved crises. They speak to us in Buhari's name whereas Buhari is unaware. We're told Federal Government has said this and that. But the nation moves closer and closer to avoidable cataclysm while we all watch helplessly. The FG/ASUU crises is being disingenuously stoked by just two persons, Chris Ngige and Adamu Adamu who's often appearance as the Federal government in the entire crises…
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Sen. Tijani Yahaya Kaura: Stable Hands On Stable Course, By Chris Eruba

Sen. Tijani Yahaya Kaura: Stable Hands On Stable Course, By Chris Eruba

In 1996, the Federal Government of Nigeria, saw a need to established a specialized Free Zone that will provide import and export incentives to foreign investors, and players in the Nigeria’s oil and Gas Sector. That Free Zone was named OIL AND GAS FREE ZONE, supervised by a government regulatory authority. The Free Zone was designed in a way that it provides incentives such as; zero customs duties, 75% Import Duty rebate fee, 100% Capital and Profit repatriation for investors who operate in the free zone. These huge incentives became a major attraction to investors who didn’t waste time in…
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I miss the South East we used to know, by Femi Adesina

I miss the South East we used to know, by Femi Adesina

Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I mean killings on both sides. The innocent law enforcement agents, mowed down in cold blood, and the misguided, brainwashed gunmen, who more often than not do not get away with their evil acts. MAD. Mutual Assured Destruction. That’s what usually happens. I then tell myself. This is not the South East we used to know. What happened? How did grace turn to disgrace?…
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PDP Crisis: Addressing 10 Fallacies From Wike’s Media Chat, By Reno Omokri

PDP Crisis: Addressing 10 Fallacies From Wike’s Media Chat, By Reno Omokri

The Governor of Rivers state, and an esteemed member of our party, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike addressed the press on current issues within our party, and in the encounter he made some utterances which are fallacious. I believe he did not lie. It may just be a case that, because of the task of running a very successful state, like Rivers, his memory may have failed him. So I have written the below to refresh his memory. 1. The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, never promised to resign if a Northern Presidential candidate is elected. Rather, he said…
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