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30

2021

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IS “OKEZUO ABIA” A STATIC NORM? ABIA NEEDS A PLANNER AND DEVELOPER.

OPINIONAbia charter of equity, Abia State founding fathers, Dr. Anagha Ezikpe, Dr. okezie Victor Ikpeazu, election, equity, Fairness and justice, Okezuo Abia, zoning of governorship in Abia state, Zoning process

IS "OKEZUO ABIA" A STATIC NORM? ABIA NEEDS A PLANNER AND DEVELOPER. The saying "Ok'ezuo Abia" was made popular during the quest for Abia State governor of Abia South extraction. Also sometime ago the Saying "Otu Onu" was also made parochially popular in 2003 when governor Orji Uzor Kalu sought for his second tenure as provided by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Harsh tags will always be used as much as the quest for power, be it to achieve justice and equity, fight for our rights, privileges or inordinate quest to satisfy our greed, gluttony, in compassionate…

Oct

18

2021

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2023: Why Nigerians Will Support A President Of Southeast Extraction

OPINION, POLITICS2023 presidential election, Equity and fairness, Equity and Justice, Power distribution, Southeast Presidency

2023: Why Nigerians Will Support A President Of Southeast Extraction In 2023, I am very optimistic that Nigerians will support a credible candidate from the South East to become the President. Nigeria needs a president who is relatively young with a sound mind, experienced, and have demonstrable competence, character and capacity to lead the country. Every geopolitical zone in Nigeria has such persons in abundance. However, there is a national consensus in support of the South East, in the spirit of justice and equity. Between 1999 and 2023, these zones would have produced occupants of the Presidential Villa for these…

Oct

14

2021

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ORJI UZOR KALU: Noiseless Oxygen to Apc in Southeast –Okeifufe

OPINIONDr. Orji Uzor Kalu, Eulogy, Oxygen, Power, Red Chamber

ORJI UZOR KALU: Noiseless Oxygen to Apc in Southeast --Okeifufe The Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has been described as the catalyst behind the tremendous feats of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Southeast region. Hon. Chijioke Paul Okeifufe, a Chieftain who described Kanubas a facilitator of breathing to APC members in the Southeast, made this appraisal in his eulogic article titled: 'Orji Uzor Kalu- The Noiseless Oxygen To The APC in the Southeast' Okeifufe described Wednesday November 16, 2016 as a Red-Letter-Day in the party in the region,…

Oct

02

2021

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HUMPHREY NWOSU @80: An Ode To Nigeria’s Icon Of Democracy

ENTERTAINMENTS, OPINIONCenter for Democratic Studies, Democracy Day on June 12, election, Humphrey Nwosu, National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), Nigeria's Independence, October 1, president Mohammadu Buhari

HUMPHREY NWOSU @80: An Ode To Nigeria's Icon Of Democracy By Collins Opurozor One major challenge that confronts democracy in Nigeria today is how to make votes count. In many instances, votes are not even counted. For Nigerians, elections are concluded, in the language of Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu, as hollow rituals, bandwagons, direct captures and simulated landslides. The mandates which most politicians claim are effectively dubious, and there is no psychological satisfaction in voting, because the people know that it is either that their votes will not be counted or that their votes will not count. Since popular consent still…

Oct

02

2021

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UZODINMA Vs October 1: Imolites denied Independence

OPINION61 Independence anniversary of Nigeria, Buckingham Palace, Colonial masters, Colonization, federal government of Nigeria, Federalism, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Nigeria at 61, October 1

UZODINMA Vs October 1: Imo denied Independence By Collins Opurozor There is a debate in the social sciences on the validity of Nigeria's claim to independence. This is because the country's political life is still tied to the apron strings of her former colonizers. If independence confers on a nation the right to political choices, then, as some believe, independence in Nigeria is more potential than actual. Moreso, Nigeria's economy remains largely, if not entirely, dependent on those of the developed nations. And for many, therefore, the idea of an independent Nigeria is more apparent than real. At the level…

Sep

26

2021

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AKWA-IBOM 2023 GUBERNATORIAL: Why Uyo Senatorial District Should Produce Next Governor

OPINION, POLITICS2023 general election, Akwa-Ibom charter of equity, Akwa-Ibom State, Akwa-Iom Governorship election, development, Equity and fairness, Governor Emmanuel Udom, Governor Godwin Akpabio, Political Elites, Political Leadership, Uyo Akwa Government Area, Zoning process

AKWA-IBOM 2023 GUBERNATORIAL: Why Uyo Senatorial District Should Produce Next Governor By Charity Uwakwe It is an indisputable fact that as years run into months, months into weeks and weeks into days, the various states in Nigeria are bracing up for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. As it were, political bigwigs are definitely not oblivious of who would go for them in their respective political parties.This is inevitable. Evidently, all states in the Nigerian nation are fighting hard to figure out strategies that will enable their respective parties emerge inspite of all odds, hence it is imperative that more efforts…

Sep

12

2021

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Treasonable Act: Will President Buhari ever forgive , trust Uzodinma again?

OPINIONdisappointment, president Mohammadu Buhari, Presidential visit, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Treasonable act

Treasonable Act: Will President Buhari ever forgive Uzodinma? (Opinion) Guest Writer It is an insult to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for some overzealous sycophants in Imo who are loyal to Hope Uzodinma to willfully misquote Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari left Imo on Thursday deeply disappointed and on a very sad and bitter note. And he vowed to be careful with Uzodinma, going forward. Attempting to hoodwink the people about this fact is very uncivilized and criminal, too. And for Uzodinma to refuse to call these characters to order, it means he has endorsed this scourge of…

Sep

07

2021

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Uzodinma and Fugitivity: How Imo Govt lost N1.185 billion just in 144 trips

OPINION, POLITICSFugitive, Fugitivity, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Island, Toirisi, Tours, Wasteful expenditure

Uzodinma and Fugitivity: How Imo Govt lost N1.185 billion just in 144 trips By Collins Opurozor "Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and vagabond on the earth" - Genesis 4:12. Between the time he was brought to Imo State on January 15, 2020 and September 4, 2021, Chief Hope Uzodinma has left Imo 72 times. He has also returned to the State 72 times. And…

Aug

31

2021

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Businesses grounded, tension in Orlu, as sit-at-home order prevails in Imo *Amid Gov’ Uzodinma’s purported non-compliance

OPINIONBiafra agitation, Eastern Security Network ESN, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Sit-at-home order

By our Guest Writer Businesses grounded, tension in Orlu, as sit-at-home order prevails in Imo, was aaa*Amid Gov' Uzodinma's purported non-compliance Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma said that all is well in Imo State every Monday of the week in the past weeks and there is no observation of the sit-at-home order of the IPOB and ESN. Governor Uzodinma had claimed that the IPOB/ESN order doesn’t work or hold in Imo State. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Uzodinma said only a constituted authority like his government can order a sit-at-home in the…

Aug

27

2021

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OPEN GRAZING: Uzodinma Northern ruler in South?

OPINIONAnti-Open Grazing Bill, Association of Southeast Town Union, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Open Grazing Law, president Mohammadu Buhari, Southeast Governors

OPEN GRAZING: Uzodinma, North ruler in South? By Collins Opurozor The atrocities of armed herdsmen are already well-known. These are daredevil criminals who have invaded many communities before the break of dawn, slaughtered innocent men like chicken, raped vulnerable women onto death, cut open the throats of children, destroyed farmlands and painted far too many forests red with blood. They have taken credit for the onslaughts against defenceless citizens of this nation and have continued to assert that they can wreak even more havoc upon Nigeria without repercussions. The President of their group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello…