A Public Affairs Analyst Mr. Agbo Chidera Augustine has urged the Enugu state government to engage constructively in the bid to finding lasting solution to the Monday sit at home in the state. Mr. Augustine while reacting to the sealing of shops by the Enugu state government, tweeted that “forcefully locking shops of non-compliant individuals...
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In Kogi State, nonprofits help flood victims rebuild their lives
By: Arinze Chijioke In 2022, Nigeria faced devastating floods, it was the most destructive the country has experienced in a decade. Infrastructures, crops, and houses were damaged, leading to decimated livelihoods and the displacement of several households. This report examines how humanitarian initiatives helped victims rebuild their lives in Kogi State. Friday Egwuma, a resident...
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“THE RISE AND FALL OF G-5 GOVERNORS”
By: Augustine Okolie PhD The PDP Presidential ticket which was contested, lost and won by Atiku Abubakar at the Eagle Square, Abuja on the 28th May, 2022 was the reason for the feud between a section of PDP leaders, particularly five governors led by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Nwike. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (AAA)...
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Gov. Peter Mbah’s Order to End “Sit-at-Home” in Enugu State: A good intention with wrong approach.
By Ken Onyekaonwu, United Kingdom. Sit-at-home, an order by the IPOB for the residents of the five eastern states of Nigeria not to work or move around every Monday in order to press home the demand for the release of their leader, has no doubt become the new norm in the entire south eastern states...
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PETER MBAH: IF CAPACITY, COMPETENCE AND CHARACTER IS A PERSON
By: CHIMA OBIEZE The definitions of Leadership vary from the simple “Leadership is influential” to Incorporating Vision, Creativity, Tone/Agenda Setting, Inspiration and Tenacity. Often times, the terms Capacity, Competence and Character are used to describe and rate a Leader. These 3C’s are axioms or truths that qualify a great leader. But these terms have become...
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“ENUGU PDP SHOULD NOT REJOICE YET” – PRIMATE AYODELE RELEASES PROPHECY OF STATES WHERE ELECTED GOVERNORS CAN BE SACKED.
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has revealed some States where elected governors can be sacked and replaced with the candidates of opposition parties. In a statement signed Friday by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the cleric said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Kaduna, Isah Ashiru, can reclaim his...
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INEC’S DEAD END: WHEN ONE MAN BURIES HIMSELF
Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an idiomatic expression and a literary saying....
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Forsake pride, strive for God’s presence, cleric tells Christians
The general overseer, Covenant of Glory Int’l Church Inc, Apostle (Dr) Liberty Usiayo, has tasked Christians to forsake pride and strive for God’s presence in their lives and ministries in their Christian race to heaven. Usiayo gave the task yesterday at the occasion of “G.O’s Appreciation Day” at Bomadi, headquarters of the church in Bomadi...
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Social media and the 2023 general elections
Consummate politicians and statesmen must be media savvy. They must deploy to maximum effect the prevailing media technology of the epoch to communicate lucidly their thoughts, visions and sound bites. These ultimately resonate with their huge audiences/supporters, etch them into their memories and zing into history. Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt used radio to...
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Use your pvcs to install competent govt — Baptist Convention
AHEAD of 2023 general election, President of Nigerian Baptist Convention, NBC, Dr. Israel Akanji, has called on Nigerians to use their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to elect a government that will sweep away the evils militating against the progress and development of the country. He spoke in Benin City, Edo State, while declaring open the...