Azuka Onwuka The Independent National Electoral Commission took four years to prepare for the 2023 elections, but sadly, when the day eventually came on Saturday, February 25, INEC performed far below expectations. The performance of INEC dampened the morale of the electorate, who had looked forward to being part of a historic election that would project Nigeria as a country to be reckoned with in international circles as an exemplary democracy. For a people who had lost much hope in the power of the ballot, it took concrete actions from…
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Family’s Reaction On The Brutal Murder Of Barr Oyibo Chukwu
Gentlemen of the Press, With tears in our eyes, we, members of the Chief Chukwu Family of Amurri Town in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, address you today on the assassination on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, of our illustrious son, Chief Oyibo Victor Chukwu, at Amechi, Uwani, in Enugu South Local Government Area, while returning from a meeting with family members on the forthcoming senatorial election in the Enugu East zone in which he was contesting as the candidate of the Labour Party. Our harmless son was…
Read MoreOPINION: Tinubu’s Life
By Nosa Igiebor He has been celebrated for years by his army of acolytes as the grandmaster of political strategies. His reputation was further burnished, and his place atop the country’s political pyramid confirmed, by the historic triumph of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections. He led the political forces that routed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after 16 dominant years in power. And he ‘put’ Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock after serial failures in previous presidential elections. Then Tinubu himself became a god. Literally. He…
Read MoreThe Happiness We Deserve: Post-Convocation Reception Speech By Rev. Fr. Nwauzor Pius Chibuike Ph.D
I came across something of interest, which motivated me, and I would love to share it with you, it says: “You are smart enough, beautiful enough, and strong enough! Believe it and stop letting insecurity ruin you. Nothing holds you back more than your own insecurity. Do one thing every day that scares you; for you are better than this! Stop worrying; it doesn’t take away tomorrow’s trouble, it takes away today’s peace; what you fear you empower, what you empower you attract! The battlefield is your mind, secure it.…
Read More2023 Presidency: Using Your Votes To Reconstruct, Reshape Nigeria
L-R: Peter Obi (Labour Party); Bola Tinubu (APC); Atiku Abubakar (PDP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D As Nigerians file out to elect a new president on February 25, it is imperative to remind electorate that a country’s future and destiny are shaped by choice of personality they elect as president. Entrusting a country’s leadership and resources to someone with impaired vision, and dubious national disposition will be a tragedy. In context, the Nigerian President is one of the most powerful in the world given the scope of…
Read MoreSegun Ayobolu: Grit, Quality And Versatility On Diamond Eve
Mr Segun Ayobolu By Tunde Olusunle For all his staggering attributes as a very formidable scholar, a distinctly rigorous inquisitor, a sound and profound political scientist, an inimitable reporter, an engaging writer, a perspicacious editor, he savours his reticence and unobtrusive carriage. In a world where dunderheads, impostors and wannabes hug the klieg lights, posturing as modern-day standard-bearers, stars, and men of letters, coveting conferments and adulation, he cherishes his quiet. He prefers to immerse himself in his study, lapping up multidisciplinary knowledge, further enriching his subsisting, even overflowing intellectual…
Read MoreElection: House Of Reps Candidate Tasks Youths On PVCs Collection
…Asks Politicians To Avoid Vote Buying By Magnus Aluma The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Enugu East and Isiuzo Federal Constituency of Enugu State, Mr Francis Ejike Okolo has tasked youths in Nigeria to ensure their permanent voter cards are readily available to them, ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Okolo also urged politicians to shun vote buying in the course of their political campaigns, adding that the electoral process will be at its best if the electorate were allowed to vote according to their conscience. He said: “We…
Read More2023: Disregard Opposition’s Unending Fake News On Peter Mbah’s NYSC Certificate
By Prince Ejeh Josh Like people being stared with the doom of imminent defeat at the March 11, 2023, governorship election, they contrived, out of their hollow imagination, fake news, misinformation and tissues of lies, and conspired with some of the bad eggs in the media profession to circulate such fairy tale. However, like the Indian foremost nationalist, Mahatma Gandhi, rightly submitted; “An error (in this context, fake news, lies, fabrication, propaganda, etc) does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, or does truth become error because nobody sees…
Read MoreEMPLOYERS OF LABOUR: What to Know About ‘Rage Applying’
By Brandi Fowler Move over, quiet quitting. Rage applying is the new Gen Z corporate trend taking over social media. “Essentially [rage quitting is when] you have individuals working at companies, they get frustrated and use some of that anger and rage to go on a mass [job application spree],” said Trndsttr founder Jake Bjorseth. “New roles, new jobs, you name it. “I think it’s a derivative of this generation that sometimes wants to prove that ‘Hey, I don’t really need this job. There are other job opportunities for me.’”…
Read MoreOPINION: Leadership Failure And Insecurity In Southeast
By Emeka Alex Duru Late last year, Simon Ekpa, who claims discipleship of the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in a viral video ordered the people of the Southeast to observe a sit-at-home from December 9 to 14, 2022. Out of fear and other considerations, the people obeyed. As the general elections draw nearer, there are insinuations that similar directive could be issued by any of the contending forces in the region and the residents, out of fear, may comply and lose their rights…
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