The recent sham and blatant display of sour taste primaries exhibited by the two major political parties, after solid twenty three years of running the affairs of this Nation – Nigeria ; can be likened to the Biblical counsel of Ahithophel. The nation and her citizens are already under a groaning scourge of ineptitude in […]
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I wrote the article, “PDP’s 24 years in Delta: Not even one standard flyover. In that article, I identified the failures and need to vote out the PDP in Delta come 2023. I made clear that democracy requires a people to vote out of their government any political party that is not serving their needs. […]
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BY May 29, 2023, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will be counting twenty-four (24) years of governorship in Delta State. Chief James Ibori, who pioneered a nascent democracy in the state, without any cautious evaluation of his administrative capacity to grow the state, handed over state power to Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2007 strictly based […]
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I served as Commissioner for Information in a PDP government in Rivers State a few years ago, but I was not a member of the party. In fact, I have never been a member of any political party in Nigeria. Do not blame me for this. For anyone watching from outside, politics in Nigeria may […]
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The crucifixion of Jesus Christ as told in the holy Bible witnessed the question and answer session. Pilate had asked Jesus Christ if He was the king of the Jews and Jesus replied him by saying you have said so. Going further as was the tradition then , Pilate was supposed to release a prisoner […]
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For almost sixty two years, we have fought, we have celebrated, we have marginalized, we have schemed, we have established hierarchy. Piloting this nation since independence in October, 1960 are the following citizens and the regions they hail from with the unity of the nation at heart. Nnamdi Azikiwe-East Tafawa Balewa-North Aguyui Ironsi-East Yakubu […]
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The godfather of Lagos politics, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2015, led the Southwest into an alliance with the north to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And ultimately that he, […]
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James Hadley Chase’s The Paw in the Bottle is an excellent thriller whose teachings apply to the world of today. Published in 1949, the thrill in the novel lingers, both for its clinically descriptive power and applicability to the concepts of class conflict, loyalty, betrayal, trust, greed and so many others. Set in London with […]
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I consider it rather unfortunate, and a complete disgrace and shamelessness of one’s supposed integrity, that a man who calls himself the supposed parallel President-General (PG) of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), would do something with his supposed Executives, and suddenly turn around to publicly deny what he did. That is how best I can […]
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Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu, is well known to me. He was the chief scribe of ALPHAX CLUB, a political pressure group formed in the late 80s to launch Chief Lucky Igbinedion into party politics in Edo State. Alphax inaugural meeting was held at St Philomena Hotel in Benin. I was one of the pioneer members […]
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