Category: EDITORIAL

The oil-rich town of Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area,  Imo State has been in the news recently although for the wrong reasons. There were reports of clashes between security agents and some youths in the area a fortnight ago, which  allegedly led to houses and other property belonging to indigenes of the area being destroyed,set ablaze. Many residents of the area   are equally believed to have fled the town and adjourning communities especially, the villages in Obeabor community. Security agents were reported to have stormed the villages of Obuogwugwu …

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As the countdown to 2023 general election hots up,  one critical question that keeps tugging at the mind of Nigerians is whether the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is prepared to conduct credible election. President Buhari has severally been reported to have vowed to conduct free, fair and credible elections, whose outcome will meet globally accepted standard. However, some  concerned Nigerians still harbour fears that that promise may not see the light of the day. In the main their  fear stems from the country’s history of flawed and fraudulent elections. Also,…

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Nearly two months after , the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Nigeria, extended  its protracted  strike action, we are being told President Buhari government, appears ready to end the strike. Some reports on some social media platforms have suggested that at last respite may be on the way for Nigeria undergraduates and, by extension, the university system. If this piece of information is true, then it is a good news.  Nigeria universities students have been on forced holiday  for almost six months now. Going by the structuring of the…

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Beyond all doubt, the South East region of Nigeria should produce the president for the country by 2023. Almost all indices in this regard favours the region. It is one of the three major ethnic tripods which Nigeria stands on. Also, like the other two planks of the tripod, Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani, the people as well played significant role towards the political independence of Nigeria from Britain . In the same manner, South East has  paid its  fare share of due in the quest for national growth and development. Infact,…

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Osun State governorship election held Saturday, July 16, 2022, has come and gone. It has been won and lost by governor elect Ademola Adeleke of PDP and Gboyega Oyetola of APC. Unlike in the past when elections and their aftermaths were usually characterized by accusations and counter accusations, allegations and counter allegations, protests, violence, fraud and manipulation among many other negative scenarios, the Osun governorship election and its aftermath to a large extent were peaceful. Save for few isolated cases of disturbances and disruptions that day,  the whole exercise reportedly…

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All over the civilized world, the legislature remains the primus inter pares of the three arms of government. Hence the success or otherwise of any government in any country, depends to a large extent, on the vibrancy, “proactiveness” and independence of the legislature. Perhaps and more probably, World War II would have been prevented had the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler not dealt a mortal blow on the German Reichstag in the late 1930s and early 40s. What the Hitler did to emasculate the German legislature at that time, remains…

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Visualizing in one’s mind eyes, images of President Muhammadu Buhari promising that he will fight corruption to a standstill, if he was elected president, and juxtaposing it with what is happening today, truly brings tears to the eyes. Prior to his emergence in 2015, and particularly during the presidential election, he had relentlessly voiced his strong hatred for corruption,  vowing to stamp it out as president. To convince Nigerians more, he included it as one of the three major tasks he tackle seriously in office. The other two were the…

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Nigerians justifiably have been outraged by the exorbitant charges slammed on Nomination fees for various elective positions for the 2023 general elections. Recently, as part of the process for next years polls the two major political parties in the country, the ruling APC and opposition PDP, released list of fees payable for contestable elective positions. From what we gleaned from multiple sources the APC pegged Nomination fees for President at N100m, Governorship, N50m, Senate 20m, House of Representatives N10m and State Assembly, N2m. For the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP the forms…

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Reports of alleged payroll fraud has emitted from the Imo Internal Revenue Service, IIRS which has led to non-payment of salaries of the Civil servants up to three months. It has been gathered that over 40% of staff of the agency have not been paid.The leadership which is now said to be notorious for sharp practices is said to have resorted to intimidation against anyone who raises eyebrows of the dubious development. The ooz and alleged fraud is said to originate from illegal deductions, manipulation of staff salaries among other…

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