Category: POLITICS

By Lancelot Obiaku Success in leadership requires not only a strong and capable leader, but also a team of like-minded individuals who bring valuable skills to the table. The responsibility of leadership is so immense that it is crucial for the leader to have a supportive team with the necessary abilities. If the leader is prepared to face challenges but is surrounded by individuals who lack the required competence, it becomes difficult to achieve goals. Conversely, if the leader is surrounded by intelligent and talented individuals who have a proven…

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  Following repeated mindless destruction of opposition political parties campaign billboards and advertisement materials,embarked upon by agents of Imo State government under governor Hope Uzodinma,the flag bearers of the African Action Congress AAC, have challenged the recklessness and excesses of the accused in court. This is while other victims of the demolition exercise and restrictions imposed by the Imo State government either resorted to self help or sulked home to lick their wounds in perpetual frustration and despondency.The legal action is seguel to the recent imposition of fifty four million…

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“The Evil that you adore today may deny you tomorrow” – DSM. ‘THE MAN DIED’ was a great book that has earned the writer, a global recognition, and made him to be one of the renowned authors of 21st century. The book was able to create the activism of self-expression, self-esteem and the freedom charter agitation in a dysfunctional society. THE MAN DIED, galvanised many of us into fighting for the rights and privileges of the people of Nigeria. I decided to be in Nigeria, because I saw a mentor,…

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By Chike Okafor The history of every man, his peaks, and downtime are all summed up in how he stands in times of tribulation. How he defies the odds to triumph and leave behind a statement on the unassailable human instinct that drives every nature-made survivor. It is about the innate ability of man to succeed and excel, even against all presentiments, perils, and disillusionment. Governance, as it concerns our dear Imo State, has never been a tea party, so to speak. It has never been a bed of roses,…

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Appreciation: I am a covenant child whose destiny is tied with the people. Intimidation, arrest, detention, won’t stop me from saying the truth.  Next Plan; Kidnapping/ Assassination. The world is aware. Mazi Chinonso Uba (aka Nonsonkwa) is my name; Radio Broadcaster, Human Rights Activist & Publisher.  On Thursday July 27th 2023 between the hours of 9:30 am & 10:15am when I was leaving my place of work, Ozisa 96.1FM Owerri located inside Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, I was with three people whom I wanted to drop off around Ware-House junction and…

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Transparency in democratic society centers on the elected representatives of the masses; those charged with the distribution and management of our resources, common good, power and authority. It is a self-testifying mechanism for the assessment and valuation (or estimate of importance and usefulness) of public servants and elective officeholders. With its existence or inexistence, the masses get or are deprived of the actual political performance of their elected representatives. Its presence or absence also draws the inquisitive eyes of the masses to measure the gap between the actual performance of their…

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By Nick Opara-Ndudu All across the South East Nigeria and practically in all Senatorial districts within the zone, one would find the ubiquitous and conspicuous presence of billboards propagating the clarion call for investment in the Igbo homeland. The messages on those billboards which have been disseminated over the past five (5) years have been articulated by a truly patriotic Igbo son, Senator Athan Achonu, to reinforce and support the movement that is fast gaining grounds in the consciousness of Ndi-Igbo that investment in the South Eastern homeland must be…

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By Ken Nwadiri A man is not measured by the size of physical body but by the size of his heart. When Distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) was overwhelmingly elected  the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  for the November 11, 2023 Imo gubernatorial election, not many believed his emergence would translate into a rapid rebirth and overhauling of the fortunes of Imo PDP which at the time, was faced with internal wrangling. To naysayers and sworn critics of PDP including those already stricken by ‘Samdaddy-phobia,’ a concocted,…

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By Okwuchukwu Eke  Those who have keenly followed Gov Hope Uzodinma s attempt to browbeat his way into unmerited second term, may have noticed that one of the strategies he adopted for achieving that was taking over structures of key opposition parties. He was particularly interested in taking over the Labour Party ahead of the governorship election, because he saw it as his biggest stumbling block to winning reelection. His fear had strong and credible basis. Forget the fact that he used coercive forces of state and badly compromised Imo…

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By Ikenna Onuoha In a bid to ensure good governance and development in Owerri zone, the South East and Nigeria in general, the following BILLS were sponsored by Senator SamDaddy: Bill for an Act to Establish the South East Development Commission (SEDC). Bill for an Act to Establish Postgraduate Physiotherapy College of Nigeria Bill for an Act to Establish Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri (From College to University) A Re-Enactment Bill on the Public Complaints Commission Act, CAP P37 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. A Bill for…

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