Category: POLITICS

Frankly speaking, one of the major constraints to progressive and effective leadership in Nigeria today is the presence of self-serving and opportunistic leaders.
Leadership in all intents and purposes is concerned with fostering change while the centrality of political governance is service oriented. According to Brad Szollose  “politics is a progenitor while leadership is a product which is socioculturally contextual”

The dark reality of the moment is that Owerrri zone has been pigeon-holed on the structural pattern of peacock politics especially on the bases of representation at the Senate. Owerrri zone has been akin to the proverbial tale of the Tortoise who went to his in-law’s house to ask for their daughter’s hand in marriage but was carried away by the savoury and delicious delicacy offered while a more serious suitor came and took the lady away. This was what led  Tortoise into a second marriage contract with “Aliga” his present wife.  Very unfortunate.

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I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and all right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem. The contents of this letter,…

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By Okwuchukwu Eke On Monday, 8 February, 2021, Distinguished Senator Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi commissioned projects in three communities. The communities are Atta, Ikeduru Local Government Area, Amumara, Ezinihitte Local Government Area and Nnorie, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area. Expectedly, the communities which took delivery of the brand new infrastructures to ramp up socioeconomic activities and improve living conditions, were super excited to witness the positive turnaround in their fortunes. But, when their traditional and political leaders spoke that day it became very clear that their celebration was double barrelled. The…

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The attention of the member representing Ikeduru State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Amb. Uche Ogbuagu has been drawn to an inciting publication in various online platforms insinuating that the Imo State Deputy Governor, Hon Gerald Irona slapped him. We could have chosen to ignore the obvious display of bad blood and speculation exhibited by the faceless purveyors of the publication but for the teeming supporters of both Amb. Uche Ogbuagu and Hon. Gerald Irona, the good people of Imo State and indeed the reading online public…

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Our attention has been drawn to a sponsored, but false report on page 8 of the weekend Edition of the National Newsbreak Newspaper captioned “Princess Anene cries out over threat to her life.” The report is also promoted on the front page of the same edition. The report, which does not have a Bye-line, quoted one Calista Anene as alleging that the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona, through one Buchi Adigwe threatened her on telephone. She further accused the Deputy Governor and his wife of “presiding over…

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The Governor of Bayelsa State his excellency Hon Henry Serike Dickson has reacted to the claim that APC is the winner of the Saturday election ,he called on the independent national electoral commission (INEC) to declare the party candidate of PDP Douye Diri. His excellency who made the statement at the world press held at Harold Dapah Biriye resort in Onopa government house Yenagoa while brief Journalist said the result monitored by his party in the eight local government areas showed clear indication that APC did not win. According to…

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The member representing Ikeduru State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Amb. Uche Ogbuagu has asked citizens to always hold their leaders accountable if they truly desire an improvement in their living conditions. Amb. Ogbuagu gave the charge while speaking as the Special Guest of Honour at the 2019 Harvest and Thansgiving Service of St. Marks Military Church Obinze. He said it will only take the grace of God for the country to witness any meaningful progress if the citizens remain docile and allow leaders to run the…

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At last, freedom of Hon. Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal, Benin Division, who was kidnapped by some unknown gunmen along Benin-Agbor Road, Edo State, on October 30; she regained her freedom, Wednesday night, November 13, 2019. Details of the release and what really happened is yet to be made official and public. Nigeria Newspoint recalls that the Appeal Court Judge was kidnapped on her way to Benin on her official duty, while her police orderly accompanying her, Inspector A. I. Momoh, was shot and killed by the…

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