Author: Dave Baro-Thomas
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Rivers of impossibilities unboxed – By Dave Baro-Thomas
“Everything is possible in Rivers State as long as you can dream it” were the words of Ibim Seminatari, the then commissioner of Information, from the documentary-Rivers of Possibilities-during the tenure of Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi as governor of Rivers State between 2007 and 2014, after being the speaker of the state house of assembly…
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Is the NJC failing the judiciary? – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Judicial misconduct and corruption are global phenomena that portend grave danger for society and, no doubt, a national emergency.
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Restructuring INEC, a national dilemma – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Democracy is not the problem of the continent as espoused by some political scientists and scholars, but the flagrant disregard of its tenets and lack of will to seamlessly adapt some local idiosyncrasies and cultural evolutions into its practice.
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Fractured opposition, fragile democracy – By Dave Baro-Thomas
The Supreme Court verdicts finally put to rest all the agitations around the outcomes of the 2023 presidential elections, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, pops champagne and celebrates over the presumed landmark judgement while the opposition grips the jurists by the jugular of being undertakers of democracy.
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Charles Odii, SMEDAN and the possibilities ahead – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has revved up the engine of governance with the recent appointments of Boards and Management of parastatals/agencies – and one such very critical
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Buhari regrets, but is Tinubu paying attention? – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Mr Femi Adesina, former presidential spokesperson, told Nigerians that his boss, erstwhile President, Mr Mohammedu Buhari, is nursing regrets over some outcomes of his administration but swiftly retracted and subsequently tried to put in context his submission given the torrents of public outrage
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Senator Oshiomhole and Free Market Economy 101 – By Dave Baro-Thomas
There is no absolute free market economy anywhere in the world as countries engage in degrees given their peculiarities and economic trajectory over time, and interestingly, it is one of the Asian tigers, Singapore, and not a Western economy that is ranked No. 1 globally as the freest economy. Adam Smith, the father of modern…