Author: Godwin Etakibuebu
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Throwback: A political godfather that became robbery kingpin part [2] – By Godwin Etakibuebu
We started this journey, appropriately captured – THROWBACK TO THE PAST: THE STORY OF A POLITICAL GODFATHER THAT BECAME A ROBBERY KINGPIN, last week. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein – a colossus political gladiator of the First Republic, and one of the Seven people; including Chief Obafemi Awolowo, formed the Action Group [AG] Political Party.
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Throwback: The story of a political godfather [Part 1] – By Godwin Etakibuebu
There was no one in Western Nigeria who did not know S. T. Oredein. If there was such a person, he must have just arrived from Planet Jupiter. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein was not just a politician.
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May Nigeria never happen to you – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Today’s caption is prayerful. It is a prayer for me. It is a prayer for you. And it is a prayer for all of us – Nigerians. May Nigeria does not happen to us. What does this prayerful caption stand for?
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Can the President collude with the NASS to dupe Nigerians? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
My dearly most cherished President Bola Tinubu, I beg of you to consider above question, with absolute sincerity, and try your very best in responding to it, please. Your response, in whichever way, shall remain one befitting legacy you shall be leaving behind for posterity, knowing fully that, just like every other mortal, you have…
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Mr President, do you really know the terrorists you are fighting? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The topic, as captured above, may not resonate in many minds – President Bola Tinubu’s mind inclusive, most probably. It is for this reason that I might have to start by decoding some factual assumption that shall be characterising delivery of today’s subject matter.
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Tinubu’s tsunami and its consequences for Nigerian democracy – By Godwin Etakibuebu
On April 24th, 2025, the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, in total agreement – so we were told, with the State ruling political Party’ leadership, collapsed the structure of the People Democratic Party [PDP] in the State, and defected into the Nigerian ruling political Party, the All Progressive Congress [APC].
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Bola Tinubu got the Nigerian state captured long before the Delta State tsunami – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The political Tsunami really broke out in Delta State on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when the Executive Governor of that Oil rich State, Sheriff Oborevwori, collapsed every structure of his Political Party – the
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Seven world most corrupt leaders – A Nigerian made the list
A corrupt leader is someone in a position of authority who uses their influence for unlawful or unethical personal benefit. Transparency International released a damning list in their Global Corruption Report, ranking the most corrupt
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 2 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
In part one of this intervention, which was published early in the week, effort was devoted to searching for some missing links, which the author believes, if found, could make the story of the Sixteen Fulani hunters that were lynched at Uromi, in Edo State, on March 27, 2025, a more understandable presentation.
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 1 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Every normal human being would condemn extra-judicial killing at any given time. Those that are empowered by the Nigerian Constitution to secure lives and properties, even when investigating crimes and suspected criminals, are never authorised by any law of the land to kill until a court of competent jurisdiction so pronounces.