Author: Sonnie Ekwowusi
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Why the Supreme Court should overturn the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) verdict
We all foresaw the vexatious verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) delivered on 6th September 2023 (6/9 verdict). Sensing that the PEPC would thwart substantial justice, the people began erecting billboards, signboards, and posters in Abuja with the inscription: “all eyes on the judiciary.” Disturbed that the inscription was pricking their consciences and…
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PEPC, Please do substantial justice – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Scathing public criticisms have continued to trail the written address presented by the APC lawyers at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). It is common knowledge that President Bola Tinubu failed to score 25 per cent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,
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Ending LGBTQ+ totalitarianism – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other queer behaviours (LGBTQ+) world community is increasingly resorting to violence to force innocent people to adopt the LGBTQ ideology and lifestyle against their will and rights. We are experiencing a one-world government of untrammeled LGBTQ+ tyranny.
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The bill seeking to regulate Christianity lacks merit – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
A copy of the 9-page bill is right in front of me for review. Essentially, this bill seeks to establish the National Council, to be funded by the Federal Government, whose main responsibility shall be “to develop, regulate, collate data on Christian education syllabuses at all levels of education and certify Christian Religious Education instructors…
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As Buhari comes to judgement – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
President Buhari has come to judgment. After exercising presidential power, judgment follows. Pricked by pangs of conscience on the last Sallah Day, Buhari realized that he committed many injustices against numerous Nigerians during his 8-year misrule. Consequently, he apologized to Nigerians and begged for their pardon. “God gave me an incredible opportunity to serve the…
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Supreme Court in the eye of the storm – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
I could hear the approaching thunder and the low rumblings of the thick black cloud as I lay by the mouth of a grave, in my trepidation, while the shining lights of black, white, red, and green candles danced in the wild wind amid the rising storm. The storm tossed us up and down, and…
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2023 countdown (7): APC, PDP consolidate stands for February 25 – By Ehichioya Ezomon
The SMS below was received on February 8, 2023, in reaction to the first “Weekly Prediction” in the sixth instalment of the running 2023 countdown series. The message reads:
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The president we all need (3) – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
If Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had a bit of sensitive conscience he would have gone down in sackcloth and ashes a long time ago in penance apologizing to Nigerian people for causing them untold hardships and pains by charting a course that led to the emergence of a plague called Mohammadu Buhari. The first plague occurred…
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Pope Benedict XVI: A curator of truth – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
It all began on June 29 1951: Two blood brothers: Joseph Ratzinger (24), and his older brother, Georgi Ratzinger (27) are ordained to the priesthood in Freising, a university town in Bavaria, Germany. With outstretched hands the two brother priests impart their first blessing on the waiting bemused crowd, and, by extension on the 1.2…
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A Christmas like no other – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Whether in plenty or on empty stomach or in foreboding forlorn or in distress or anxiety, we are electrified and enraptured in the magnificent allure and frenzy of Christmas amid the rendition of beautiful Christmas carols, festooning of public highways, public parks and personal houses; exchange of Christmas gifts, social parties and family Christmas gatherings.