Author: Sonnie Ekwowusi
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The President we all need (2) – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
We need a new President who will foster the beliefs and aspirations of the Nigerian people. We need a brand new President who believes in the pre-eminence of the individual citizen and his rights-with the government his servant, not his master or oppressor.
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The President we all need (1) – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
We can no longer leave the fate of our country and our lives in the hands of political misfits who don’t have the foggiest idea that political leadership basically entails improving the welfare of the people. Almost everyone you meet these days in Nigeria says it, and, I dare join today in saying it: now…
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The case against sex education – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Last week, a group of pro-choice NGOs staged a protest against the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to expunge the current immoral sex education taught in Nigerian schools from the school curriculum.
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Tribute: Prof. C. O. Okonkwo, SAN (1934-2022) – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The towering figure saunters toward the law lecture room. Always impeccably dressed in his somewhat dark-bluish suit with black shoes and multi-coloured neck tie to match. The expressions on his face, his loud voice, the fires sparkling from his eyes, lucidity of his thought, fecundity of his mind and his stoic steady steps are evocative…
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Why attack Peter Obi’s supporters? – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Unable to match Peter Obi’s’ eloquence, credible competence, rising political stature and wisdom, his main competitors in the Presidential race are now resorting to recruiting political thugs and street urchins and using them to attack the supporters of Peter Obi ostensibly to dampen Obi’s spirit and morale.
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European Union should let Africa be – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
This week is crucial for the socio-economic and political development of Africa and her advancement of her strategic interests in the comity of nations. The African parliamentarians, Ambassadors, diplomats and Ministers of government (inclusive of Nigerian parliamentarians, Ambassadors, diplomats and Ministers) are meeting this week with their European counterparts in Maputo, Mozambique, to, inter alia,…
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Can INEC conduct a free presidential election? – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Last week the INEC Chairman Prof Mammod Yakubu publicly promised that notwithstanding the gargantuan challenges facing the commission it would conduct free and fair elections or would deliver electoral justice in 2023. “Only the votes cast by Nigerians will determine who wins and this is our commitment to the nation,” said Prof Yakubu.
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Threatening Labour Party with violence – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Last Wednesday some hired political thugs, hoodlums and hooligans threatened the Labour party in Lagos to stop conducting a rally tagged: #Obidattti23 Forward Ever Rally” scheduled to hold in Lagos on October 1 2022. Also last Saturday another set of hired thugs, hooligans, hoodlums and policemen were sent to disrupt the peaceful one-million-march movement organized…
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Hope amid desolation – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Unmistakably the battle line for 2023 Presidential election has been drawn among three competing groups-the Obi-dients, BAT and Atikulation- even though it appears Atikulation, which is still battling to survive the phenomenal internal squabble threatening its very soul, is yet to throw down the gage. The Obi-dients affirm again and again that theirs is not…
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Is the judiciary beyond redemption? – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
To affirm that the judiciary is corrupt is an understatement. The judiciary is not just corrupt; the men and women entrusted with the affairs of the judiciary are suffering from a huge character-deficit. It is painful that our judiciary has been constituted into an object of derision by the very people who should labour to…