Category: Columnist
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Rivers: Backlash of a supreme verdict – By Dakuku Peterside
Reflecting on the Supreme Court judgment that has thrown Rivers State into chaos, I ask myself fundamental questions. If the Supreme Court justices were to reflect on their ruling, would they regret the consequences it has unleashed?
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IKEDDY ISIGUZO: Presidential Amnesty Programme – A time for more understanding, more purpose
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO SOME critics of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, have questioned its continued stay, an indication of their under-rating of what PAP has achieved in its 16 years. They do not care. They are part of those who find reasons not to support improvements of the Niger Delta. Interestingly, some of them are…
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The Abia Interim Report – By Chidi Amuta
Born in a dictatorship and nurtured under a fledgling but untidy democracy, Abia state has had a tortuous encounter with statehood. Its citizens have hardly found cause or space to celebrate their sovereign rights let alone savour the entitlements that make citizens in a democracy proud and confident.
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Beautiful wife wahala – By Francis Ewherido
Many men desire to marry a beautiful woman. Why not? But they say beauty is contextual and in the eyes of the beholder. True, but some are very clear. There is nothing like “contextual” and “in the eyes of the beholder.”
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The thing between Godswill and Natasha – By Azu Ishiekwene
Many years ago, when my teacher said nothing sells like sex, crime, and money, I didn’t fully understand what he meant. Yet, over the years, I’ve repeatedly seen that a judicious mix of these socio-economic ingredients is a spellbinder.
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How Nigeria can benefit from $11 trillion mobile industry – By Okoh Aihe
The mobile industry will post nearly $11 trillion in economic value by 2030 or 8.4 percent of GDP. Last year, 2024, mobile technology and services generated 5.8 percent of global GDP, which is equivalent to $6.5 trillion of economic value.
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2027 poll: El-Rufai slices, dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (2) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Former British statesman, Labour Party politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976) James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), stated that: “A week is a long time in politics,”
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Saving the Senate – By Dakuku Peterside
The ongoing crisis culminating in the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is not just about her or Senate President Godswill Akpabio—it is about the integrity of the Senate itself.
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The God who is not good all the time (2) – By Femi Aribisala
The law not only discriminated against women, it considered them less valuable than men: “When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation, if your valuation is of a male from twenty years
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Natasha: Akpabio as judge in his own case finds self, guilty – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
SENATOR Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan did not need to commit any offence to be suspended. Evidence abounds that His Excellency, Dr Obong Godswill Akpabio, was ready to inflict maximum punishment in a case in which he was the principal accused.