Tag: Abraham Ogbodo
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The grave yard peace in Rivers State – By Abraham Ogbodo
Peace is the complete absence of strife. It happens when all sides have accepted the given conditions as negotiated by mediators. In territorial dispute for instance, peace arises from a consensus by the contending sides that the given cartographic and cultural space is enough to accommodate but not to assimilate either of the contending parties.
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Letter to Gen. Musa on Okuama 5 forever in detention – By Abraham Ogbodo
I am writing to bring your attention back to Okuama. Perhaps it is not a very nice thing to do because Okuama invokes memories that are not too pleasant in the military. But my options are very slim, sir.
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Senator Dickson and the Rivers NASS caucus – By Abraham Ogbodo
There are a few idiomatic expressions around the Catholic Church and the Pope. And that is because the Catholic institutions have endured long enough to constitute part of global folklores.
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Tinubu: No champion changes a winning formula – By Abraham Ogbodo
There is something in theology called anthropomorphism. It happens when God assumes the attributes of a human. I can supply an instance right away. Turn to Chapter 3 of the Book of Genesis and read from verses 8 to 10.
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Amaechi’s endless voyage of reinvention – By Abraham Ogbodo
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has a way of saying the right things to court public attention. He talks as if he is one of us and not one of them. He was President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of transport for eight years.
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2027: Between the streets and the State House Asaba – By Abraham Ogbodo
Delta State politics follows a pattern. It is a turn-by-turn arrangement to ensure that the governorship of the State follows equity. And equity here requires the number one political office in the state to sequentially swing to and remain in each of the three senatorial districts for eight years in first instance.
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The development of underdevelopment – By Abraham Ogbodo
This is not the best of headlines. It contradicts common sense. The lexis and syntax are yelling for a harmonious structure. The sense here is in the apparent nonsense. But it serves the purpose of the day. The shouting oxymoron in the headline is deliberate. It is about the only way to explain the new…
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Open letter to Sheriff for shedding light – By Abraham Ogbodo
Dear Governor Sheriff, I have chosen to write instead of seeking to see you to deliver my message. The message is a bit urgent. It cannot wait for the protocols of your office. Don’t be offended by the way I have addressed
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Let’s do apology letter to Buhari – By Abraham Ogbodo
We had accused President Muhammadu Buhari very wrongly. Without clear cut facts and evidence, we said he had an agenda to Fulanise Nigeria. Or let me put it that the facts and evidence against him were not tested to establish their admissibility.
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Okuama: One year after the killings – By Abraham Ogbodo
It will be one year today, March 14, since the unfortunate killing of 17 soldiers, including four officers, at a location along the Forcados River in Delta State. While the point about the actual killers of the servicemen remains hanging, the Army, in the aftermath, pinned the killing down to persons in Okuama, a fishing