Tag: Ehichioya Ezomon
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Obi and ‘fake news’ on 114% pay hike for govt officials – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Thursday, June 22, wasn’t a good day for opposition presidential candidate in the 2023 General Election, Peter Obi. Misjudging Nigerians’ mood under a rash of harsh economic policies by the 28-day-old administration of President Bola Tinubu, Obi tweeted his usual.
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New opposition Governors in vengeance mission – By Ehichioya Ezomon
“Two wrongs cannot make aright” is a popular axiom turned on its head in Nigeria’s political arena. Here, the wrong can only be righted if it’s wronged again!
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Tinubu needs to earn citizens’ trust fast – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Ethnic, sectional, religious, political and economic interests aren’t strange to the Nigerian society. They’re the banes that defined past governments – and they’re likely to define President Bola Tinubu’s administration if it accentuates rather than de-emphasises the primeval vices.
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No time is ‘right time’ to remove fuel subsidy – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Karma – loosely refers here as nemesis or retributive justice – connotes “cause and effect” in Indian religions; “measure for measure” in Judaism; “one reaps what one sows” (Galatians 6:7) in Christianity; and “what goes around comes around” in Western culture.
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The ‘frivolous’ suits to halt Tinubu’s inauguration – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Despite the posturing, both sides of Nigeria’s political divide affirm the imminence of today, May 29, 2023, as Inaugural for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
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Support grows for Tinubu as opposition races against time to stop inauguration – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Seven days to inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima, many Nigerians are speaking about the inevitability of President Muhammadu Buhari handing over power on May 29.
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Election petitions: Need for litigants, judges to avoid technicalities – By Ehichioya Ezomon
In Nigeria, losers hardly accept their defeat, and virtually every election contest ends at the election petitions tribunal.
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Buhari, governors’ casual pleas for forgiveness – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Who’s next among the 19 outgoing State Governors to plead for forgiveness for “knowingly or unknowingly stepping on toes” in the course of governance?
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As plot to stop Tinubu’s inauguration thickens – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, May 29 (of every four years) is earmarked for inauguration of a new President and the administration thereof.
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Tinubu, dual citizenship and Guinean passport saga – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Thus far in the 2023 election cycle, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proved the proverbial cat with nine lives, as he’s dodged traps set to abort his “lifelong ambition” to be President of Nigeria.