Tag: Godwin Etakibuebu
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26 years on, same music echos in Nigeria again – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Yes, it is good news that we have survived; with this Fourth Republic for 26 years – counting from 1999, when General Olusegun Obasanjo, a one-time Military Head of State, took over from General Abdusalam Abubakar; the last of the Nigerian Military Junta, at a very elegant handing-over ceremony, after a democratically contested election.
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Throwback: A political godfather that became robbery kingpin part [2] – By Godwin Etakibuebu
We started this journey, appropriately captured – THROWBACK TO THE PAST: THE STORY OF A POLITICAL GODFATHER THAT BECAME A ROBBERY KINGPIN, last week. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein – a colossus political gladiator of the First Republic, and one of the Seven people; including Chief Obafemi Awolowo, formed the Action Group [AG] Political Party.
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Throwback: The story of a political godfather [Part 1] – By Godwin Etakibuebu
There was no one in Western Nigeria who did not know S. T. Oredein. If there was such a person, he must have just arrived from Planet Jupiter. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein was not just a politician.
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May Nigeria never happen to you – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Today’s caption is prayerful. It is a prayer for me. It is a prayer for you. And it is a prayer for all of us – Nigerians. May Nigeria does not happen to us. What does this prayerful caption stand for?
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Can the President collude with the NASS to dupe Nigerians? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
My dearly most cherished President Bola Tinubu, I beg of you to consider above question, with absolute sincerity, and try your very best in responding to it, please. Your response, in whichever way, shall remain one befitting legacy you shall be leaving behind for posterity, knowing fully that, just like every other mortal, you have…
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Mr President, do you really know the terrorists you are fighting? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The topic, as captured above, may not resonate in many minds – President Bola Tinubu’s mind inclusive, most probably. It is for this reason that I might have to start by decoding some factual assumption that shall be characterising delivery of today’s subject matter.
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Mele Kolo Kyari’s NNPC: Iceberg of monumental fraud revealed (Part 2) – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Drawing the curtain on Part One of this exercise last week, I did promise of returning with the concluding Part [2] this week – it is that promise made, that is being kept today. We should also not forget that I equally mentioned the deceitful role the Federal Government played in this disgraceful fraud against…
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Tinubu’s tsunami and its consequences for Nigerian democracy – By Godwin Etakibuebu
On April 24th, 2025, the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, in total agreement – so we were told, with the State ruling political Party’ leadership, collapsed the structure of the People Democratic Party [PDP] in the State, and defected into the Nigerian ruling political Party, the All Progressive Congress [APC].
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Bola Tinubu got the Nigerian state captured long before the Delta State tsunami – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The political Tsunami really broke out in Delta State on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when the Executive Governor of that Oil rich State, Sheriff Oborevwori, collapsed every structure of his Political Party – the
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Seven world most corrupt leaders – A Nigerian made the list
A corrupt leader is someone in a position of authority who uses their influence for unlawful or unethical personal benefit. Transparency International released a damning list in their Global Corruption Report, ranking the most corrupt