Tag: Godwin Etakibuebu
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 2 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
In part one of this intervention, which was published early in the week, effort was devoted to searching for some missing links, which the author believes, if found, could make the story of the Sixteen Fulani hunters that were lynched at Uromi, in Edo State, on March 27, 2025, a more understandable presentation.
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 1 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Every normal human being would condemn extra-judicial killing at any given time. Those that are empowered by the Nigerian Constitution to secure lives and properties, even when investigating crimes and suspected criminals, are never authorised by any law of the land to kill until a court of competent jurisdiction so pronounces.
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Goodluck Jonathan and others spoke to an un-listening president and his unelected vice – By Godwin Etakibuebu
First, I have it a duty to simplify the above captioned topic to enable readers’ understanding. This need to be done before embarking on the actual journey of producing the full body of this piece. The President named here as un-listening is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That he is not listening is not a false
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Wake up Nigerians – Another N7.74 trillion fuel subsidy fraud is here – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The news broke just a few days ago that the Downstream price war between the Dangote Refinery and the Federal Government owned Four Refineries – Port Harcourt Refineries [they are two there], Warri Refinery
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Look how Bola Tinubu, with his political wizardry, brings Rivers to Lagos – Godwin Etakibuebu
Let us start with the similarities of the two situations before coming to the genesis, or the beginning of the voyage. In Port Harcourt, Rivers State, twenty-seven members of the State House of Assembly saw it, beautiful enough, to defect from the
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A Nigerian Senate of hard drugs? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
It is the upper chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly that we are about to discuss. That is the same one, out of the two chambers, that is respectfully referred to as the Red Chamber. The other one is called House of Representative. Or reverently and honourably accommodated within the language of being the Green…
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1965 Western Region returning to Nigeria – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The political crisis tearing Rivers State into shreds today, which is most likely to become Nigeria’s doomsday affair, if care is not taken, did not start from the Nigerian General election of February and March 2023. It predated it.
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Same message is echoing about the Nigerian Ship again – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Yes, it is good news that we have survived; with this Fourth Republic for 25 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 after a democratically contested election.
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How States spent N1.7trn on trips, meals, others in 2023 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The 36 states of the Federation have spent N1.71tn on recurrent expenditures including allowances, foreign trips, office stationery, aircraft maintenance, and more in the first nine months of 2023.
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Atrocious criminality of 10th NASS against Nigerians – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Amidst economic challenges; which are strangulating Nigerians’ lives, the National Assembly – a bunch of representatives elected by Nigerians to represent their interests, have done something very bizarre in the Federal Budget signed into law by President Bola Tinubu two days ago [January 1, 2024], by increasing their own budget with about N200 billion.