Tag: Godwin Etakibuebu
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Bello Matawalle and the controversial 50 vehicles – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Albatross practically is a very large, chiefly white Oceanic bird, with long, narrow wings, found mainly in the Southern Oceans. It is of the family [Diomedeidae] of large web-footed seabirds that have long slender wings, are excellent gliders, and include the largest seabirds.
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As Nigerians swim in poverty, retiring Govs expect opulent pensions – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Many Nigerians have accepted their ‘fate’ when it comes to the ostentatious lifestyle that many public office holders – elected or otherwise – lead. Whether they are lawmakers that swim in rivers of jumbo pay, or the President and governors that loom too large on public treasures, many government officials have become gods onto themselves.
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Buhari’s Nigerian odyssey and his final report card – By Godwin Etakibuebu
This exercise is obviously a self-saddled responsibility. However, l need to be permitted, by all, to show why l chose to embark on the – or this; mission. Muhammadu Buhari has traversed the land and territory of this country called Nigeria for about 47 years.
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Catastrophe of $800m palliative for subsidy removal – By Godwin Etakibuebu
It was after the Federal Executive Council’s meeting of Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning – Zainab Ahmed, let the cat out of the bag about the sum of $800 million the Federal Government recently borrowed from the World Bank.
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2023 elections: Not democracy, nor politicians, but Nigerian judiciary on trial – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The first Chief Justice of Nigeria, so named, was Stafford Foster Sutton; obviously a British, who was in charge from 1956 to 1958. However, and effectively, the first indigenous Nigerian to ascend to the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria [CJN] was Justice Adetokumbo Ademola – he presided in that capacity from 1958 to 1972.
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Interim govt planners, DSS and Nigeria at the precipice – By Godwin Etakibuebu
I have been saying it, in all my media platforms, for a long time now, and this could not have be less than 6 months, at least, that any call for interim government, under whatever guise, is seditious and treasonable. It is a crime that carries the maximum penalty, in the land – so says…
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In Nigeria, what corruption cannot do, more corruption will do – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Until a few months ago – and a few months here could really have translated into close to Eight Years, above caption [In Nigeria, what corruption cannot do, more corruption will do it] had no definite meaning to Nigerians.
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Nigeria: Is it not a failed State already? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The Guru – Godwin Etakibuebu, hereby submits to the Nigerian People; ditto the International Community, that the Nigerian Nation State has failed. Or, succinctly put, it has manifested all the indices of a failed State, though it still goes about with the name Nigeria. Going out of the name Nigeria is just a matter of…
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CBN vs S’ Court: We now know Buhari wasted 8 years – By Godwin Etakibuebu [Part 1]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on October 26, 2022. announced the redesign of 200, 500 and 1,000 Naira notes, and declared an end to the use of the old notes by January 31, 2023, with a presidential fiat.
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2023 election: The deadly overheated melting pot for both the prey and the predator – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Every living soul in Nigeria today is an endangered species. The young, the old, female, male, all youths and all children, are all endangered. Many have died. And many are still going to die most likely.