Tag: Hope Eghagha
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Delta State: One hundred days of ‘Sherrified’ governance – By Hope Eghagha
It is now one hundred days since Elder Sheriff Francis Oborevwori took over the reins of power as democratically elected governor in Delta State in a well, if you like, fiercely contested gubernatorial election. Instructively and expectedly, there has been no pussyfooting in policy initiatives and implementation.
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Judgment and Justice in Nigerian Courts – By Hope Eghagha
It is a refined jungle, a zoo of sorts! There is a façade of order, of the rule of law, and of commitment to national development. The truth s that to many people in power are committed to their personal development.
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Where are the Fulani herdsmen? – By Hope Eghagha
The full title of this essay ought to be, “Where are the Fulani herdsmen who terrorized the country between 2015 and 2022? However, because of the ethics governing titling, I have summarized the title in a simple question: where are the Fulani herdsmen? Of course, the title bears innuendoes. It also interrogates a historical and…
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Superstition and personal development – By Hope Eghagha
There is a predominance of superstitious beliefs in Nigeria. We find it in all strata of society. Adherents of the major religions are as guilty of this irrational way of comprehending objective reality as animists who attribute supernatural forces to everything that happens to them or their loved ones.
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The Benin-Sapele-Warri road nightmare – By Hope Eghagha
Traveling from Lagos through the East-West Road to Warri is a nightmare for commuters. This is because travelers are compelled to waste three to six hours on the two kilometer-road stretch in the small sleepy town of Ologbo because the road has simply failed. Perhaps failed is an understatement.
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The military coup in Niger and ECOWAS rascality – By Hope Eghagha
So it was that the khaki boys of impoverished Niger Republic slipped that miserable country back into the Stone Age practice of violently overthrowing an elected government, following the footsteps of Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali, and threatening to kill the deposed president.
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Hunger and anger in the homeland – By Hope Eghagha
There is hunger in the land. Real hunger. The is food and food everywhere. But majority of our citizens cannot afford to feed three times daily. Inflation is eroding the purchasing power of the naira. Transportation costs have gone up. The costs of medications have gone up. Incomes have not gone up. It is cheap…
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ASUU, mind your business! – By Hope Eghagha
Prof. Temi: It is preposterous, ridiculous, and unbecoming of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to poke its combative nose into matters that do, should not concern it. What is ASUU’s business with students loans which the federal government has signed into law?
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President Tinubu’s students’ loan policy – By Hope Eghagha
In partial response to the perennial crises of inadequate funding and ASUU strikes in federal universities, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Students’ Loan Bill into law. Under this law, indigent Nigerian students will get interest-free loans to see them through their stay in government-owned higher institutions.
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May 29: Nwanze chairs Oborevwori’s transition committee; Eghagha secretary
Delta State Governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has appointed Prof. Emmanuel Nwanze to chair his transition committee with Prof. Hope Eghagha as Secretary of the committee.