Tag: IKEDDY ISIGUZO
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It wasn’t me, IBB’s final maradonic dribble denudes him – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
LET us admit it, many of us were waiting for General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s book majorly for two issues – 12 June 1993 election and the 19 October 1986 parcel bomb that shredded the torso of journalist Dele Giwa, Editor-in-Chiefof Newswatch magazine. He died from it,
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Tinubu’s uncaring politics at its best, ignoring South South as example – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
NOISY headlines weeks ago propagated the love President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has for Ogoniland which sent a delegation to him. Whatever the Ogoni visit was about, it was an opportunity for Tinubu to recount how much he had done for Ogoniland. The enlightened encounter was a ruse. Tinubu was not interested in any cleansing of…
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Experienced Raila Odinga pushes for peaceful, prosperous Africa – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
FOR decades, hundreds of conferences have been held on the importance of breaking the barriers that national borders colonialists imposed provide against the development of Africa. They have all ended up as gas, mere words. One man – Raila Amolo Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya,
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Trump’s America, still America, their America – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
AMERICA, as most of us call the United States of America, USA, is a big country with confusions that match its size. The latest is the presidency of Donald Trump, whose face knots delightfully when he issues another threat – it could be to the unborn. Racism, genderisation of issues, in a country clawing itself…
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Auditor-General’s annual report: Nigeria’s biggest joke on fraud – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
IT would be a fraud to call the annual report that the Auditor-General of the Federation submits to the National Assembly a fraud – it is by far something worse. The truth is that the report is rooted in long established practice of doing nothing about fraud because as a Chairman of the Public Accounts…
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Must they embarrass Tinubu with Malian coach for Super Eagles? – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
BURKINABE military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore was the star attraction at Tuesday’s inauguration of Ghana’s President John Mahama. Dressed in a military attire, Traore had a holstered pistol at his waist.
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Tinubu’s ‘POS economy’ can’t fight inflation – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
TWICE in less than two weeks, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has repeated his threat to crush inflation from 36.4 per cent to 15 per cent in 2025.
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Deadly rice stampedes: Suppose President Tinubu bans rice? – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
ONCE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addresses Nigerians it is clear that his silence is actually golden, as it gives chances to guess what the President feels about ordinary Nigerians, the hungry, the poor, the weak, those excluded from Tinubu’s concerns because they are not rich.
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If it’s confusing you: Don’t panic, it’s still Merry Christmas – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
HIS Excellency, Monday Okpebholo, Governor of Edo State, reading a budget on a Wednesday was a bad idea. Why not on a Monday? When your name is a day of the week, you should choose rightly. That was not the only thing that was wrong.
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NNPC: When you think Nigeria can’t confuse you – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
PUT nothing beyond Nigerians. Some of us lug the bragging rights to understanding Nigeria, that Nigeria cannot confuse them. I willingly concede knowledge of Nigeria to them.