Tag: Politics
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Remove your minds from politics, Umahi tells Ebonyi youths
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has cautioned youths of the state against indulging in politics, telling them to be successful first. The governor gave this directive on Wednesday during an Ebonyi State #EndSARS Summit hosted by the state government in Abakaliki. Umahi said, “Remove your minds from politics and succeed first. Those who are manipulating…
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How my involvement in politics, decision to run for U.S. President ruined my marriage – Kanye West
Kanye West has an idea as to why his marriage is ending: his involvement in politics and decision to run for the presidency. On Friday, news broke that West’s wife, reality star Kim Kardashian, had filed for divorce after nearly seven years of marriage. While previous reports indicated that there were a handful of factors…
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Anyim @ 60 – More to Life than Politics, By Ikeddy ISIGUZO
COULD life start at 60 for former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim? The indications so suggest. For a man who first became a Senator at 37, made Senate President at 39, and voluntarily did not seek re-election to the Senate at 41, Anyim has shown that the tides and waves of life can be turned…
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Trump: Leaving world politics worse than he met it, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT Donald Trump is a joke carried too far. He is a problem child the United States imposed on the universe. There is an African saying that if you give birth to a problem child, it is your responsibility to keep such child in check. Americans formally performed that onerous responsibility…
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Wither Home? Matters Arising – Chris Anyokwu
By Chris Anyokwu Have you ever heard the song: ‘East or West/Home is the best’? Although the short minuscule poem- song appears to scramble the iambic-dactylic metrical pattern the lyrical joyfulness, the mellifluousness of its rhyme scheme more than makes up for such niggling prosodic deviance: ‘west’ and ‘best’ intimate and bracingly approximate rest (read:…
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Avoiding a blind debate on the ILO and politics, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa IT was unfair, except for purposes of clarification, elucidation and mass education, for Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Aborishade, to engage in a debate on the International Labour Organisation, ILO, and politics with former Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Promise Adewusi who also incidentally, is a lawyer. This…
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The king as a heroic-Villain – Hope Eghagha
By zHope Eghagha In classical literature, both Asian and European, and oral African literature, we encounter the concept of a king who becomes a villain or a villain who becomes king through acts of destruction or war or pillage. A typical hero becomes king on account of his personal valour, strength, and courage. He fights…
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#EdoDecides2020: Atiku congratulates Obaseki, says godfatherism over in Nigerian politics
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on his victory in the governorship election held in the state on Saturday. Obaseki , candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having polled the highest number of valid votes…
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I cannot venture into politics until Nigeria’s system changes-Davido
Nigerian pop star, Davido, has revealed that there has to be a complete change of Nigeria’s electoral system if he is to venture into politics. The singer spoke in an interview with Beat FM on Friday, following the end of his short-lived social media hiatus, which led to the release of his single ‘FEM’.…
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Former Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi, on Friday revealed that he has no immediate plan to run for any political office in the country. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Friday, Sanusi cleared the air amid speculations that he may be eyeing a political office come 2023. The former monarch will be running…