Tag: Uche Akunebu
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Hate in every word: When presidency responds to critics
“When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste of it is to hate, and you could open their eyes” – Taylor Swift, an American songwriter
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Ezekwesili vs Nwaebonyi: Two wrongs cannot make a right – By Uche Akunebu
The nation was treated to what seems like the theatre of the absurd when Senator Obiageli Ezekwesili a former minister of education and Senator Onyeakachi Nwaebonyi , representing Ebonyi South, had a verbal showdown during the sitting of the Ethics,code of conduct and public petitions to look into the allegation of sexual harassment against the…
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Baltasar: The beast of the bed – By Uche Akunebu
Balthazar Engonga , who headed the equivalent of Nigerian Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) in his Country, Guinea and who like Ceasars wife ought to be above board and walk on the road of rectitude ,regrettably was not only running roughshod with public funds ,to which he was being investigated for ,but turned his…
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The sledge hammer on Senator Ndume: Burgeoning spiral of silence – By Uche Akunebu
In mass communication and political science there is a theory called “The Spiral of Silence”,which is familiar to whoever went to a proper Journalism school, where communication theories are taught as a course.
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New York Times criticism of Nigeria economy not out of place – By Uche Akunebu
As reported in the book of (Matthew 14:4) of the Christian holy Bible, Herodias was a woman who had an amorous relationship with the tetrarch Herod Antipas ,while the husband, Philip was away to Rome. Philip was a brother to Herod, and that did not amount to anything to both Herodias and Herold ,who were…
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Towards a thinking leadership in Nigeria – By Uche Akunebu
The great philosopher plato at around 375 BC in his work the “Republic ” argued for what he called “philosopher-Kings ” as political heads . It was a theory that combines political skills with philosophical knowledge. Plato ,was of the view that it was the duty of this kind of leaders to always put on…
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Quarter of a century of democracy in Nigeria: The journey so far – By Uche Akunebu
The palpable joy of Nigerians at the ushering of democracy in 1999 is like the joy experienced by the father of the prodigal son in the Christian bible as recorded in Luke 15:31-32 thus : “And he (the father) said to him ,son ,you are always with me ,and all that is mine is yours…
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Naming highway after Prof Wole Soyinka – By Uche Akunebu
In validating and elogising the man with an olympian height, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe the first ceremonial president of Nigeria, the oratorical prime minister ,Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was quoted to have made the above statement.
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Lateef Fagbemi: Rescuing the LGs from the jaws of the States in Nigeria – By Uche Akunebu
The former minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan is not alone ,just like the Liverpool football club motto(You Cannot walk alone) in thinking and desiring for a good local government system in his country, as most nations of the world have succeeded in putting in place a functional local government system.