By Kingsley Osuagwu During the countdown to the last General election, I had a reservation of the candidates that would vie for the Senatorial seat of Imo north. Since after the seat was occupied by Senator Godwin Ifeanyi Araraume I have never seen a powerful representation and purpose driven Senator among the lots that went after Araraume not until recently. Sometime in the year I took a visit to the National Assembly complex to submit some letters and visit the office of distinguished Senator Patrick Ndubueze before leaving. After submitting…
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2027 Imo Governorship: Ohakim Remains The Pawn In Chess Board
By Promise Onyewuchim I feel very humbled that our harmless letter to the leadership of Imo Council Of Elders in response to their clarion call for inputs on the Imo Charter Of Equity has drawn so much attention and infact became a reference topical discourse in Imo polity. Though the afore mentioned letter was highjacked by the fifth columnists and divulged to the press thus opened up all manner of discussions both for and against on the Imo Charter Of Equity. Up till this time no one has come up…
Read MoreKings and Imams in Yorubaland
By Lasisi Olagunju Beyond its outer casing of spirituality, the post of Imam in Yorubaland potentially guarantees prestige, power and prosperity. That is why people fight to be Imam as grisly as princes fight to be king. But when siblings fight to the death, they lose their chest to outsiders. The Yoruba Muslim community is almost always at war with itself. The League of Imams and Alfas of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta in April this year scrambled to douse a fire over who should be their mufti. The mufti is…
Read MoreNeed To Stop Expensive Burial In Igbo Land
By Chiemena Abara There’s a dangerous extravagant financial air that has filled the entire Igbo land which is expensive burials to make one appear like a king in death . It has become very worrisome, especially to right thinking individuals that burials in Igbo land are now made unnecessarily too expensive.. This has made a lot of families to borrow in order to burial their deceased member to meet up with the new societal burial standard. It is very disheartening and sad to observe that a person who died in…
Read More2027: No Big Political Masquerade Will Succeed Uzodimma
BY John Igwe I have refrained from joining the 2027 Imo governorship discourse because of two factors. One such factor is that it is early to put on the front burner the issue of who succeeds Governor Hope Uzodimma when he is just five months old in office in his second term. Those pushing the narrative of succession seem to be hurrying him out of office. No outgoing governor will dance to such political tantrums. The band of zoning agitators who are saying that it is their turn to produce…
Read MoreWhy Many Nigerians Can’t Forgive Arthur Nzeribe
By Fustus Arthur Nzeribe is a name that many Nigerians find hard to forgive because of his major role in ruining what could have been a turning point for democracy in the country. In 1993, Nigeria held what was considered its fairest and freest presidential election. Moshood Abiola was believed to have won this election, giving people hope for a brighter and more democratic future. But these hopes were crushed, and Nzeribe played a big part in this disappointment. Nzeribe led a group called the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN). This…
Read MoreUgochinyere’s Orlu State gambit
By Chekwube Nzomiwu Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Sir: Over the years, the people of the South-East geo-political zone have been clamouring for an additional state to bring them at par with the other five geo-political zones in the country. The North-East, North Central, South-South and South-West have six states each. The North-West has seven. Unfortunately, we have only five states in the South-East. In alphabetical order, they are Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. Although the zone is predominantly populated by Igbo ethnic group, it has very minute…
Read MoreFive Killed Soldiers And Military Reprisal:
By Vin Okoroji All Nigerians are united in their deprecation and condemnation of the killing of five soldiers at the Obikabia junction in Aba, Abia State. But the military’s mode of reprisal falls below the standard expected of a civilised society. The highest form of lawlessness is this reign of brigandage and vicarious liability. Men are made to pay for a crime they know nothing about. The most striking and preponderant feature of democracy is the rule of law. In the 21st century Nigeria, we see a reenactment of…
Read MoreBloody Encounter Between Government And People Is On Horizon
By Vitalis Unachukwu This political move , borne out of bad advice and a misguided decision, is unacceptable , being a panic ploy to gag and silence the people, whose Constitutional Rights, Safeguards and Freedoms are guaranteed , overriding everything to the contrary . Chapter 1V of the Constitution on the citizens’ Fundamental Human Rights, overrides this political decision and action of an embattled government, soon to settle scores with the people of Nigeria, from whom government derives its power and authority to govern . The original force of the…
Read MoreImo Head Of Service: And Politics Of Succession
The Civil Service rules abhors playing politics with the system especially, in terms of promotion. In fact doing so is considered a taboo itself. It takes just O’ Level knowledge of Government to know that one of the characteristics of a civil servant is non partisanship, that is not associating with anything politics. Elevation of civil servants from one position to the other should strictly by merit. Promotions are done according to years of service in line with one’s record of experience of in a particular ministry. But as things…
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