Category: OPINION

By Amby Uneze On the 16th of January, 2024, the People’s Governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma briefed all the State Expanded Exco, the SOLADs of Local Government Areas, the GLOs at the ward level and indeed all his Appointees. Being the first briefing after the Governor and his deputy, Lady Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaru took his second term Oaths of Office to complete his Constitutionally mandatory eight years in office as the Executive Governor, the meeting was well attended and of course was pre-emptive. It was…

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 By Collins Osuji  In the last couple of years, Imo State has been bedeviled by spate of insecurity. On record, over 200 lives have been lost and properties running into billions of naria destroyed during this period.   The ugly situation lingered to a point where it seems as if it has overwhelmed both the government and the security agencies in the state.   Hence, the capacity of the state actors, particularly the police to tame the activities of the notorious non-state actors, otherwise christened, “unknown gunmen”, was brought to…

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…Cajetan Duke Is Not Intelligent  By Ekwueme O. Ekwueme I read like any other Nigerian, a harsh statement by the APC Publicity Secretary in Imo State, one Cajetan Duke. He was reacting to a harmless and statesmanly assertion of the PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu that APC Government in Nigeria, not only in Imo state is vicious, retrogressive, insensitive and corrupt. Senator Anyanwu’s position should have been commended by anyone opposed to the wanton killings, kidnapping, economic stress and inhuman treatment the APC and its agents including Hope Uzodinma…

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By Ben Okezie Every serious leader with a vision would first sit down to articulate the pros and cons of his idea before embarking on its operational actualization. Just as a truck driver who wants to embark on a long journey  on a road he is not familiar  with. He would first  enquire find about the highway, to ascertain   the safety of the highway, whether it is safer in the morning, noon or at night, before venturing on the  journey. In his maiden address on assumption of office the…

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By Ikenna Onuoha When blunder appears big, it means it has gotten to its chronic stage where failure, shame and embarrassment are inevitable. Every average Imo person can certainly affirm that what is being experienced in the state today is not democratic government but despotic and tyrannical junta. Imo state is gradually going down the drain, virtually every landmark projects have been either parcilated and given out to cronies or utterly destroyed. Imo state today has become the hub of dangerous threats, intimidation, harassment, molestation and filled with cultism and…

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By Dele Elempe The expectation on Rufai Oseni, Arise News TV Channel’s anchor by members of the rational public, not the usual friends is too high for him, as a matter of fact. Rufai is not a journalist as a matter of fact. He studied Animal Anatomy and Physiology from the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, and also studied at the Lagos Business School. He is a very bright mind, no doubt. He has been a guess lecturer in prestigious institutes like Cambridge and Sussex Universities. He has led trainings…

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By Olu Fasan LAST week’s judgement by the London Commercial Court quashing the $11bn arbitration award against Nigeria rightly triggered exultant responses across the country. Former President Muhammadu Buhari penned a newspaper article titled: ‘A matter of principle’, in which he described the award as “an attempted heist of historic proportions”, arguing that Nigeria would have forfeited “a third of its foreign reserves” if it had lost the case. Bola Tinubu, the current president, called it a “landmark judgement”. Both Buhari and Tinubu credited their governments for the victory. But…

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By Douglas Ogbankwa As a victim of well scripted sponsored false propaganda, I call tell you that Nigeria is filled with very wicked and evil people who can do any thing to bring a great man down .Do not believe everything you hear ,watch or read in the social media . Nigerian Politicians have people they pay millions to generate fake news . Nigeria is a complex country made up some intellectual felons , who churn out lies and make them look like truth and make the truth look like…

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By Ifeanyi Onyekach One of the mistakes of past administration was undue interference in sacred tradition of the people. The government of former governor Rochas Okorocha appropriated all powers and authorities even those belonging to the gods. He exuded so much influence on traditional matters and concluded with fiat issues of sacred tradition that requires consultation of chief priests and the ancestors. He resolved ezeship tustle by the toss of a coin and proclaimed an Eze by whimsical feeling. His  administration witnessed unusual approval and proliferation of autonomous communities. That was…

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 By Henry Ekpe Nearly everything is set among the Political Parties for the most contentious Imo Governorship election which comes up on November 11, 2023. All the political parties have named their campaign councils and soon, the State will be vibrating with activities, as the D-day approaches. Unfortunately, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over one hundred and thirty four (134,000) Permanent Voters Cards PVCs of Imo indigenes are still lying in their Owerri office, uncollected. However, whether their owners collect them or not will not stop the…

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