No amount of relief materials from NEMA or consolation can bring back the 603 lives lost to this deluge. Going by official tallies, Nigeria is currently experiencing one of its worst flood disasters, which has resulted in the death of hundreds of its citizens. Houses have been destroyed, farmland ruined, roads and bridges washed off. This nature’s rage, aggravated by …
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We call on the Buhari administration to create as much of a legacy as is still possible, in the next couple of decisive months in which it remains in office, by taking a firmer control of the security situation in the oil producing regions of the country. A super oil tanker on a mission to steal Nigeria’s crude oil early in …
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Ngerian mothers fare badly in the exclusive breastfeeding of infants. A recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organisation noted that over 70 per cent of infants in Nigeria are denied exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of their lives. This has dire health and developmental implications for infants. The federal and state governments …
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The ongoing court-martial of 13 Nigerian Navy personnel in Lagos for alleged complicity in oil theft and vandalism draws attention to the enormity of Nigeria’s huge fiscal leakage and how corruption has all but made it impossible to stop the haemorrhage. The country is in dire financial straits, suffering massive revenue shortfalls, piling up debts and spending almost all it …
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Governor Obaseki must use the wonderful opportunity this epoch victory has afforded him, to heal political wounds, not to inflict fresh ones; every or any form of vendetta must be jettisoned; he should use the next four years to embark on a drastic quest, to enhance mutual co-operation and brotherhood with progressive stakeholders; he should seek to correct those ‘critical …
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On August 16, 1983, political hell was let loose in Ondo State, when supporters of Michael Adekunle Ajasin of the then Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), and those of Akin Omoboriowo of the then ruling National Party of Nigeria (NPN), unleashed carnage and destruction on one another, because of disagreement arising from the results of the Governorship Election in that …
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A Few days ago, one Osaro Omoruyi, wrote a piece with the titled: “Oba of Benin Must Thread Cautiously On Edo Election,” and posted it on the internet. In the malicious piece, he made spirited efforts to rubbish the recent historic peace parley, hosted by the revered Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare ll, which was well attended by …
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Chief Anthony Anenih, who died, yesterday, at 85 would be remembered for being a fixation among the country’s political class. He was the man they loved to hate, but they almost always flattered and fawned about in his presence. Yesterday, several of his numerous political associates spoke in mournful tones, reflective of folks who had lost a choirmaster. Anenih was, …
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Registering her absolute disgust with the way the man of God looted Taraba State, Judge Banjoko who carefully delivered the judgment that lasted several hours posited that Rev. Nyame acted like ‘Ali Baba and the forty thieves. The judicial nailing of Rev. Jolly Nyame at the altar of justice is a perfect scenario of how not to fight corruption in …
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The real fact behind the re-ordering of the 2019 general election is never about the welfare or collective aspirations of ordinary Nigerians, but about the selfish political ambitions of a few elite who have continued to drain the nation. Nigerians must therefore be wise and think of how the country can be snatched and reclaimed electorally from the present crop …
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